Month: September 2006
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PTUA celebrates 30 years
The Public Transport Users Association last night celebrated their 30 years at their 2006 Annual General Meeting. Apart from the usual AGM business of electing the next year’s committee, members and guests watched a video of some highlights of the PTUA’s activities over the past few decades. Group celebrates 30 years of public transport advocacy…
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Manningham: Time for late night services
The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) has demanded that bus services in Manningham be significantly increased and extended on Friday and Saturday evenings in line with improvements for Melbourne’s tram and train network.
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New ticketing system announced
The government has announced the new public transport ticketing system, to be called Myki. You can find details of this on their web site, www.myki.com.au. The PTUA believes that given the huge amount of money being spent on this project (almost half-a-billion dollars over ten years), better value for money would have been achieved by…
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New Geelong region bus services
Public Transport Users Association Geelong Branch secretary Paul Westcott has welcomed the increase in bus services to Torquay and the Bellarine Peninsula, and the move to a consistent pattern of more-or-less hourly services.