Tag: public transport
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Knox Leader: Lobby group renews call
The Knox Leader has reported on the renewed calls for the completion of the Knox tram issued by the Public Transport Users Association (PTUA): A PUBLIC transport lobby group has again called on the State Government to fund a tram extension to Knox City shopping centre. Public Transport Users’ Association spokesman Alex Makin said a…
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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…
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Presentation: Integrated Transport Planning
Today, upon invitation from Dr. Robin Goodman, the Postgraduate Course Coordinator for the Environment and Planning Program at RMIT, I presented a community perspective into the Ringwood Transit City Project for RMIT’s Integrated Transport Planning Course. The slides and speech content are available here.
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Wyndham Council to Government : Let Us Do Your Job
Both the Herald Sun and the MX have today reported that Wyndham City Council, (in Melbourne’s outer west) has formed an internal working group to undertake a scoping study for the Wyndham City Council to construct, own and operate its own tramway system. This demonstrates that an ever increasing number of councils throughout all of…
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Outer East PTUA Branch Meeting – Ensuring Mobility
Perhaps unsurprisingly the issue of rising oil prices dominated this month’s PTUA East and Outer East Branch Meeting. It is clear that rising oil prices are eroding disposable income resulting in serious repercussions for the future economic viability of Melbourne and the Outer East. Research from the Victorian Council of Social Services (VCOSS) has shown…
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Maroondah Leader: Group mad over axing three key bus routes
The Minister for Transport, Peter Batchelor, has continued to persist with his ill-advised refusal to include bus services along Maroondah Highway, Canterbury Road and Wonga Road as part of the Principal Public Transport Network (PPTN). The Maroondah Leader has pursued this issue: A TRANSPORT lobby group has lashed out at the Transport Minister for not…
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Ministerial Ignorance Terminates Transit City
I have recently been advised that the Transport Minister, Peter Batchelor, has refused a request to include three key bus routes within Maroondah onto the Principal Public Transport Network (PPTN). The Principal Public Transport Network includes bus routes that will be upgraded to ensure higher service frequencies and longer operating hours. The correspondence received from…
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Put The Community Back Into Ringwood
The Ringwood Transit City Community Coalition (RTCCC) held a public workshop entitled Planning and Participation to encourage wider community input and debate into the future of Ringwood. The workshop was well received by the community and clearly demonstrated the need for wider community input into the future of Ringwood. View media issued by the RTCCC.
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PTUA Bus Route Reform
The PTUA Outer East Branch meeting is currently held on the second Tuesday of each month. The meeting for June however, consisted of a forum to discuss the opportunities that exist due to the expiration of the existing Metropolitan bus contracts in 2007. The new contracts and the possibly of an improved funding arrangements from…
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Commitment To Ringwood Congratulated
The State Government has just announced a $100,000 study investigating the Ringwood Station Precinct and corresponding facilities. While the announcement of this study is welcomed by the Ringwood Transit City Community Coalition (RTCCC) it is imperative that improvements are forthcoming. The Ringwood Transit City Community Coalition (RTCCC) has responded through the following media release which…