Tag: transport improvements
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Written Report for CEDA on Peak Oil
Accompanying my verbal report on the CEDA conference, I also tabled the following written report in conjunction with my delegates’ report: CEDA on Peak Oil Attended Monday 28th August 2006 Location: Zinc at Federation Square Seminar cost: $187 Introduction: CEDA is a not-for-profit independent think tank that aims to promote Australia’s economic development in a…
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South East Transport Forum
Tonight I was invited to speak at a Transport Forum organised by candidates from the Liberal Party covering the electorates of Carrum, Bentleigh, Mordialloc, Clayton and Frankston in Melbourne’s south east. My presentation covered the failings of the Bracks Government’s Transport and Liveability Statement and the ramifications this holds for Melbourne’s south east. People living…
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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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Blackburn and The End of Suburbia
Following the success of the Rowville End of Suburbia screening the Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) in conjunction with Environment Victoria (EV) and Friends of the Earth hosted an End of Suburbia screening in Blackburn at the Blackburn Lake Visitors Centre. Like Rowville the event attracted almost 100 attendees and was followed by discussion from…
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Presentation: Public Transport in Melbourne's South East
Tonight’s Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) South East Branch meeting featured a presentation delivered to councillors from the City of Greater Dandenong and candidates for the upcoming State Election. The presentation, which was delivered in my capacity as spokesman and founder of the PTUA South East Branch, was created to demonstrate the need for institutional…
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Maroondah Journal: transport group slams measures
Despite the rhetoric from the State Government, the recently released State Budget has failed to provide the required improvements to Melbourne’s public transport system. In this regard the Maroondah Journal has reported on the Public Transport Users Association’s (PTUA) response to the State Budget: Maroondah residents will get no benefit from the additional public transport…
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Rowville End Of Suburbia Screening
Rowville located within Melbourne’s outer east has a history of being long neglected in regard to the provision of public transport. Despite Rowville’s current situation as a public transport wasteland historically this was not supposed to be the case with plans for the construction of the Rowville rail line first proposed in 1969 via an…
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Ringwood Chamber of Commerce: Around Our Town
The Ringwood Chamber of Commerce’s Around Our Town event provides an opportunity for the business community to hear about the latest developments within the fields of business and Maroondah. Tonight’s event focused on the Ringwood Transit City and the potential that Ringwood has to offer for both the business community and for residents. Ringwood is…
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Meeting Our Transport Challenges – The Media Verdict
News of the government’s transport and liveability statement featured in both the Herald-Sun and The Age with both papers focused on the poor response the statement had received: Herald-Sun: THE Bracks Government’s election-year transport statement has been met with both praise and disappointment. Winners such as Connex, Metlink and the Bus Association of Victoria were…
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Maroondah Leader: Next stop: chaos!
The Maroondah Leader has today called on the Bracks Government and in particular Transport Minister Peter Batchelor and Treasurer John Brumby to deliver urgent public transport improvements for the Maroondah region: In my role as Maroondah Councillor and Branch Convener for the Public Transport Users Association I have called on the following: “I want a…