Tag: budget
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Maroondah Leader: Next stop: chaos!
The Maroondah Leader has today called on the Bracks Government and in particular Transport Minister Peter Batchelor and Treasurer John Brumby to deliver urgent public transport improvements for the Maroondah region: In my role as Maroondah Councillor and Branch Convener for the Public Transport Users Association I have called on the following: “I want a…
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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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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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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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Bus Service Rests in Government Hands
The State Government has constantly claimed that its top priority for public transport was upgrading service levels on the bus network. There is basis behind this rationale, after all the average bus service finishes at 6:58 pm while train and tram services operate through to midnight and only 18% of Melbourne’s buses operate on Sundays.…
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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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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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Governmental Organisational Impediments – Action Buried by Bureaucracy
As detailed in my presentation to RMIT’s Integrated Transport Planning Course delivered on Friday the 2nd of September one of my major concerns regarding the lack of progress towards the goal of increasing public transport patronage stems from the poor integration that exists between government departments, such as the Department of Infrastructure (DOI) and the…