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Month: July 2008

  • PTUA joins push to speed up trams

    The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) is cautiously throwing its weight behind a Yarra Trams campaign to promote greater traffic priority for trams and buses. Independent Melbourne Partners Against Congested Transport (IMPACT) is an industry coalition formed to oversee implementation of tram and bus priority measures in the government’s Keeping Melbourne Moving strategy. Members of…

  • July 2008 newsletter

    Please join the PTUA to receive regular newsletters. July 2008 edition articles: PTUA calls for services ‘Every 10 minutes to everywhere’ PTUA members provide customer service suggestions Response to Eddington: Please try again, sir Victorian Budget – Backtracking again Eastlink’s open – now the road lobby wants the “missing link”

  • PTUA East-West submission

    The PTUA has made a submission to the government on east-west travel options (aka the Eddington report). It can be downloaded here (PDF, 515Kb) 18/7/2008: The Department of Transport has started making some of the many submissions available on their web site.

  • The real missing link is public transport

    The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) has expressed dismay at the Premier John Brumby for considering the building of the so-called `missing link’ freeway as part of a metropolitan ring road. The PTUA said that major public transport investment is needed instead.

  • BIC: $10 billion to help fix public transport crisis, say experts

    The PTUA participated in a media event on Tuesday morning with the Bus Industry Confederation to highlight the need for Federal funding for urban public transport. The BIC media release is below. July 8, 2008 — $10 BILLION TO HELP FIX PUBLIC TRANSPORT CRISIS SAY EXPERTS A group of public transport experts today called for…

  • Evening train upgrades would be a boon

    A Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) plan to upgrade evening train services would be a boon to the local economy in Whitehorse. Under the PTUA’s proposal, trains would operate every 15 minutes on all lines, including those to Belgrave, Lilydale, Alamein and Glen Waverley, seven days a week. “The current half-hourly evening train services are…