@faythofdragons @pineapple shitty PT is not the goal. Yes there are PT systems that are shit, that doesn't mean good PT is worse than good individual car ownership (something I've never heard of), it just means shitty PT need to be less shitty.

@RandAlThor Australia first, we are already in the ESC ;)

@andrew_s @JackGreenEarth And tags still help things spread further regardless of the federated service they start on.

@InternetUser2012 @theacharnian and it's not 'someone's' it is a corporations, one with $44B to gift someone.

@njordomir @Sanctus The safe money is it will also run too infrequently to be a good replacement. Adding 'time waiting for train' to the picture for trips outside of 6~9am or 3~7pm and officials wonder why services aren't well used.

@HexesofVexes @nehal3m Cycling commute times can be pretty compeditive in big cities, driving can have very bad worst case speeds where cycling is very stable.

The pictured example in Melbourne is 0:35 to 1:40 by car and 1:25 by bike. Yes the car will frequently win, but you can leave later to guarantee being in the office by 9. (TOA was set to 8:55am)

(The best and fastest is cycle to local station and catch the train)

@grue @thantik Federated service instances need active and aggresive moderation to keep trolls under control.

Monolithic services spend a lot of time and money on doing that.