http://www.ptua.org.au The public transport advocacy group for Victoria, Australia Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:04:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Despite the understandable concerns of peak hour train commuters, Metro Trains should be commended for wanting to double train patronage by 2020. It shows there is more capacity to be squeezed out of the network, and smarter timetabling can get more trains on to the tracks. But there will be no doubling ... http://www.ptua.org.au/2010/03/05/metro-patronage-double/ The Public Transport Users Association has expressed serious concerns over the revelation that no platforms will be provided at North Melbourne station for Geelong rail passengers travelling on the forthcoming Regional Rail Link. Although extra platforms will be provided at both Footscray and Southern Cross stations as part of the $4.2bn ... http://www.ptua.org.au/2010/02/16/rrl-north-melb/ Mayor Robert Doyle's ''Damascus'' conversion on Swanston Street has led to a good plan. But on design and location of tram stops, it lets the city down badly. Good planning aims for the shortest walk possible between different forms of public transport. The new tram stops do the opposite. At one ... http://www.ptua.org.au/2010/01/30/swanston-st-letter/ With the new Myki ticketing system having been in public use for one month, the Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) has compiled a list of problems with it, and has called for the government to ensure the system is running more smoothly before switching more people from Metcard to Myki. "We ... http://www.ptua.org.au/2010/01/29/month-long-myki-muddle/ The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) has wished departing Public Transport Minister Lynne Kosky well, noting that her successor will have a big job ahead to reform Melbourne and Victoria's public transport network. "Lynne Kosky has been much maligned, but she inherited a number of problems from former minister Peter Batchelor, ... http://www.ptua.org.au/2010/01/18/new-minister-big-challenge/