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From PTUA News, July 2007

While the Federal Government finally appears to be paying some attention to carbon emissions, planning to phase out incandescent lightbulbs in favour of Compact Fluorescent Lightbulbs (CFLs), there’s no sign of directing funds towards urban public transport projects. This is despite household lighting representing a fraction of the emissions of transport – indeed, calculations we’ve done indicate that transferring just 20% of car trips to public transport services would save around four times the carbon emissions of switching all lights to CFLs.
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July 2007 edition articles:

• Transport the key to emissions reductions
• Kosky’s contracts countdown
• Eddington East-West travel study
• PTUA meets TTA
• Weekend train crowding continues
• But it’s not just the trains that are crowded!
• Branch news: Geelong, Outer East, South-East — Please note the Casey transport meeting is on Wednesday 5th September, not August as printed in the newsletter

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Regular public transport users are reminded that compensation is available for monthly and longer ticketholders due to poor reliability on metropolitan and regional rail services recently.

• Connex for May and June — Click here or get a form from a staffed station
• V/Line for April, May and June on most short and long distance services — click the following links for details for April / May / June

While the compensation is minimal (a free daily/return ticket), and shorter term ticketholders who have also been affected are not able to apply, the PTUA encourages all eligible passengers to make a claim, as it helps send the message that public transport reliability needs to improve.

Previous compensation (January to March 2007).

The federal government should invest in public transport to cut Australia’s growing dependence on Middle East oil, the Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) said today.

“Oil production in Australia is in terminal decline, along with production in most other oil producing countries,” said PTUA President Daniel Bowen. “As a result we’re going to see higher and more volatile prices and a rapidly rising import bill to feed our oil addiction.”
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