Archive for September, 2006

PTUA celebrates 30 years

September 29th, 2006 (News, Media releases)

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
The […]

Read the rest of this article »

Manningham: Time for late night services

September 21st, 2006 (Media releases, Melbourne east)

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.
The State Government is introducing late-night services on all tram and train routes until 2am on Friday and Saturday evenings, allowing greater flexibility […]

Read the rest of this article »

New ticketing system announced

September 8th, 2006 (News)

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 spending […]

Read the rest of this article »

New Geelong region bus services

September 4th, 2006 (Media releases, Geelong)

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.
“However timetables are still complicated and off-putting to potential new users,” he said. “Now that the increased services have been provided, the PTUA […]

Read the rest of this article »