Daniel Bowen

@danielbowen.au

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Transport blogger / public transport advocate / campaigner and spokesperson for @ptua.org.au / professional geek. Opinions are all mine. Bunurong land, Melbourne, Australia

Passengers climbing up stopped escalators
Sign in underground passage: This subway is subject to occasional flooding. Please call or press the red emergency button located on station platform. In one corner there is a Cars Ruin Cities sticker.
Passengers walking through Town Hall Station
Myki reader
Mercedes car ad in railway station
FaceTime icon
Tram Zone sign
V/Line trains at near-empty Southern Cross station platforms
Screen showing departures from Southern Cross
V/Line status: no trains running
Tintin and Haddock celebrating
The Age: Neo-Nazi Nathan Bull complains he’s ‘unemployable’ after salute during Holocaust movie
ABS stats showing Victoria population growth grew by 117,300 people in 2025
A locked metal box attached to a fence with an old logo and the words “Emergency comms”.
Image of Matthew Perry and Bradley Whitford in Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
FIFA World Cup, extra train and tram services on 4th July
Reflection of a train in a puddle on the station platform
Roomba with a USB lead trailing after it
Sign on construction site: Whelan the Wrecker was here
Kevin Devlin (LXRA), Jacinta Allan, Daniel Andrews and Nick Staikos at Bentleigh speaking to media 26/6/2016
Public transport fares June 2026. Melbourne $1.80 to $2.85. Sydney $2.31 to $4.33. Brisbane $0.50. Adelaide $2.60 to $4.55. Perth $1.92 to $3.50. Canberra $2.70 to $3.41
Text message: Hey Dad, I broke my phone this morning.. Can you text me on this number
Australian ABC weather report for UK on Wednesday, showing high temperatures including London 40, Bristol 39, Birmingham 37, Manchester 36.
Screen grab from TV news: a lady telling Malcolm Turnbull "Don't F*** up"
Card that came in shaver box showing details of shaving app
Out of service train passing people on the platform
Ute blocking pedestrians crossing
"Take care when walking around .. on the footpaths - don't keep your head down in your phone folks . Saw this car on the footpath on koornang road -not sure how it ended up there! Police were there -looked like it lost control" - image of crashed car on footpath
Artwork made out of old road signs, on a bridge
Two screens overlaid on each other: "You're about to cancel your subscription. Are you sure?" and "We don't like goodbyes, so enjoy this special offer to stay."
A leek on top of a fire hydrant
Disused trams in poor condition at Newport
Daniel wearing a Big Freeze beanie
Myki reader offering credit card options
Spirit of Tasmania docked at Port Melbourne
Tapping on at a Myki gate with an iPhone
Martin Scorsese, the Andrew Tridgell of cinema, is also defending their use of LLMs this week. He became an advisor to Black Forest Labs, who put on their website that he is using their LLM in the storyboarding process of an upcoming project. In a quote on the BFL site, Scorsese says that "the ability to visualize and immediately share the storyboard was creatively freeing" and justifies the use because "during the pre-production process, time costs money, and this allowed us to move faster without sacrificing quality or craft". People in the industry are upset by this, particularly how AI/LLMs are built on stolen creative work and that this move cuts artists out of the process. I also want to give Mr. Scorsese the benefit of he doubt here, but it hurts to see someone usually so passionate about the craft of film making outsource this aspect to an LLM.
Big screen in station concourse
PT offences by division in 2025. Crimes against the person 2935 (up 2.1%). Property and deception 9260 (up 23.0%). Drugs 1891 (up 30.5%). Public order and security 1631 (up 16.7%). Justice procedures (up 8.6%). Other 249 (up 21.5%)
Laptop balanced on a stack of books
A cardboard box and a supermarket trolley full of leaves
Stickers on a laptop: Comeng train, and PTUA "Go far together"
"The Joint Standing Committee on Public Transport is accepting submissions until 30 June. Here is how to make yours count." / "The Victorian Government's announcement of an expanded free tram zone is a proof point for what full fare-free PT could achieve — and a chance to push harder."
Daniel sitting at a desk in a tv studio
Paris rail works calendar showing mid June to late August
Vivid Sydney cancels shows after 89 drones plunge into Darling Harbour
Due to a tram fault at St Kilda Junction, Route 3, 5, 16, 64 and 67 trams are experiencing service changes and delays. / It is not known at this stage when normal services will resume. / Service changes / Route 3 trams to Melbourne University divert via St Kilda light rail/Spencer Street/La Trobe Street between Stop 35 Brighton Road and Stop 7 RMIT University. / Route 5 trams to Melbourne University divert via High Street between Stop 45 Glenferrie Road and Stop 27 High Street. / Route 16 trams to Melbourne University divert via St Kilda light rail/Spencer Street/La Trobe Street between Stop 32 Havelock Street and Stop 7 RMIT University. / Route 64 trams to Melbourne University divert via High Street between Stop 49 Arthur Street and Stop 27 High Street. / Route 67 trams to Melbourne University divert via High Street between Stop 52 Jasmine Street and Stop 27 High Street.
Live outage map from Citipower/Powercor https://www.powercor.com.au/power-outages-and-emergencies/live-outage-map/
Chart of tram patronage by route
Xtrapolis 2 train at Kensington
Melbourne Free Tram Zone map
From Thursday 21 May, the Frankston Line will have a new timetable that adds 12 extra weekly services and a frequency of five minutes or better during peak times.
Google search result for “city loop”: "Coty Loop" most likely refers to the popular Coty Loops Etsy Shop or the Coty Loop Ko-fi Page.
Screen showing train to City Loop but only stations as far as Richmond are listed
Platform Screen Doors retro-fitted into Cité station on the Paris Metro
Search of Google Photos (which holds Daniel's photos) for "platform screen doors"
Passenger Information Display showing bus and train times, on a street at night. Some of the characters from the PID have reflected upside-down onto another part of the photo.
List of Cranbourne/Pakenham line trains departing soon
Sign on a pole for Voices of the Inner West Melbourne, calling for applications for an independent candidate for Footscray
Tram approaching stop. The tram stop shelter has an ad for Volvo: "Meet the fully electric EX90"