Transport planner with views and opinions. Formerly of Moscow, Russia. Currently based in Melbourne, Australia. Coffee, cities, public transportation, piano music. Occasional cat noises may occur herein. 🏳️‍🌈https://bsky.app/profile/petoushkoff.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/petoushkoff.bsky.social/post/3mu4eectdwc2hI 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)28 Aug 2026 02:55 +0000at://did:plc:rd2qpvs6emjfljtipna44a2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu4eectdwc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/petoushkoff.bsky.social/post/3mu2bk6yhvs2qCan’t do anything sensible today and heading home. To bed. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Aug 2026 06:59 +0000at://did:plc:rd2qpvs6emjfljtipna44a2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2bk6yhvs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/petoushkoff.bsky.social/post/3mu27d53r7c27Can 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.27 Aug 2026 06:19 +0000at://did:plc:rd2qpvs6emjfljtipna44a2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu27d53r7c27https://bsky.app/profile/petoushkoff.bsky.social/post/3mtzz6k6nm22tToday 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.27 Aug 2026 04:29 +0000at://did:plc:rd2qpvs6emjfljtipna44a2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzz6k6nm22thttps://bsky.app/profile/petoushkoff.bsky.social/post/3mtykpha5ks2a@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?26 Aug 2026 14:38 +0000at://did:plc:rd2qpvs6emjfljtipna44a2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtykpha5ks2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/petoushkoff.bsky.social/post/3mtuxl33x6s2hThis 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.25 Aug 2026 04:17 +0000at://did:plc:rd2qpvs6emjfljtipna44a2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtuxl33x6s2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/petoushkoff.bsky.social/post/3mtutx5cvsk2pIn Melbourne, we paint those lanes red and then place parking there. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Aug 2026 03:12 +0000at://did:plc:rd2qpvs6emjfljtipna44a2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtutx5cvsk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/petoushkoff.bsky.social/post/3mtsijqasdc2c7m30s per one-way trip is a LOT of time. Assuming this affects something 100 out of 300+ departures per weekday, that would be what, 12.5 hours per day, or over 3,750 hours per year. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Aug 2026 04:43 +0000at://did:plc:rd2qpvs6emjfljtipna44a2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtsijqasdc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/petoushkoff.bsky.social/post/3mtqz3tr6s22emeow23 Aug 2026 14:34 +0000at://did:plc:rd2qpvs6emjfljtipna44a2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqz3tr6s22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/petoushkoff.bsky.social/post/3mtnctki7kk24Train stations are usually the most visited public buildings of all kinds. High-quality realm is extraordinarily important. Great to see Auckland doing the right thing here. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Aug 2026 03:17 +0000at://did:plc:rd2qpvs6emjfljtipna44a2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtnctki7kk24https://bsky.app/profile/petoushkoff.bsky.social/post/3mtltqjqcwk2cI am having a lot of difficulties with finding work in Victoria at the moment and I can't help myself from thinking that it is an extraordinarily difficult time for a 'generalist' transport planner (with a set of slightly unconventional opinions about traffic engineering) to be looking for work.21 Aug 2026 13:15 +0000at://did:plc:rd2qpvs6emjfljtipna44a2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtltqjqcwk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/petoushkoff.bsky.social/post/3mtkliio5lk2xLondon. I was planning to get there for my 30th, which never happened because of COVID. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Aug 2026 01:14 +0000at://did:plc:rd2qpvs6emjfljtipna44a2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtkliio5lk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/petoushkoff.bsky.social/post/3mtj5voly3k2vmeow20 Aug 2026 11:38 +0000at://did:plc:rd2qpvs6emjfljtipna44a2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtj5voly3k2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/petoushkoff.bsky.social/post/3mtiqf7ettc2iIt is indeed quite fascinating that after nearly four years in Melbourne, I am still much more aware of the transport improvements work-in-progress in Moscow than here. I'm still an outsider, and the wall of communication is next to impossible to overcome. (I'll overcome it, eventually, but still.)20 Aug 2026 07:37 +0000at://did:plc:rd2qpvs6emjfljtipna44a2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtiqf7ettc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/petoushkoff.bsky.social/post/3mtegtdwue22bOttawa made people change trains two stations short of the airport. Nothing prevents from running a direct service. To elevate the experience, trains are scheduled to miss each other and make everyone wait up to 12' on what otherwise would've been a 30' journey. Naturally, the trains are empty. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Aug 2026 14:35 +0000at://did:plc:rd2qpvs6emjfljtipna44a2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtegtdwue22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/petoushkoff.bsky.social/post/3mtdl3dyipk2jThey asked me to type my name in. I made sure they could identify me instantly.18 Aug 2026 06:18 +0000at://did:plc:rd2qpvs6emjfljtipna44a2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtdl3dyipk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/petoushkoff.bsky.social/post/3mtdckuedds2jIt's okay to ask around when you don't know how to do something. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Aug 2026 03:46 +0000at://did:plc:rd2qpvs6emjfljtipna44a2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtdckuedds2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/petoushkoff.bsky.social/post/3mtawoe5esc2q@patrickreynolds.bsky.social I was wondering, what would be your opinion of possibly extending Auckland Wynyard tram loop into Wellesley Street to connect to Te Waihorotiu Station and potentially as far as University of Auckland? (Thinking of a potential success story similar to Stockholm's Tram 7)17 Aug 2026 05:08 +0000at://did:plc:rd2qpvs6emjfljtipna44a2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtawoe5esc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/petoushkoff.bsky.social/post/3mt62yc6lj22cSide-note: in Moscow, as part of fighting congestion (which was a massive issue) all on-street parking was indeed removed off many important arteries. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Aug 2026 01:47 +0000at://did:plc:rd2qpvs6emjfljtipna44a2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt62yc6lj22chttps://bsky.app/profile/petoushkoff.bsky.social/post/3mt47ynxkmc2kSurprisingly, since 2024 Moscow has been progressing with its 3rd (and 2nd deep-level-triple-vault) infill metro station. Dostoevskaya (Circle line), change to Line 11. Image sources: (1) Yuri Gridchin (news.metro.ru) (2) Stroitelstvo industry journal (rcmm.ru) (3-4) Mosinzhproekt (mipi.ru)15 Aug 2026 08:11 +0000at://did:plc:rd2qpvs6emjfljtipna44a2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt47ynxkmc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/petoushkoff.bsky.social/post/3mt2n7gm6f22uIt is perfectly possible to deliver excellent urban transport solutions without building 20-year traffic forecasting models. In fact, those models are pretty much nonsense and offer near-zero insight to the process. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Aug 2026 17:02 +0000at://did:plc:rd2qpvs6emjfljtipna44a2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2n7gm6f22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/petoushkoff.bsky.social/post/3mszr3pagz22aI am a little worried that this year's job search campaign might again take months and hundreds of applications. Australian job market is fucked beyond belief.14 Aug 2026 08:39 +0000at://did:plc:rd2qpvs6emjfljtipna44a2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mszr3pagz22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/petoushkoff.bsky.social/post/3mszns66hok2aI am looking at instances of people asking AI questions on life-and-death situations without giving a second thought to what they are doing and what they opt for trusting, and my eyes have never been wider.14 Aug 2026 07:40 +0000at://did:plc:rd2qpvs6emjfljtipna44a2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mszns66hok2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/petoushkoff.bsky.social/post/3mszjdupvfk2tThroughout my lifetime, the entirety of Moscow metro network had four ongoing maintenance-related reduced speed zones. Each involved a complex structural issue that took years of work to rectify, with three out of four resulting in a complete re-build. The diagram below is incomprehensible to me. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Aug 2026 06:21 +0000at://did:plc:rd2qpvs6emjfljtipna44a2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mszjdupvfk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/petoushkoff.bsky.social/post/3msxrfqrvh22gWhat is going on at Kingsford Smith? This is getting scary. https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/virgin-plane-aborts-take-off-as-qantas-plane-crosses-sydney-runway-20260813-p60o6u.html13 Aug 2026 13:40 +0000at://did:plc:rd2qpvs6emjfljtipna44a2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxrfqrvh22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/petoushkoff.bsky.social/post/3msxcw24sdk2wI am still trying to understand the reasons behind this. Why can't we use Maidstone Depot for the time being and keep the services running as per normal?13 Aug 2026 09:20 +0000at://did:plc:rd2qpvs6emjfljtipna44a2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxcw24sdk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/petoushkoff.bsky.social/post/3msx7pdsiy22tIt appears that LinkedIn has just killed the 'Worldwide' opportunity search option, making the life of émigrés and cosmopolites substantially more difficult.13 Aug 2026 08:23 +0000at://did:plc:rd2qpvs6emjfljtipna44a2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3msx7pdsiy22t