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  • Buses or Bust

    Users Launch Petition for Frequent Bus Services The Geelong Branch of the PTUA today launched a petition calling on the major political parties to bring the region’s bus services up to useable standards, within a year from November’s State Election. The petition calls for more frequent services running later into the evening as the key…

  • August 2006 newsletter

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  • Government plan fails 15 minute test

    Why mode share is stagnant and our roads are clogged There’s nothing that discourages public transport usage more than the prospect of long waits for services. Anybody with a choice does simply not put up with waiting, nor do they want to check timetables to minimise that waiting. They drive instead. Studies such as the…

  • Forget petrol prices, give us more public transport!

    “Ethanol won’t stop petrol prices going up”, government told. Joint media release from: Action for Public Transport (NSW), Public Transport Users Association (Vic), People for Public Transport (SA), Sustainable Transport Coalition (WA). Transport user groups around Australia have called on the federal government to provide an escape from rising petrol prices by upgrading public transport.…

  • Users welcome V/Line changes

    The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) has welcomed the announcement of new V/Line timetables, to take effect in September. PTUA president Daniel Bowen said that while the new timetables were not perfect, they were a big improvement to those living, studying and working along the five main train lines, with a healthy boost to the…

  • Train timetable on the right track

    Users call for further changes and trains every half-hour The Public Transport Users Association’s Geelong Branch has welcomed V/Line’s new Geelong line timetable as an “important step in the right direction.”

  • Right train of thought

    MALCOLM Turnbull’s call for a major investment in public transport, particularly rail, is right on the money (“Try rail, says Liberal”, Herald Sun, July 14). An increasingly energy hungry world competing for dwindling oil supplies can only send petrol prices upwards, particularly hurting families without decent transport alternatives.

  • Half our MPs ‘get on board’ for Car-Free Challenge

    Three of Geelong’s six MPs have accepted a challenge to go “car free” for some of their weekday journeys, the Public Transport Users Association announced today. Geelong Branch Convener, Tim Petersen, congratulated MPs Ian Trezise, Lisa Neville and John Eren for taking up the challenge to rely on public transport for at least some of…

  • The End Of Suburbia — free screening in Blackburn

    The acclaimed documentary The End Of Suburbia will screen in Blackburn on Sunday 16th July. The film screening will be followed by a discussion about how we can adapt our communities, transport choices and lifestyles to living with less oil. Sunday 16th July, 12 noon Blackburn Lake Visitors Centre Central Road, Blackburn Melway 48 B11;…

  • MPs not keen on Car-Free Challenge — Users Suggest Relaxed Guidelines

    The Public Transport Users Association has suggested some relaxed guidelines for the seven-day car-free challenge, after one of the six Geelong MPs flatly refused to take part and no response was received from the others.

  • ‘Hand over your car keys’ — Geelong MPs challenged to a car-free week

    The Public Transport Users Association has challenged Geelong’s State MPs to survive one week without driving a car.

  • Fabians transport event

    Transport Minister Peter Batchelor will present the government’s transport plan to the Fabian Society this Wednesday night, 6pm at Trades Hall. Fabian members: $6, non-members: $8, concession $3. This is your chance to let the government know what you think. More details at the Australian Fabian Society web site.