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Month: May 2006

  • Call to scrap opposition’s car dependent transport policies

    The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) has challenged the Victorian Liberal Party to develop new transport policies to ensure sustainable relief against mounting petrol prices.

  • Expensive third track costs Hurstbridge line

    The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) has slammed plans by the State Government to spend over $1 billion building a third track on the Dandenong train line – which will be at the expense of projects such as the Hurstbridge line upgrades, benefiting the entire north-eastern suburbs, and other projects in the upcoming “Transport and…

  • Statement set to disappoint

    The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) warns Manningham residents not to get their hopes up in the eagerly-anticipated ‘Transport and Liveability’ statement to be released in coming weeks. Given the State Government has been tight-lipped on revealing its intentions for Manningham: tram 48 along Doncaster Road from North Balwyn, heavy rail along the Eastern Freeway…

  • Expensive third track costs Altona duplication

    The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) has slammed plans by the State Government to spend over $1 billion building a third track on the Dandenong train line — which will be at the expense of projects such as the Altona loop duplication, benefiting the entire Western suburbs, and other projects in the upcoming “Transport and…