[Meta] What do you guys want to talk about in !transport? (monyet.cc)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hello everyone. Welcome to the community's first pinned post! 📌

I'm thinking of doing weekly/regularly cycling pins for casual discussion on the topic of transportation in Malaysia, to get the wheels spinning.

A few topic ideas off the top of my head:

sharing good/bad personal experiences/confessions with regards to taking the various modes of transport
tips, tricks, and lifehacks for the various modes of transport
off the beaten paths to take and explore
ideas on improving modal choice (i.e. access to transportation modes that isn't cars)
nerding out on transport modes and lines you wish exists, alternative transit diagrams, etc.
transportation history/future
comparisons with other countries
universal access

Topic ideas welcomed, here and on all subsequent meta-posts. Full-feature posts on such topics even more so! 😆👍‍

Thank you.

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[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm looking forward to getting Natcromancer, Slainthayer and Ernest on PT on board so they can share their PT-related content here!

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That would be really nice!

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Do you have Twitter to DM them about this?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

think I saw Slainthayer on reddit before

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

If you still have Reddit you could DM him and point to our new community!

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Oof i don't have twitter

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Don't really have any particular ideas but are there channels like Not Just Bikes but Malaysia-based?

[-] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

I wish there is, but there's not much to show here, it feels like.

Glad to see another orange pilled person here though. 🤝

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Man, hopefully someone can do that kind of channel especially to appeal with non-English speakers here. Thought of doing it myself but not a big camera guy nor do I have the time for it and also my knowledge is pretty shallow still.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

i like the general tips and tricks thread, and of course announcements/driveby posts when LRT/KTM/bus services are down. Those are useful!

[-] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

of course announcements/driveby posts when LRT/KTM/bus services are down. Those are useful!

If somebody can help me with that, that'd be much appreciated. 😬

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Perhaps a car talk megathread?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

i know it's technically transport, but car in a transport community sounds like some Grab Rideshare hahaha or some car rental corner of the transport community.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Lol yeah I guess

[-] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

roads and highways can la, since public transport uses them too.

car peeps can make their own community. 😒

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Hmm, so is your idea of this community is transport excluding car? Sorry i'm not too clear about that 😆

Let see:

public transport general question(eg: what line to use to get from point a to point b, schedule of public transport, etc etc)
touristy place that can be accessed via public transport
sightseeing route recommendation(maybe sort of like for roadtrip, or maybe new alternative route to take with better view)(same as "off the beaten path to take and explore"?)
cyclists talk(place for bicycle enthusiast to talk about cycling stuff, eg: bicycle, shop recommendation, equipment, advice, diagnosis and repair, cycling route, etc etc)
ebike(place to talk about and discuss all thing ebike, including electric motorcycle)
a general thread for everything

That's all i have 😅

[-] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

so is your idea of this community is transport excluding car? Sorry i’m not too clear about that 😆

I may have a hidden urbanist agenda 🙊

But yes, I want the community to focus away from cars as the default mode. I want to plant the idea that it doesn't have to be just cars everywhere.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I am an urbanism fan too. Maybe we can talk about how towns and cities are designed for better living too. It is closely tied to transportation 😊

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Insteads of just complaints, perhaps we can try some things we like about our public transportation, or what we think they did right, despite their shortcomings.

[-] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

I think having a weekly general thread + a topical thread would be a well-balanced approach.

I'm going to call it the weekly PTSD thread, with PTSD = public transit stories & discussions.

The weekly topic would be either combined with the weekly thread or a separate thread. What do you guys think?

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