This article is from our April 2008 newsletter. Please join the PTUA to receive regular newsletters.
Rod Eddington’s East West Needs Assessment report was finally released at the beginning of April. The assessment was a key part of the government’s Meeting Our Transport Challenges strategy, and like MOTC itself the Eddington report deserves a hearty one-hand […]

From our December 2007 newsletter. Please join the PTUA to receive regular newsletters.
A key campaign for the PTUA this year has been working for the restoration of strong public control of public transport in Melbourne and Victoria. Our favoured model for public control is the ‘Transport Community’ model used in cities like Zurich, Vancouver, London, […]

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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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 […]

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May 2007 edition articles:

Melbourne’s fares the highest in the country — view the graphs here
10 extra trains coming, but more needed

Coming events
PTUA at the human sign
Time for action on suburban trains — The full plan is available for download here
Bus network reviews commence
State buys back country rail network
Geelong […]

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March 2007 edition articles:

The minister writes for you
Connex Siemens debacle
PTUA meets the PT players
March fare changes welcomed
Expert raises eyebrows
East-west study launched
Suburban branches
Peak oil – been and gone?

Geelong branch news
Letter to the editor: Ticket protest
PTUA at Sustainable Living Festival
PTUA planning weekend
PTUA membership: Joining/renewing made easier; Cheap Yearly tickets

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December 2006 edition articles:

Batchelor gone: High hopes for new minister
Transport highlighted on the hustings
East and south eastern suburbs make their voices heard
South Morang Rail – a victory of sorts
Geelong branch report
What Labor promised
Connex driving away customers – weekend overcrowding

Summer timetables loom
A new climate for transport
Letter to the editor: […]

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October 2006 edition articles:

State election looms: Parties challenged on transport
Making the links to joined-up government
Geelong bus petition reaches 1000 signatures
PTUA celebrates 30 years of standing up for passengers
How it all began
Tunnel freeway threatens inner north again
Transport focus: Northern suburbs
Transport focus: Melbourne’s East
Transport focus: Regional services
Transport focus: North eastern […]

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August 2006 edition articles:

Government fails 15 minute test
“End of Suburbia” free screenings
Annual General Meeting
PTUA Geelong Branch challenges MPs to go car-free
New train timetables on the way
Bourke Street trams get low priority
Meeting the weekend transport challenge
Rowville residents demand Rowville rail
East and southeast united in calls for better public transport
Middleborough […]