Tag: bus services
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Pedestrians Treated Poorly in Ringwood
The current pedestrian hostile environment in Ringwood is hampering efforts to create a a vibrant town centre for Ringwood. The Ringwood Transit City Community Coalition (RTCCC) issued a media release highlighting current areas of concern within Ringwood and calling for immediate and recognisable improvements. The issued media release is available here.
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A Fairer Place To Be?
The Bracks Government’s sixth budget claimed to hold the overall theme of making Victoria A Fairer Place To Be yet while small amounts of funding was allocated for public transport many areas will still remain isolated. In response the disappointing public transport improvements provided in the State Budget I issued the following statement (which is…
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Breakfast With Brumby
This morning as the Outer East Branch Convener of the Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) I attended the Outer East MP’s 2005 Budget Breakfast. The keynote speaker was the Treasurer John Brumby who presented an overview of the current Victorian State Budget and its implications for the outer east. While obviously a number of issues…
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ERITG : Seizing the Day for Bus Reform
The Eastern Region Integrated Transport Group (ERITG) consists of eight Outer East Councils to provide a regional approach to public transport advocacy. The current council members include: Knox Greater Dandenong Yarra Ranges Manningham Maroondah Whitehorse Monash Casey While each member council provides varying degrees of municipal specific public transport advocacy the aim of the regional…
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Much Needed Ringwood to Frankston SmartBus Welcomed
As a community advocate and public transport lobbyist success and campaign victories do not always occur as often as I or residents of the Outer East would always like. The Ringwood to Frankston SmartBus however is one such success story. The need for evening and more frequent bus services along Stud Road and Frankston-Dandenong Road…
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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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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…