Public transport groups from around Australia recently joined with the PTUA to publish a report on the role of public transport in federal transport policy. The report - Moving Australians Sustainably: Transport Policy in the National Interest - looked at how public transport contributes to a range of federal policy objectives and responsibilities.
The report found […]

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September 2007 edition articles:

New train timetables and free rides to bring little relief
Contracts extended until 2009
PTUA Annual General Meeting: Thursday October 25th
Moving Australians Sustainably
V/Line overcrowding now rampant

Geelong branch: two years of “temporary” bus stops
Federal election: Guide to policies
Fund the Gap - infrastructure in growth areas
Bus route reviews continue
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Traffic lights “designed to make trams slow”, study finds
Melbourne’s trams are spending up to a third of their travel time needlessly stationary, at a cost of millions of dollars a year, according to research to be presented at a major transport conference today.
“We call it ‘dead time’,” said Tony Morton, who carried out the study […]

The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) has welcomed the announcement of extra train services onto Melbourne’s overcrowded rail network, but warned that this should only be the first step to addressing the problems plaguing the system.
“Premier Brumby knows he has to work to solve our transport crisis, and this is a good first step”, said […]

As the annual patronage on Melbourne’s trains climbs through 180 million, it may only be a year or two before we reach the record of 201 million set in 1951. And yet our Government seems to be approaching this milestone not so much with delight as with fear and trepidation (The Age, 7/9). How can […]