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May 2009 newsletter

May 25th, 2009 (Newsletters)

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May 2009 edition articles:

Funded: South Morang rail, Sunbury electrification, Tarneit/Regional link – but at what cost?
Member meeting: Monday 15th June (please note date in paper newsletter is wrong)
Watching over the fleet
Parliamentary Select Committee on Train Services
Senate inquiry probes Federal funding
South Morang not far enough
Connex trials modified train
Flags for [...]

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December 2008 newsletter

December 24th, 2008 (Newsletters)

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December 2008 edition articles:

Brumby’s grand plan
PTUA Annual General Meeting report
Metcard changes rolled back
Fare rises — Melbourne’s fares still the most expensive
Frank Crean 1916-2008
How much can a rail line cost?

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September 2008 newsletter

September 30th, 2008 (Newsletters)

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September 2008 edition articles:

Periodicals undermined by Myki
PTUA Annual General Meeting: Thursday October 30th
Make these local elections count
RIP Ken McIntyre

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July 2008 newsletter

July 23rd, 2008 (Newsletters)

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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”

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Eddington: Tunnel vision

April 27th, 2008 (Newsletters)

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 [...]

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April 2008 newsletter

April 27th, 2008 (Newsletters)

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April 2008 edition articles:

Eddington: Tunnel vision
Outer east news
Metro train timetables revamped
What would YOU like to see in the new contracts?
How many trains?

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February 2008 newsletter

February 22nd, 2008 (Newsletters)

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February 2008 edition articles:

It’s official: Myki more expensive than staff
PTUA at Sustainable Living Festival
Bike ban embarrasses minister: Time for some better advice
Focus on traffic congestion – but what is the fix?
PTUA launches governance paper

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More cities follow the path to public control of transport

December 10th, 2007 (Newsletters)

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, [...]

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Moving Australians Sustainably

September 29th, 2007 (Federal Election 2007, Newsletters)

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 newsletter

September 28th, 2007 (Newsletters)

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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

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