Tag: public transport
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DSE Workshop: Our Environment Our Future
Today I attended a workshop conducted by the Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) which focused on discussing Victoria’s Environmental Sustainability Framework, Our Environment Our Future.This framework was completed in 2005 with the intent of reaffirming and establishing targets for the State Government’s sustainability initiatives. Among these initiatives is the goal to increase public transport…
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MAV Transporting Communities into 2030
Over the past two days I attended a conference conducted by the MAV focused on public transport and the goal of increasing public transport modal share from the current 9% to the goal of 20% by 2020. The conference made it clear that the goal of 20% modal share by 2020 must happen to secure…
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Eastern Region Integrated Transport Group – First meeting for 2006
This evening I attended the first Eastern Region Integrated Transport Group (ERITG) meeting for 2006 as a councillor for Maroondah City Council. The Eastern Region Integrated Transport Group is a collective of seven eastern metropolitan councils (Manningham, Maroondah, Yarra Ranges, Knox, Greater Dandenong, Monash and Whitehorse) which seeks to advocate for sustainable and integrated transport…
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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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PTUA Outer East Branch – First Meeting for 2006
The Outer East Branch of the Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) met tonight for its first meeting in 2006. Items discussed included the upcoming Transport and Liveability Statement. In the words of Steve Bracks this much anticipated statement “would address an imbalance between road and public transport” (Leader Newspapers, Tuesday 14th of February 2006) and…
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Get on Track! Transport and Liveability: The Path to a Sustainable Victoria
The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) combined with Environment Victoria (EV), Friends of the Earth (FOE) and the Victorian Council of Social Services (VCOSS) have formed the Coalition for People’s Transport. The Coalition for People’s Transport is an alliance of community, social justice, environment, local government, disability and transport user groups and is committed to…
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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…