Tag: media comments
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Maroondah Leader: Call for new Ringwood station
The Maroondah Leader on the 10th of January reported on the need for the government to commit to an upgrade of Ringwood Station: MAROONDAH residents want a new Ringwood railway station, not a cosmetic overhaul of the existing “unsafe, dark and antiquated facility”, says a Maroondah transport group. It is imperative that Ringwood Station is…
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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…
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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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PTUA Releases Five Year Plan
The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) has released its five year plan entitled Five Years Closer to 2020 – A Plan To Get Transport Back On Track. The PTUA’s five year provides both the Government and the State Opposition with a roadmap to commit to the much lauded goal of achieving 20% public transport modal…
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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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Sunday Bus Service – A Victory For the Community
After much campaigning I am pleased to announce that Sunday bus services will be operating along Maroondah Highway. This is a victory for the community and will ensure that residents of Maroondah and the Yarra Ranges living near the major thoroughfare of Maroondah Highway will be able to use public transport on a Sunday. While…
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RRR Radio Interview – Population Densities and Public Transport
This morning I, as the Outer East Branch Convener of the Public Transport Users Association, along with Associate Professor Michael Buxton from RMIT (Associate Professor, Environment & Planning), was interviewed by Radio Station Triple R (RRR) to discuss the issues of urban density and public transport. Melbourne is clearly at the crossroads between increasing urban…
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Robert Doyle And EastLink Tolls
Robert Doyle, the Victorian Liberal Opposition Leader has released his long awaited ‘no tolls’ policy for the Mitcham-Frankston Freeway (now known as EastLink). The policy however, does not actually remove tolls but will instead simply halve the amount paid until 2014. While there is no doubt that the ALP lied over its initial ‘no tolls’…