Tag: state government
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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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Herald Sun: Graffiti game outrage
The presence of graffiti is a growing problem both within Maroondah and the broader Melbourne metropolitan area. Among the increasing media coverage of Melbourne’s graffiti problem the Herald Sun has today reported on the impending release of a computer game called Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure which features graffiti tagging. “Anything that legitimises graffiti needs…
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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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The Age: Plea to Canberra for a transport fix
The Age has reported today on the combined submission from the Public Transport Users Association (PTUA), Environment Victoria and Victorian Council of Social Services (VCOSS) to the Federal Government calling for Federal involvement in public transport infrastructure. Australia is one of few industrialised nations in which the federal government does not contribute significant funds for…
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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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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…