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The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) has launched a petition demanding an end to inadequate bus services along Canterbury Road and calling for a new ‘SmartBus’ service operating between Box Hill and Ringwood serving commuters, business and the community.

“The bureaucrats and the Brumby Government are just not paying attention to the needs of the traveling public, and that has to change,” said Jeremy Lunn Outer-East Convenor. “Canterbury Road is a major road and deserves a proper service.”
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Geelong’s transport greenhouse gas emissions will rise even faster under proposals from both major parties to upgrade major roads instead of improving public transport, the Public Transport Users Association has warned.

Geelong Branch Convener Paul Westcott said both parties also risked making the region more vulnerable to high petrol prices by increasing dependence on cars, while still not providing any practical public transport alternatives to driving.
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While Climate Change is now a mainstream issue, the major parties continue to ignore the impact of transport — which accounts for up to half of household emissions. Better public transport would also relieve pain from petrol prices, traffic congestion, impact on obesity, access to education and work opportunities, and spread property demand better around our cities.

The PTUA has reviewed prepared a scorecard of the federal parties, so you can vote for public transport at this Saturday’s federal election.

Full scorecard
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Public transport groups today urged the federal government and opposition to develop land transport plans that reduce reliance on costly and polluting oil.

“The PM has highlighted the negative impacts of our oil addiction on two consecutive days now,” said Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) President Daniel Bowen. “First he said high oil prices are fuelling inflation and interest rate rises [1], and then he expressed concern that rising petrol prices are ‘very, very painful’ [2]. It’s time the federal government got behind alternatives, like expanding passenger rail infrastructure.”
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