Month: November 2013

  • Community campaign launched as traffic drives Melbourne to crisis point

    Fed up with crippling commute times, residents across Melbourne are voicing their anger at the Napthine Government’s plan to sink up to $14 billon into another traffic-clogged tunnel and toll road instead of better public transport. With one year until Victorians next go to the polls, Melbourne community groups from Kensington to Frankston and from…

  • ALP’S “Project 10000”, an important start, but not yet a plan

    With their “Project 10000” document, the Victorian Labor Opposition has clearly listened to community demands for better public transport, but it risks everything with its weak position on the East West Link , the Public Transport Users Association said today. PTUA President Dr Tony Morton said Labor’s pledge to remove fifty of the worst level…

  • PTUA presents inaugural Paul Mees Award to ‘people power’ transport activists

    The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) has presented the inaugural Paul Mees Award for transport advocacy to Darren Peters and Trevor Carroll of the South Morang and Mernda Rail Alliance. PTUA Tony Morton presented the award to Mr Peters and Mr Carroll at the PTUA’s 2013 Annual General Meeting. “Darren and Trevor are worthy recipients…