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Effective frequency calculator
If a station gets four trains per hour, that’s one every fifteen minutes, right?
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A Queensland state election predictor using the 2022 Senate results as a basis
The same non-uniform swing model, updated for 2024 with Senate data from 2022 rather than 2016. -
Thoughts on Brisbane Metro
Brisbane’s busway network is a victim of its own success. The “Metro” project, while misleadingly named, is what’s possible as an incremental upgrade.
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Modelling SA1-booth correspondences
Elections have geographic aspects: people live somewhere and often your neighbours are similar to you socio-economically. Further, both boundaries and polling places can differ across the three levels of government, and they change over time.
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SEQ Rail: the next decades
Cross River Rail will soon be completed.
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Population and Transit Mapping
When designing a public transport system we have a number of goals. We want to (equitably) provide as many people as possible with a basic level of service. But in order to move the greatest number of people (e.g. to substitute for as many car trips as possible) we want a network design and resource that focuses service on a frequent grid-like pattern.
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Ferry extension up the Brisbane River
Something that comes up occasionally on comment sections that I see is the idea of extending the CityCat upriver from UQ. I suspect it’s not justifiable for journeys to (or past) the city but it might be worthwhile for more local trips.