Tag: transport improvements
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The Age: New bus routes on the way
The Age has reported on the announcement of new bus services for the outer suburbs of Melbourne: Melbourne’s outer suburbs are about to get extra public transport, with more than 50 new or improved bus routes to be unveiled. But critics, including the Public Transport Users Association, say the new services are nowhere near enough…
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RRR Radio Interview – Population Densities and Public Transport
This morning I, as the Outer East Branch Convener of the Public Transport Users Association, along with Associate Professor Michael Buxton from RMIT (Associate Professor, Environment & Planning), was interviewed by Radio Station Triple R (RRR) to discuss the issues of urban density and public transport. Melbourne is clearly at the crossroads between increasing urban…
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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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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…
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Maroondah Community Cabinet
Today as part of the Maroondah Community Cabinet, the Ringwood Transit City Community Coalition (RTCCC) met Peter Batchelor (Minister for Transport) and Rob Hulls (Minister for Planning). The animosity displayed by Peter Batchelor was unconstructive and as such Peter Batchelor failed to understand the need for immediate transport improvements within Ringwood and Maroondah. The response…
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Breakfast With Brumby
This morning as the Outer East Branch Convener of the Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) I attended the Outer East MP’s 2005 Budget Breakfast. The keynote speaker was the Treasurer John Brumby who presented an overview of the current Victorian State Budget and its implications for the outer east. While obviously a number of issues…
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Public Transport… Is It Moving You?
Public Transport.. Is It Moving You? was the theme of the first public transport meeting held in Croydon, which like most of the outer east has suffered from continued public transport neglect. Organised by the Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) and the Croydon Conservation Society (CCS), the meeting attracted well over 100 attendees. People were…