The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) has called on the Government to present a new vision for Melbourne’s public transport network amid an independent report citing concern over urban sustainability.

“The report commissioned by the independent Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability has exposed the Government’s failure to satisfactorily address Melbourne’s public transport needs”, said PTUA Vice-President Alex […]

A study of public transport fares around Australia has shown that for most trips, Melbourne’s fares are the highest of any of Australia’s mainland capital cities.
The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) surveyed fares in Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Sydney and Canberra, and compared them with the fares to come into effect in Melbourne in June. The […]

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May 2007 edition articles:

Melbourne’s fares the highest in the country — view the graphs here
10 extra trains coming, but more needed

Coming events
PTUA at the human sign
Time for action on suburban trains — The full plan is available for download here
Bus network reviews commence
State buys back country rail network
Geelong […]

Public transport advocates have criticised the Federal Budget for again failing to fund sustainable transport initiatives. Victoria’s Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) said the Federal Government continued to ignore the problem, against the advice of such bodies as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), whose report last week on mitigating climate change highlighted the […]

The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) has welcomed the government’s commitment to expand the train fleet, to help deal with unprecedented crowding on suburban rail services, but noted more needed to be done across the public transport network.

PTUA president Daniel Bowen said that the organisation had lobbied the government to bring forward the new trains […]

The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) today called the State Budget a `grave disappointment’ for Geelong, with no new measures to halt the drop in patronage on Geelong’s urban buses.

Geelong Branch spokesman Paul Westcott said that the budget mainly re-announced measures already promised before last year’s election, and did nothing to tackle the crisis in […]

The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) has welcomed the government’s commitment to expand the train fleet and redevelop Footscray station, but noted more needed to be done to help western suburbs commuters.

PTUA president Daniel Bowen said that the organisation had lobbied the government to bring forward the new trains (originally scheduled for 2011 under the […]

The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) today called the State Budget a ‘disappointment’ for Manningham residents, with no extra allocated funding to solve the transport concerns of the area following unprecedented crowding on services.

Association spokesman and Doncaster resident Christopher Trikilis said that the main announcement of additional trains would benefit parts of Melbourne, but are […]