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@ThatPB95 Fan: Congrats on what I believe is your first new article!

Buses in Melbourne and Public Transport Victoria (and probably a few other articles at least) could do with at least a mention of FlexiRide, I don't think that there's any mention of it at all yet. As not to leave this article as an orphan. Fork99 (talk) 13:40, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi,

Yep, thanks for help with the wikilinking. That has been noted.

The main articles I also wanted to add a mention of FlexiRide to are List of bus routes in Melbourne and all their service areas.

Cheers, ThatPB95 Fan (talk) 20:32, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oop, sorry I misinterpreted!

I'll add mentions soon (if they haven't been added yet). ThatPB95 Fan (talk) 20:33, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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... that FlexiRide's bus services in Victoria, Australia, are booked from a mobile app and sometimes from a phone number?

Source: https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/more/travelling-on-the-network/flexiride/ "To find your nearest stop location or book FlexiRide, call (03) 8710 6377 or download the FlexiRide app from Google Play Store or Apple App Store. You can book up to seven days in advance."

ALT1: ... that FlexiRide bus services have no fixed route, operating only when passengers book a trip using a mobile app?

Source: https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/more/travelling-on-the-network/flexiride/ "FlexiRide has no fixed route and only operates when booked."

ALT2: ... that the expansion of FlexiRide's on-demand bus services in Melbourne's east marked the end of Melbourne's earlier Telebus operations?

Source: https://www.knox.vic.gov.au/our-services/children-family-and-community-services/seniors-and-over-55s/alternative-transport-options-eastern-suburbs "the successor to the former Telebus", City of Knox contains the suburb of Rowville, where a Telebus service was originally, also https://web.archive.org/web/20250424040803/https://lilydale.mailcommunity.com.au/2021/09/03/flexibus-for-flexi-customers/ "The trial will replace TeleBus Area 1, 2, 3 and 4 services, as well as Route 676." Lilydale, Rowville are in the eastern suburbs, there are also sources available for Croydon at https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/footer/about-ptv/improvements-and-projects/bus-and-coach/on-demand-bus-service-flexiride-expands-to-lilydale/ "FlexiRide is a 12-month trial and will replace Telebus routes 1,2,3 and 4 and Route 676."

ALT3: ... that the on-demand bus service FlexiRide began as a trial service in Yarrawonga and Mulwala, replacing the bus network in the two towns?

Source: https://www.busnews.com.au/vics-new-approach/ "Yarrawonga and Mulwala, north of Melbourne, will be the first communities to receive a flexible demand response public transport service using existing taxis six days a week...The FlexiRide demand response service will begin operating on November 25 and will replace the current Yarrawonga and Mulwala town bus network...The organisations will be assessing the community’s support of the service over the next 12 months.

- ABC is generally a reliable source when it comes to Australian public transport articles - WP:AUSTS/S

ALT4: ... that the Rowville FlexiRide service won the Design award at the 2021 International Association of Public Transport (UITP) Awards?

Source: https://www.busnews.com.au/vic-transport-and-volvo-buses-win-utip-awards/ "The 2021 Awards shone a spotlight on a key Australian project, the ‘Rowville Flexiride – Demand Responsive Public Transport System’ from the Department of Transport, Victoria, which won the Design Award" - ABC is generally a reliable source when it comes to Australian public transport articles - WP:AUSTS/S

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Created by ThatPB95 Fan (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

ThatPB95 Fan (talk) 11:04, 23 April 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Article is new enough, long enough, presentable, neutral, and with no BLP or COPYVIO issues (Earwig for a quote and proper names). Two of the sources are a bit bloggy, but have minimal use: Danielbowen.com for a generalized statement in the lead, and melbourneontransit.blogspot.com/ is used along with two other sources for some historical background (providing legacy schedules, etc.). Nothing controversial. A fair number of primary reliable sources (e.g.: Public Transport Victoria), which is to be expected with the subject matter. QPQ waived for nominator's first nomination. Hooks are interesting enough, and there are plenty of options here for the promoter.
Query: Hook facts: ALT1 and ALT3's hook facts needs to be cited in the article at the end of those sentences (WP:DYKHFC). For ALT2, the source is talking about the Knox Area/Eastern Suburbs/Rowville, and on its own I don't believe this is good enough to cover all of Victoria. The source for ALT3 says Y&M were the first PTV FlexiRide services, but could there have been earlier FlexiRide services not associated with Public Transport Victoria? ALT4 checks. Hooks are not too long and are well formatted, though I'd recommend changing ALT4 to International Association of Public Transport (UITP) – assuming from that article's title that the common English name is the written-out name rather than the acronym. – Reidgreg (talk) 23:02, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Reidgreg thank you for your comment. I've edited ALT4 as you've said, and ALT1 and ALT3's hook facts in the article have been placed at the end of the sentences.

For ALT2, Telebus only really operated in the eastern suburbs (Lilydale, Rowville etc) not in all of Victoria. I have changed the hook to discuss Melbourne's eastern suburbs instead.
For ALT3, the earliest I could go with demand-responsive transport in Melbourne was Telebus, which was still there even in the dawn of the 2010s, however I really wouldn't count that as a FlexiRide due to the branding.

Cheers, ThatPB95 Fan (talk) 09:24, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Approve ALT0–4: I would tend to recommend ALT0, 1 and 4 as more broadly interesting, as ALT 2 and 3 call on a bit of local knowledge, but leave that to the promoter. – Reidgreg (talk) 13:07, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]