Tag: bus services
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Southern Rocycling: operating hours
The continued disruptions caused by Southern Rocycling and the ill effects for residents has been raised in Parliament by Peter Lockwood, Member for Bayswater: Mr LOCKWOOD (Bayswater) — I grieve this morning for residents who live in and around Heatherdale Road in Ringwood and Mitcham and their ongoing dispute with a local company, Southern Rocycling.…
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Walking School Bus Petition
At the first council meeting for 2006 I presented a petition on behalf of residents calling for the restoration of funding for Walking School Bus. I personally support the program and the aims of reducing traffic near schools and encouraging children to walk in a safe and friendly environment. Reducing the number of cars on…
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The Age: City car plan hits heavy traffic
Melbourne City Council has announced the release its draft transport strategy which will give priority to public transport and walking. As reported in The Age the strategy recommends cutting speed limits to 40 km/h in the CBD and reducing road space for private cars to make way for cyclists and pedestrians. Initiatives include: containing the…
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City of Greater Dandenong continues weekend bus services
I have just been informed that the City of Greater Dandenong has decided to continue funding the council funded weekend bus services. The council funded services will continue through to the end of May with the goal of securing state government funding for better public transport services after this date. The City of Greater Dandenong…
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Maroondah Leader: Summer timetable blues
The Maroondah Leader has today reported on the PTUA’s efforts to abolish the current punitive summer holiday timetables for bus services that operate predominately within Maroondah and Manningham: A PUBLIC transport group has renewed calls for an end to summer timetables on Maroondah services. Public Transport Users Association spokesman and councillor Alex Makin last week…
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Rhetoric and reality
This letter was sent to The Age in response to State Government claims that public transport is allocated according to need: IT IS hypocritical for the acting Premier, John Thwaites, to claim that money allocated for public transport would be spent “where it was most needed” while denying the people of Greater Dandenong weekend bus…
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The Age: Anger grows over plan to halt buses
The Age has reported today on the City of Greater Dandenong council funded bus services and the State Government reluctance to fund these services. As The Age reports this is despite the fact that buses are considered a government ‘priority’: The Government says its transport priorities are improving bus services in outer Melbourne and lifting…
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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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Summer Timetable Cutbacks Must Be Permanently Removed
While Melbourne’s train and tram network faces a summer holiday timetable period, from late December to mid January, these timetable modifications largely affect peak hour services. In contrast however, due to different contract standards from the rest of the bus network, National Bus Company, which operates most bus routes within Maroondah, operates a summer timetable…