I'm not from Hobart, I'm from Queensland and visit from time to time, but one thing that really struck me is that Hobart is just like a little Oslo or Aalborg, with a lovely historic downtown, beautiful scenery but also not afraid to do some good modern stuff, like that UTAS building in North Hobart, MONA...even the airport renovation is pretty decent for a small city.

So Hobart has about 250k and there are numerous small cities in Europe (Particularly in Denmark, France, Austria and Germany) of that size who have built a dedicated mass transit networks.

The scale is smaller but the underlying principle is the same.

I like to think of it like "doing a line of coke" where you deliberately try and line up many popular destinations on the one corridor, eg universities, stadiums/arenas, major shopping centers, clusters of high density housing / business districts / restaurant precincts / airports / museums on the one line.

So a wide variety of people have a reason to use it and hence bigger vehicles and more frequency and speed/priority, and eventually justify building dedicated infrastructure, purley to save time when bridging between these destinations.

So without going into too much detail, I've tried to do that here.

Now, BRT versus trams, I think there is a case for both, but one captains call I'll make is that it is a waste of time having the trams go the long way around the Domain and miss everyone just because the tracks are there.

South of Moonah they need to run down the guts through New Town and North Hobart where all the good stuff is. This probably means cutting a lane of traffic on Elizabeth st and punching right through to the University in order to get bums on seats to justify the expense of light rail. You can compensate for this by adding a lane on the Brooker Highway to encourage traffic to use that corridor instead.

The whole Sorrel/Airport/Rosny/CBD/Kingston corridor has far too many steep inclines for trams to ever work, and you already have sections of Motorway that could be widened with bus lanes if needed. Sorry, you're probably not getting a rail tunnel under the Derwent any time soon either.

I think the big expense here is doing a new 2 lane Tasman Bridge, purely for walkers/cyclists/buses...Have a look at the Green Bridge built to UQ in Brisbane for how this can be done.

The second thing I'd do is a 2km bus only tunnel from the Stadium to the start of the Southern Outlet. The reality is that if this was a 4 lane road tunnel with exhaust stacks it will cost megabucks. If you relieved the traffic with a 2 lane bus tunnel for electric buses only, its half the diameter and doesn't need such a big exhaust system....Will Hobart be ballsy enough to go a different route and spend the money on a public transport system before a road tunnel and get cars off the road that way?

Now, I'm not a local, so feel free to point out any local nuances I've missed.

In short:

There are concerns mothers will fall through the cracks when the mother-baby unit at the Royal Hobart Hospital is replaced with a new facility.

While the mother-baby unit deals with complex mental health challenges, staff have been told mothers must be "psychologically well" to be eligible for the replacement service.

What's next?

The mother-baby unit is to close at the end of the year.

Tasmania's health department has dismissed staff concerns about the level of care its new mother-baby unit (MBU) will offer, claiming there will be "no reduction in capability".

But health workers familiar with the plan have told the ABC they have been informed the Intensive Residential Parenting Unit (IRPU) will only be able to cater to mothers with low-to-moderate postnatal depression and anxiety, as opposed to "complex mental health" issues the current unit deals with.

They have told the ABC that, while IRPU will be a "wonderful service", it cannot replace the MBU at the Royal Hobart Hospital.

With that unit to close at the end of the year, health workers and advocates are worried some women will "fall through the cracks".

The Royal's MBU looks after mothers with low-to-high mental health issues, including bipolar and a history of postnatal psychosis, provided they are assessed as at low risk of harming themselves or others.

Read the full article at abc.net.au.

Does anyone know why the sign at the DEC isn’t working any more? I mean sure, it was like the sun when it was on at night, but it’s strange with the cost of the install that they wouldn’t be using it?

Does anyone know someone that will replace a lithium battery?

I have a Kodak 350 luma projector that most likely has a battery failure. I have called multiple repair and battery replacement stores and no one will go near a lithium battery.

Does anyone have advice for me? 🙏

I have had an absolutely terrible experience with a local builder, the quality of his and his contractors work was terrible and in no way met building standards.

The process has made my life total hell for a long period of time. He is not new to the industry and generally has no idea about a lot of things to do with contracts/building law/ and it was even hard to get a legible invoice out of his office on multiple occasions.

I also know that he tries to pick up NDIS house modification builds which is a huge risk to people in the community.

I want to protect others, but I don't know what to do and want to do so anonymously. There are a couple of things that I can report to CBOS but I don't believe that that is public information unless he ultimately gets kicked off whatever building registry there is - but you have to have a lot of strikes for that so he'll probably just get a warning.

I was not sure if it was appropriate to name him here, I've read through the group rules and wasn't quite sure :)

No need to hit wastelands to get sporting goods soon, I see it’s opening up in a month or so, excellent!!

Hi guys. I worked in Disability support a few years back. Enjoyed the role very much and wouldn't mind going back into it. I preferred the social support side of things, rather than personal care etc, but flexible. Looking for which orgs are good to work for, and which to not bother with please. Any recommendations (or otherwise), from either the worker or client side appreciated.

I just started watching tonight's Hobart City council meeting. Not 20 minutes in there has been multiple questions from members of the public concerning the nature of a previous workshop on high rise zoning conditions in Hobart, and what that means for heritage and the like.

I thought I'd make a post to see what the sentiment in this room is regarding building taller buildings in Hobart. Do you think it's something we should be considering for the sake of expanded housing and accommodation options, or do you think there are other ways to approach these kinds of societal concerns without building up further? Is it about working with developers to more effectively execute the current planning scheme, or is the only reality to go higher? What are the issues and benefits you foresee?

I myself am currently for building higher. Nothing too obscene but I do believe we are underutilising the spatial potential of Hobart. Of course there are trade-offs, and there will be challenges about where they are able to be built or not (which I have gleaned was the issue discussed as this previous workshop). We aren't somewhere like Paris that can build highrises on the outskirts in order to preserve heritage (well, Haussman's relatively recent heritage). Even if we managed to do that I'm not sure how satisfactory Parisians find such an arrangement.

Anyhoo, what you all reckon?

Thanks for reading.

Hello,

Trying to find this bike that got stolen recently. If anyone comes across, please kindly reach out if possible. Any help would be much appreciated.

Vinnies (in the old McCanns building) has gone on Elizabeth Street. The (brilliant) City Mission Partridge Nest on the corner of Barrack & Goulburn Street has also closed (albeit temporarily)

Anyone know what’s going on?

Hi all! Looking for some meal delivery recommendations in Hobart. I’ve found quite a few options online, but I was wondering if anyone has personally tried any local businesses that prepare and deliver meals and would recommend them?
I’m after something simple, affordable and reasonably healthy. I work 5 days a week and have classes on weekends for the next few months, so I could really use something that can cover most, if not all, of my meals for the week.
Would love to hear any recommendations. Thanks! 😊

I’ve been into the rivulet a few times and around the ally’s in the cbd but that’s really all I’ve done

I purchased a small dresser/chest of drawers from
The Huonville Tip shop at the start of this year. After a drawer wouldn’t close yesterday because I’d overfilled it and some undies fell behind it, I stuck a light in and found these.
The first is of Patti Smith and William Burroughs and the second is of a pride run in 1983 nyc.

No idea how I’d go about getting the wedding photos back to their family but I figured I’d post them here.

Looking to get my 2009 Forester fixed, any mechanics in the Hobart area that are generally trusted to not totally rinse you?

Currently looking at Ultimate Subaru (now in New Town under Drive Line), JP Automotive and Autocraft.

Hi everyone, I have an interview lined up. I am surprised they provide the interview questions 10 minutes before the session. Can I take it with me and use it as a reference guide during the session?

Cheers,

I am looking for GP recommendations for a doctor who is open to trial-prescribing me some gummies for anxiety/insomnia which is not responding to regular treatment.

$40m on a ferry crossing (already serviced by a faster road route)
$24m on a waterfront walkway in Battery Point
Endless bike-lane and "paddling pool at Constitution dock" type brain-farts.

This isn't "lefties" or "greenies", it's just the same old nimbys demanding what they want for their little areas and rejecting anything that annoys them.

(Yes, it's a Pulse article, the others are paywalled and the information is the same anyway)

I ran out of my stash from Melbourne. Why can we not get them in Tassie?! Is there anything anyone has found that’s similar?

I'm looking to get 2 quotes for rendering. I've gotten one quote, which I think is fairly priced, but I'd like to get another 2 to compare. Any recommendations?

Hey all,

I'm planning on flying to Sydney with a bicycle, which I would then be leaving in Sydney.

Does anyone have any experience doing this? And does anyone know somewhere I might be able to get/borrow a bike bag or box?