• Christian Kent@urbanists.social
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    @jroper @tom_andraszek @ajsadauskas @TheOne Also weird how the same party started a metro network, laid heaps of light rail track — on many streets with new bans on cars and buses

    I just hope Chris Minns doesn’t cancel any more rail projects than he promised already

    I’m already quite worried that he and Donna Davis will start removing “On Demand” bus services from the Parramatta electorate

    /end rant

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      @ckent @jroper @tom_andraszek @TheOne I agree the risk of rail infrastructure projects being cancelled right now is high.

      For all the many well documented faults of the previous government, one thing it absolutely got right was the willingness to invest in rail and transport oriented development.

      Let’s hope Chris Minns expands on this legacy.

      Unfortunately, pulling the plug on two planned metro lines in Western Sydney and putting a cap on tolls doesn’t fill me with hope.

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        @ajsadauskas @jroper @tom_andraszek @TheOne Put a bow on that toot 🎀 that about covers it

        His election night speech (like many others on those nights, an insight into the real person), gave me a little hope. I’d love to fill the apparatchik with boldness and confidence, to rebuild a state in his “image” — as in, imagination.

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          @ajsadauskas @jroper @tom_andraszek @TheOne whoa 🤯 have we all misused the phrase “rebuild in their image” since the first time someone threw insults about building statues, and metaphoric statues to mean “in their semblance”?

          Was it originally a nice thing to say? Maybe it used to imply the person had creativity and imagination.