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Ilya Petoushkoff @petoushkoff.bsky.social · 11h

In just over two months it'll be four years since I've been living in Melbourne. Over that timeframe, I have been employed full-time in *any* capacity for exactly 16 months. I don't know what to say except I'm fucking tired of this.

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 02/10/2026

Montreal’s automated metro REM is considerably surpassing ridership expectations this fall, with average daily ridership settling in at 130,000, even before the opening of the airport branch, expected next year.

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Réseau express métropolitain | L’achalandage du REM bondit

Loin d’être en retard, l’achalandage quotidien du Réseau express métropolitain (REM) a bondi de plus de 60 % durant l’été, au point où il est dorénavant bien au-delà de ses cibles, selon La Caisse, qu...

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Ilya Petoushkoff @petoushkoff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

ChatGPT stated that the sentence I wrote was too complex and overloaded with subordinate clauses. My apologies, sir: I was raised on potatoes and classical Russian literature.

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Ilya Petoushkoff @petoushkoff.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This train is truly awesome! Hope this inspires improvement on intercity rail across the US, including the Cascades route this train is going to serve: this thing can run much faster (125mph) than the speed limits on the current infrastructure allow (mostly 79mph, and in some places even less).

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Ilya Petoushkoff @petoushkoff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

god bless MCG and its beautiful host city called Melbourne

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Ilya Petoushkoff @petoushkoff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

About to sign up for a minimum wage job for a month because minimum wage is better than no wage. Interesting times to live in.

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Ilya Petoushkoff @petoushkoff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This thing looks like an airplane to me. The world desperately needs a transition to all-electric aviation, and it's great seeing that this has chances of happening in foreseeable future. Exciting developments indeed!

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Ilya Petoushkoff @petoushkoff.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I have an increasingly strong impression that Australian transport planning is too obsessed with traffic models and is too far away from purpose-driven systems design approach. We should be talking less about statistics and human behaviour prediction and more about where the kerb should be and why.

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Ilya Petoushkoff @petoushkoff.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Melbourne never fails to be unseasonably cold. Come on, it's nearly summer!

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Ilya Petoushkoff @petoushkoff.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Australian recruitment is broken in so many ways, but one very specific thing I will never understand is why provide a contact person to reach out to 'for further discussion about the role' if all said person ever does is telling you to 'send in the application via the link in the job description'.

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Ilya Petoushkoff @petoushkoff.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

To support WSIA and Bradfield City, public transport should offer cross-city and regionwide connections that directly lead to key places. E.g.: M1 Bankstown - Liverpool - Austral - WSIA - Luddenham West M3 Westmead - Bonnyrigg - WSIA - Greendale T2/T5 Leppington - Bradfield - WSIA - Luddenham West

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Ilya Petoushkoff @petoushkoff.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Trying to smile but the sun is very bright. Sydney is such a great place!

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Ilya Petoushkoff @petoushkoff.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It was important for me to be here today.

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Ilya Petoushkoff @petoushkoff.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The delightful view from within a tram in Newcastle, NSW.

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Ilya Petoushkoff @petoushkoff.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Some American cities just don't buy into the concept of public transportation. Which is a pity.

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Ilya Petoushkoff @petoushkoff.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

sensational developments occur: of course, he's straight

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Ilya Petoushkoff @petoushkoff.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This year I am living through very weird, albeit flattering, ongoing experience of meeting more and more guys who genuinely tell me I look much younger than I am. 🫠🫠

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Ilya Petoushkoff @petoushkoff.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

A random late-night service improvement idea for Auckland CRL: Send last Onehunga-Henderson and Henderson-Onehunga trains via CRL instead of Grafton.

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Ilya Petoushkoff @petoushkoff.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

@patrickreynolds.bsky.social I wonder what your opinion might be on adding The Strand station to E-W line (img 1). Next to Spark Arena, ample space already available. In far future, it could accommodate a Maungawhau-type junction to help move Parnell to a central, underground location. (img 2)

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Ilya Petoushkoff @petoushkoff.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Auckland got City Rail Link (two new stations, one fully rebuilt one, and 3.5 km of tunnels) for approx. $4.5bn AUD ($5.5bn NZD). For about the same amount of money, in Melbourne we are rebuilding our Sunshine station to add a couple of flyovers and two regional platforms. I have questions.

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Ilya Petoushkoff @petoushkoff.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Transformative transport projects come with excellent urban design. A major component of delivering excellent urban design is removing cars from where they don't belong. Melbourne has missed on quite a few opportunities during the Metro Tunnel project, but this can change.

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Greater Auckland @greaterauckland.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

We took the train to town yesterday, and we're absolutely chuffed! ☺️🚇 #CRL Enjoy this special bumper post, chock-full of great pics & stories, links to wider media coverage, plus some fun (and moving) reflections from our very happy team of "tired nerds": www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/09/14/a...

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Absolutely chuffed: our report from CRL opening day - Greater Auckland

What a day! Sunday saw the first running of passenger trains through the City Rail Link tunnels and stations. Some of us were up before the birds to catch the very first train, while others took a mor...

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Ilya Petoushkoff @petoushkoff.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Typical Soviet pedestrian treatment on 'magistrale' class roads. Interestingly, Russian cities keep building these.

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Ilya Petoushkoff @petoushkoff.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The problem with touch screens in cars is that you can't immediately, unmistakably touch the right spot on a touch screen without looking at it. I can't fathom why humanity decided that a touch screen as a control for any function of a car would be a great idea.

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Ilya Petoushkoff @petoushkoff.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Montréal's geography has its cardinal directions designated against St.Lawrence river... that flows from South to North, which means Montréal's West is in the South, its North is in the West, etc.

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Ilya Petoushkoff @petoushkoff.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

In business and politics, being uncooperative where you don't have anything to gain (financially, politically, or morally) from doing otherwise is quite sensible and should generally be expected. Stakeholder management 101.

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Ilya Petoushkoff @petoushkoff.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I have an inherent desire to be making a great deal of money. I also have, and have always had, absolutely zero ideas on how to, much as I do love the concept of. (Thanks for attending my TED Talk.)

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Ilya Petoushkoff @petoushkoff.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

This explains perfectly why in 2026 people keep producing 200-page reports in PowerPoint rather than InDesign.

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Ilya Petoushkoff @petoushkoff.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

...not exactly where you expect to see a Sydney Metro train!

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Ilya Petoushkoff @petoushkoff.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

a lovely gentleman just called me 'such a ray of sunshine', and I am 🫠🫠🫠

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Jason Thorne @jasonthorne.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Before and after. The newly completed transformation of Zgoda Street in Warsaw (designed by Architektura Krajobrazu).

A city street scene featuring a mix of modern and older buildings, a sunny sky, and outdoor seating at a café. Several parked cars and a pedestrian are visible, along with a few trees lining the street.

A pedestrian street lined with trees and buildings, featuring several people walking. The sky is blue with few clouds, and there are shops and outdoor seating visible in the background.

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Ilya Petoushkoff @petoushkoff.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Hybrid diesel-electric trains is a good idea but Melton line needs to be electrified to the network-wide Metropolitan Trains standard, in my opinion. It is not that difficult to deliver, and it would support the Metro Tunnel operations better.

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Ilya Petoushkoff @petoushkoff.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Excellent news. A great moment to remind everyone that Marohn's book, 'Confessions of a Recovering Engineer', offers comprehensive first-hand critique of conventional traffic engineering and is a must-read for anyone in the transport realm. It's brilliantly written and I can't recommend it enough.

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Ilya Petoushkoff @petoushkoff.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Great things are possible when seen as necessary.

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Ilya Petoushkoff @petoushkoff.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

This Sunday afternoon I can't help myself from thinking that it would've been a rather nice V/Line service improvement if some light refreshments and champagne were served on board. With such lovely weather as it is today, that would've helped to elevate the experience to the utmost levels.

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Ilya Petoushkoff @petoushkoff.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I don't know who needs to hear this but I am fully certain that hoodies and grey sweatpants are a true pinnacle of gay fashion. (fight me)

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Ilya Petoushkoff @petoushkoff.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Can’t do anything sensible today and heading home. To bed.

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Ilya Petoushkoff @petoushkoff.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Can anyone explain to me how is it possible that a levy on passenger fares were to have been used to co-fund SRL, if said passengers fares were slashed to zero for several months and have since been half-price, which is to last till the end of this year? I don't think I can make sense of this plan.

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Ilya Petoushkoff @petoushkoff.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Today I woke up at 1pm and now it’s 2.30pm and I am feeling exhausted. I don’t like being unproductive but when I was 20, I could grind through fatigue anyway, definitely with an extra coffee, and now that I’m 36, all I want to do is go back to sleep.

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Ilya Petoushkoff @petoushkoff.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

@garethdennis.uk Hey Gareth, hope you are having a great day! I am not sure if you had an opportunity to touch on this at some point on YouTube, but I was wondering if you could provide a bit of an overview of modern track engineering techniques for large stations and/or complex grade junctions?

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Ilya Petoushkoff @petoushkoff.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This day exactly eight years ago I was on a short trip to Chelyabinsk, Russia. A local activist reached out and suggested I deliver a same-day impromptu lecture on transport planning for major cities. 'Sure thing', said I, for whenever I am permitted to talk about transport, I most certainly will.

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Ilya Petoushkoff @petoushkoff.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

In Melbourne, we paint those lanes red and then place parking there.

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Nolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

The Canada stuff is truly the stupidest, strangest, most self-inflicted mess in a long time. It’s so mind boggling as to be incomprehensible.

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