Member meetings
Come and discuss public transport issues, and how you can help get them fixed, with the PTUA committee and with other members.
Next member meeting
Where: Ross House, 247 Flinders Lane, Melbourne — Use right-hand entrance, go to Level 1, meeting room 3 (If you have trouble finding the way in on the night, please ring 03 9650 7898.)
When: Tuesday 26th March 2013, 6pm
Topic: Guest speaker: Professor Michael Buxton from RMIT — The 20 minute city – is this for real?
RMIT’s Professor Michael Buxton has been a critic of the deregulatory trends in land use planning at both state and Commonwealth levels in recent decades. The Baillieu government introduced the concept of the 20 minute city in its discussion paper “Melbourne, let’s talk about the future,” released in October 2012 to guide public discussion on the development of a new metropolitan planning strategy for Melbourne.
What does the 20 minute city mean? Is it feasible? What planning tools should be applied to enhance mobility in Melbourne in a way that meets economic, planning and environmental objectives?
Note: You must be a current PTUA member to attend these meetings. You can join now or at the meeting. (Please bring correct change if paying by cash.)
Past meetings
11/10/2012 — Annual General Meeting
23/8/2012 — Felipe Carvajal, former transport planner at the National Planning Department of Columbia. The video that Felipe was unable to show, illustrating the change in road priorities from cars to public transport and bikes, is here: Cities on Speed – Bogotá Change
3/5/2012 — Ian Dobbs, CEO of Public Transport Victoria
22/3/2012 — Janine Young, Public Transport Ombudsman
8/12/2011 — PTUA Annual General Meeting
25/8/2011 — Terry Mulder, Minister for Public Transport
30/6/2011 — Phil Hart from, Australian Association for the Study of Peak Oil (ASPO)
24/3/2011 — Andrew Wall, Manager Network Operations from VicRoads
9/11/2010 — PTUA Annual General Meeting
26/8/2010 — Chris Loader from BusVic
1/7/2010 — Andrew Lezala, CEO of Metro Trains
11/3/2010 — Linda Nicholls AO, Chairman, Yarra Trams
Branch meetings
Our Geelong and Outer East branches also have monthly meetings. See page 2 of your newsletter for details.
