Tag: association
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The Age: Commuters jump on extra services
The Age (via the Australian Associated Press) has reported that Melbourne’s public transport has moved half a million Games spectators on top of its normal commuter load over the first five days of the Games. Despite minor problems caused by delays and the archaic Metrol signalling system still used within Melbourne the system has performed…
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Maroondah Leader: Push for progress at station
The Maroondah Leader has this week reported on the continued calls for the State Government to commit the funding necessary to redevelop Ringwood Station into a safe and accessible transport interchange. The much anticipated Transport and Liveability Statement will include a number of election commitments from the State Government has been silent on the need…
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Community Calls for Station Redevelopment
As a councillor for Maroondah City Council and the Outer East Branch Convener of the Public Transport Users Association I have been actively campaigning for the much needed redevelopment and overhaul of Ringwood Station. The upcoming Transport and Liveability Statement to be released by the State Government in late April will determine whether the government…
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The Age: Bid to keep bonus transport in place
The public transport improvements that will be provided during the Commonwealth Games has demonstrated that the government has the capability to fund service improvements. The Age has reported on the Public Transport Users Association’s call to ensure that these service improvements remain: IMPROVED public transport services for the Commonwealth Games are proof that Melburnians can,…
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PTUA Southeast Branch Ready for Action
Tonight marked the inaugural meeting of the PTUA’s Southeast Branch with the aim of providing local residents with a local voice to advocate and lobby for improved public transport. Melbourne’s southeast is one of Australia’s fastest growing urban areas and the City of Greater Dandenong is a major employment generator for Melbourne. The role and…
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Maroondah Journal: Councillor training taskforce 'a must'
The Maroondah Journal has reported on the Victorian Local Governance Association’s (VLGA) call to establish a councillor training taskforce with the aim of ensuring that councillors receive adequate training. VLGA chief executive officer Andrew Rowe said: “Councillors deal with issues of increasing difficulty and complexity while still essentially undertaking a part time role.” As a…
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The Age: Public transport on track for relief
The Age has today reported on rising speculation about the contents of the upcoming Transport and Liveability Statement. This statement aims to achieve integration between transport, planning and budgetary outcomes – an extremely noticeable failure of the much criticised Metropolitan Transport Plan (released November 2005) and Melbourne 2030. It is no secret that Melbourne’s bus…
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MX: Bus overhaul needed
The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) has called for a radical overhaul of Melbourne’s bus network as part of the upcoming Transport and Liveability Statement to ensure that bus routes operate in a direct, frequent and efficient manner. Today’s MX reported on this issue in regard to the unnecessary complexity of Melbourne’s bus network. City…
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PTUA Outer East Branch – First Meeting for 2006
The Outer East Branch of the Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) met tonight for its first meeting in 2006. Items discussed included the upcoming Transport and Liveability Statement. In the words of Steve Bracks this much anticipated statement “would address an imbalance between road and public transport” (Leader Newspapers, Tuesday 14th of February 2006) and…
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VLGA Changes and Challenges Program
Over the last two days I attended the Victorian Local Governance Association’s (VLGA) Changes and Challenges Program. This program, which included lectures from many renowned experts, provided an overview of Melbourne 2030 as well as information on the planning process, including methods of community participation. The program provided invaluable information on how the planning system…