TP3001 (950 to QEII Medical Centre) and TP1256 (Red CAT), following a fair amount of forward and reverse manoeuvring, after a minor collision (or scrape) on William St after Murray St around 8:40 am, 26 Feb 2019. I did not witness the moment of collision, only the manoeuvring afterwards which caused...

Why were the destination boards (front, side & rear) on this TP1873 completely blank instead of e.g. 000?
Spotted at 4:50 pm 12 Dec 2018, William St northbound before St Georges Tce.
The driver was in uniform and the bus was otherwise empty.

While looking through folders on an old PC today, I stumbled across some low quality (poor composition, flash visible in subject) pictures I took as a kid, of the ticket machines at Perth Train Station. Taken 14 OCT 2006. (Unfortunately there were no bus photos in said folder) IMGP1032.JPG IMGP1031....

Putting bright multi-coloured lights on the exterior of architecture since 2009-ish, completely changing the character of Perth. Notable examples include Perth Council House, Elizabeth Quay bridge, the green panels on the outside of the new Children's Hospital and now the Perth Stadium Footbridge. I...

Therefore blanket statements about public transport being good or bad for commuting is incredibly place dependent and not at all helpful. Absolutely. The time difference between different modes is strongly dependent on origin, destination (especially the proximity of each to bus stations and train ...

Confirmed No Right Turn (northbound) and removal of protected turn (southbound) today.
For the first time since 2013, a To Perth bus and a From Perth bus can pass Roe St simultaneously.
Full size images here.

Crossing Beaufort St Bridge northbound this evening I noticed orange-taped square signs on the traffic light posts at Roe St. I suspect these are No Right Turn signs soon to be uncovered. If so this is a much needed change, since the two northbound lanes are filled up quite easily in the pm peak, an...

Hand washing basins which are far too shallow, particularly the newer "artistically designed" ones which are no more than an inclined plane.

Excessively bright (but "low beam") headlights in general, especially the LED/blue ones on newer cars.

Some photos taken through a window (sorry for the reflected bowl) upstairs at Nishitetsu Kurume Station (西鉄久留米駅), Fukuoka, Japan on 7, 7, 9 Dec 2017 resp. NishitetsuKurume_LayoverPolice.jpg From watching a fair few bus drivers park for layover, it appears that they are required to apply a wheel stop...

Probably not. I don't see how Wellington St (between William and Barrack) or any east-west corridor through the city is wide enough to accommodate trams without affecting the buses that go through it, and also the buses entering or exiting the underground busport. The three lane arterial roads of ye...

From Google maps street view: the yellow direction sign on Royal St eastbound before York was just labelled BUS (no routes going straight ahead), although it has been moved one post back over the years: Royal b York.jpg York St northbound before Royal had a left yellow sign for 276 and 278 (unfortun...

The 950 is a success BECAUSE it's an all-stop service. The 66 in peak hour would still benefit from being an Express service instead of limited stops. The few Limited Stops services I do, work nicely...very effective Yes, making the 66 express again would make it more attractive in terms of the tim...

On the topic of traffic signals, I am of the opinion that timing/synchronisation can make limited improvement. I reiterate my previous point: vehicles need to turn right. Most intersections have approach legs only two lanes wide, so full monty (3 circle, 3 arrow) lights aren't appropriate, except at...

You can't have (non-indented) bus stops on any street which has a dedicated cycling lane on it. Well in some respects, yes it was to stop circling trips and make navigating easier, but also to improve the movement of people. We've seen reduced number of lanes and wider footpaths - it has never been ...

It did work better. With everything two-wayed you get either: 1. Green light only: left lane is held up by left turners giving way to peds, right lane is held up by right turners giving way to oncoming traffic (e.g. William St int. with St Georges Tce) 2. Green light always with green arrow: at most...

Things sent by search engines to fetch data.
E.g. Googlebot: https://support.google.com/webmasters/a ... 2072?hl=en

First memory of bus ride: 2003 (6 years old), route 60 to Perth, rigid inaccessible bus, Mercedes Benz or Renault.

Back in the days of manually wound route displays, nice sounding bells, openable windows and not having to cross the road to get into Perth train station.

I have long legs, so for the best leg room I go for the seats in front of the rear wheels. However on some of the newer Volvos (the batch with shiny metal backrests and ear-piercing stop-bell) those seats seem to resonate with the frequency of the idle engine, and the whole seat vibrates when the bu...

The stop lines have now been redone, and the incoming buses stop for the repositioning/freeway/William St buses. Of course, if a bus entering the A road forces its way in, then the potential for head-on collision described by Merc1107 still remains.

With this change, does that mean that they have potentially reduced one to two phases of the traffic lights cycle? Do the road dimensions actually allow for buses turning to/from Mill St to be in the same phase? Could be just the perception, but it doesn't look like there's enough room for buses tu...

Layout as of today as viewed from footbridge stairwell (higher quality versions available upon request). Unfortunately noon isn't a very good time to take pictures there as sunlight vs shadow makes road markings hard to see. 1 cars length worth of layover space at the Adina wall has been sacrificed....

Nah there are too many legs of traffic which conflict with the exiting buses at those lights (cars going in/out of Adina/Exhibition centre, pedestrians, and since 2014/15 westbound traffic along Mounts Bay Rd, which google maps has incorrectly labelled The Esplanade). Even after the lane swap I stil...

The layout at the Mill St exit is being changed. The bus lanes have been swapped so that the two exiting lanes are on the left, presumably to get rid of the crossover. However this means that the bit marked with ? below is now being used by buses going in both directions. This arrangement can't be p...

Anyone else notice that on some buses, there's a horn-like (but not loud) sound when it moves off from standstill?

Last time I noticed this was today, on TP 2313. I think it happens on all similar buses (but I'm no make/model expert).