Tag: association
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Speech for Ringwood: Tell Us The Future
This speech was delivered at the public forum Ringwood: Tell Us the Future organised by the Ringwood Transit City Community Coalition (RTCCC). The forum attracted approximately 100 attendees demonstrating the community’s desire for meaningful, open and direct consultation within the Ringwood Transit City Project. The speech I delivered at this forum is available here.
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2005 : The Year of the Outer East
Tonight the Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) Outer East Branch met for the first time in 2005 and discussed issues such as the Knox and Doncaster tram extensions and the need for the Stud Road SmartBus service that must be funded in the upcoming state budget. It is imperative that the Stud Road SmartBus is…
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Local Groups Form United Transit City Community Coalition
The formation of the Ringwood Transit City Community Coalition (RTCCC) will ensure that community concerns are represented and heard within the Ringwood Transit City Project. The very success of Ringwood depends upon meaningful community consultation. Without such consultation the viability of business investment will be threatened as the public will reject inappropriate plans that have…
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Eastern Region Integrated Transport Group (ERITG)
Tonight I presented to the Eastern Region Integrated Transport Group (ERITG) with the dual aims of identifying potential avenues of cooperation and demonstrating specific action that the group could utilise. ERITG is a group of eight outer eastern councils that provide a regional approach for council initiated advocacy for greater public transport. The councils involved…
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Public Transport… Is It Moving You?
Public Transport.. Is It Moving You? was the theme of the first public transport meeting held in Croydon, which like most of the outer east has suffered from continued public transport neglect. Organised by the Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) and the Croydon Conservation Society (CCS), the meeting attracted well over 100 attendees. People were…
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Speech for Public Transport: Is It Moving You?
This speech was delivered in August 2004 during the public meeting, Public Transport – Is It Moving You? held in Croydon and jointly organised by the Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) Outer East Branch and the Croydon Conservation Society (CCS). This meeting attracted over 100 attendees and with people literally crowded outside the doors it…