Category: Public Transport Users Association (PTUA)
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The Age: Bid to unite transport, planning
The Age recently conducted a number of features exploring the woes facing Melbourne’s public transport system. The difficulties facing Melbourne’s public transport stem from the lack of leadership provided by the State Government in ensuring progress towards the goal of increasing public transport modal share to 20% by the year 2020. In fact public transport…
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PTUA Outer East – Planning Ahead for the Next Five Years
The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) Outer East Branch met for the second time tonight in our new venue at Box Hill. Tonight’s meeting centred on the release of the PTUA’s five year plan and the alignment of our campaigns with this plan. As such the need for service improvements on the Dandenong line, more…
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PTUA Releases Five Year Plan
The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) has released its five year plan entitled Five Years Closer to 2020 – A Plan To Get Transport Back On Track. The PTUA’s five year provides both the Government and the State Opposition with a roadmap to commit to the much lauded goal of achieving 20% public transport modal…
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Maroondah Leader: New bus service vital link
The announcement that Sunday services will be provided on route 670, connecting Ringwood, Croydon, Chirnside Park and Lilydale is a victory for the Maroondah community and a victory for what was a key priority for the Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) Outer East Branch. The Maroondah Leader reported on the announcement of Sunday bus services…
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The Age: New bus routes on the way
The Age has reported on the announcement of new bus services for the outer suburbs of Melbourne: Melbourne’s outer suburbs are about to get extra public transport, with more than 50 new or improved bus routes to be unveiled. But critics, including the Public Transport Users Association, say the new services are nowhere near enough…
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Sunday Bus Service – A Victory For the Community
After much campaigning I am pleased to announce that Sunday bus services will be operating along Maroondah Highway. This is a victory for the community and will ensure that residents of Maroondah and the Yarra Ranges living near the major thoroughfare of Maroondah Highway will be able to use public transport on a Sunday. While…
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The Age : More Roads Lead to More Congestion
The Age has included an editorial on the growing strain on the Westgate Bridge and the lack of public transport available in Melbourne’s outer suburbs. The Age states: Back in 2002, Transport Minister Peter Batchelor said West Gate was a “top priority”, but added: “We have in place longer-term policies to bring about a shift…
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Robert Doyle And EastLink Tolls
Robert Doyle, the Victorian Liberal Opposition Leader has released his long awaited ‘no tolls’ policy for the Mitcham-Frankston Freeway (now known as EastLink). The policy however, does not actually remove tolls but will instead simply halve the amount paid until 2014. While there is no doubt that the ALP lied over its initial ‘no tolls’…
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Knox Leader: Lobby group renews call
The Knox Leader has reported on the renewed calls for the completion of the Knox tram issued by the Public Transport Users Association (PTUA): A PUBLIC transport lobby group has again called on the State Government to fund a tram extension to Knox City shopping centre. Public Transport Users’ Association spokesman Alex Makin said a…
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Presentation: Integrated Transport Planning
Today, upon invitation from Dr. Robin Goodman, the Postgraduate Course Coordinator for the Environment and Planning Program at RMIT, I presented a community perspective into the Ringwood Transit City Project for RMIT’s Integrated Transport Planning Course. The slides and speech content are available here.