The Geelong Branch of the PTUA has been formed to represent the interests of local public transport users.  Our aim is to achieve long-overdue improvements to public transport in and around Victoria’s second-largest city. Good public transport will enhance the sustainability of our region.  It will improve air quality, lower congestion, and reduce demand for new roads and car parks.  It has the potential to revitalise the city and make our streets more people-friendly. Geelong and towns in the surrounding district, the Bellarine Peninsula and the Surfcoast, will be easier places to access and live in. At present, our region’s bus services are so slow and infrequent.  They stop so early, and make such poor connections to other services, that taking public transport usually isn’t a real alternative for those who can drive. Our region must provide decent transport for all sections of society; the young, students and the elderly. The train service to Melbourne needs to be extensively upgraded to provide more frequent services, reflecting the importance of the link between the cities and the growth of commuting.

The Geelong Branch holds meetings on the first Saturday of every month except January, and welcomes anyone to attend.  For more details or information, please contact Convener Paul Westcott on 0413 075 439, email geelong at ptua.org.au, or write to PO Box 4127, Geelong 3220. Click here for the latest news and media releases from the PTUA Geelong branch

Recent Documents

Media

• Opinion
• Media releases
• Letters to the Editor 2010

Policy Documents

• An Agenda for Geelong’s Public Transport (pdf)
• A Regional Public Transport Authority for Geelong (pdf)
• Reforming Geelong’s South-Eastern Bus Routes (pdf)

Submissions

• Legislative Council Select Committee on Train Services – July 2009 (pdf)
• Rural and Regional Committee of Victorian Parliament – November 2008 (pdf)
• Department of Infrastructure – Central Geelong Bus Circulation – August 2007 (pdf)
• Rail Freight Network Review (pdf)
• City of Greater Geelong’s Municipal Strategic Statement (MSS) (pdf)
• City of Greater Geelong’s Medium Density Housing Strategy (pdf)
• Presentation to the Armstrong Creek Planning Panel – 14 December 2007 (pdf)
• Armstrong Creek Urban Growth Plan (pdf)
• Excerpt of a letter to the City of Greater Geelong commenting on its Belmont ‘Park-and-Ride’ proposal

Archives

Media

• Letters to the editor (2009)
• Letters to the editor (2008)
• Letters to the editor (2007)
• Election 2006 Policy Scorecard
• Letters to the editor (2004)
• Election 2002 Policy Scorecard

Policy Documents

• Fast Train Update (February 2004)
• The Fast Train Project
• Let’s Get Geelong Moving
• An Alternative and Sustainable Transport Strategy for Geelong – Discussion Paper (pdf)
• A Public Transport Action Plan for Geelong – Proposal in Brief

Submissions

• Auslink Melbourne – Geelong Corridor (pdf)
• V/Line’s Draft 2006 Geelong Line Timetable (pdf)
• Comment on the Draft Scoping Guidelines for the Geelong Bypass EES (pdf)
• Bunnings Development at Waurn Ponds (pdf)
• Response to the Draft Geelong Transport Strategy
• Comments on the (revised) Geelong Transport Strategy (pdf)