Tag: transit orientated design
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Maroondah Journal: Are we stuck in first gear?
As part of its State Election coverage, Fairfax Community News (which owns the Maroondah Journal) has reported on a series of election issues. The Maroondah Journal, along with the other Fairfax Community Newspapers, has reported on the issue of public transport. Better public transport would result in a lower level of car dependence, thus mitigating…
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Stringybark Festival: Community support for better public transport
Stringybark is a weekend-long annual community festival organised by Knox City Council and held at the Rowville Community Centre. Like previous years, the Public Transport Users Association (PTUA), like other community groups such as the Knox Environment Society (KES) and Environment Victoria (EV), held a stall at the festival to engage the community in the…
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Manningham sees the 'End of Suburbia'
This evening the Public Transport Users Association (PTUA), in conjunction with Manningham City Council, held a screening of the End of Suburbia to supplement the Destination Doncaster Launch. Chris Trikilis, the PTUA’s Doncaster Coordinator, accompanied myself as Vice-President and Manningham City Councillor Grace La Vella in providing an overview of the film and highlighting the…
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The Age: Rail line 'would replace 10,000 cars'
Public Transport Users Association launches the Destination Doncaster Campaign This afternoon the Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) launched its Destination Doncaster campaign, calling on all political parties to commit to the delivery of a plan to provide transport choice to Manningham, the only municipality in metropolitan Melbourne that lacks any form of rail or tram…
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Ringwood Precinct Plans on Display
Tonight Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC – the owners of Eastland) and Maroondah City Council presented the precinct plans for the Ringwood Town Centre to the Ringwood Chamber of Commerce. The precinct plans are intended to provide a strategic framework for the Ringwood town centre, which is the area north of Maroondah Highway and bound by…
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Media Release: Councils to seek fairer fares
The Eastern Transport Coalition (ETC) will be conducting a postcard survey on Tuesday 10 October to call on the State Government to review the fare structure used across the Melbourne metropolitan area. Councillor Alex Makin represents Maroondah City Council on the ETC, and will be participating in the survey as part of the ETC’s long…
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Liberal commitment towards safety at Ringwood Station
This afternoon I was invited by Ryan Smith, the Liberal candidate for Warrandyte and Heidi Victoria, the Liberal candidate for Bayswater, to a policy announcement made delivered by Ted Baillieu, the leader of the Opposition, at Ringwood Station. The policy announcement contains $120,000 for a security upgrade to Ringwood Station to ensure that the entire…
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Maroondah Leader: Councils lobby for transport
The Maroondah Leader has reported on the launch of the Eastern Transport Coalition and Maroondah City Council’s renewed focus on public transport: MAROONDAH Council has joined forces with six councils to campaign for improved transport options for more than 940,000 residents in the eastern region. The Eastern Transport Coalition was launched recently at the Box…
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Metropolitan Transport Forum: Optimum Institutional Arrangements for Public Transport
Maroondah City Council through the Eastern Transport Coalition (ETC) is an associate member of the Metropolitan Transport Forum, which like the ETC is an advocacy group comprising of metropolitan local governments. The Metropolitan Transport Forum meets on a monthly basis and typically includes a presentation focused on a specific transport related issue. The August meeting…
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MAV: Melbourne 2030 and Urban Planning Discussion Forum
The Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) is the peak representative and lobbying body for Victoria’s 79 councils and is the official voice of local government within Victoria. Given the MAV’s status as a peak body, the State Government’s Melbourne 2030 planning framework has received considerable attention given that a five-year review of Melbourne 2030 is…