Author: PTUA
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PTUA welcomes new Track-free Airport Trains to Tullamarine
PTUA president Dr Tony Morton today welcomed news of the Skybus Citylink Airport Maxi service – an innovative partnership between the state government, Skybus, Transurban and Melbourne Airport. “We have seen a massive increase in demand for transport to the airport, and something had to be done. This new service makes great sense, it’s immediate…
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PTUA calls for Night Network to stay – but must be made more efficient
The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) has proclaimed the Night Network trial a success, and that it needs to be a permanent feature of Melbourne’s public transport network[1] – but said it must be reformed to improve the service and make it financially sustainable and more useful for passengers. PTUA spokesman Daniel Bowen said that…
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PTUA joins call to put the public interest into public transport
The Public Transport Users Association is lending its support to a campaign by the Rail Tram Bus Union to strengthen the government’s role in operating public transport, to put the public interest first and foremost. The RTBU together with Trades Hall, academics and community groups today launched a campaign calling on the government to consider…
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Transport: Business as usual strategy needs rebalancing with community input
Infrastructure Victoria has restated a “business as usual” approach to transport in its draft 30 year strategy, and should take the opportunity to reflect more views from outside a cloistered Collins Street bureaucracy, the Public Transport Users Association said today. “Infrastructure Victoria has the potential to be a great independent advisor to the State of…
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Are we actually paying more for transport?
Figures produced for the Australian Automobile Association give the impression that transport costs to households are rising. But overall they’re actually falling. Official statistics show that household expenditure on transport fell from 13% of household income in the 1990s to 11% in 2009-10: (Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Household Expenditure Survey 2009-10 Summary of Results)…
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Citizen juries back public transport
Support Juries with More Time and Resources, urges PTUA The Public Transport Users Association has welcomed the release of reports by Infrastructure Victoria’s first metropolitan and regional citizen juries. After six days of deliberations, the juries have strongly endorsed public transport service expansion, and active transport initiatives, as a priority over new roads. But the…
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Outer Circle documentary screening
If you missed our screening of the Outer Circle documentary, or you’d like to see it again, it’s available for purchase or streaming from outercircleline.com.au
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Services packed while seven trains sit idle – where is the new timetable?
With trains sitting idle, and services getting more crowded, the Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) has called on the state government to run extra train services on Melbourne’s crowded rail network. “Regional Rail Link opened more than a year ago. This opened up space on the Metro network for dozens of additional peak hour trains…
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How to vote for PT in the Federal Election
Only a few days until the Federal election – with the help of Cardboard Malcolm, we’ve launched our election scorecard! Here’s how the parties compare on transport issues. We will update this page as more pledges are made. Notes: The Greens $1b for Melbourne Airport rail is part of their $10b overall pledge to public…
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PTUA forms Ballarat Branch
For the last 40 years, the Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) has been fighting for better public transport in Melbourne. The Geelong branch of the PTUA has existed for over a decade, and has campaigned for the whole of regional Victoria. The PTUA is pleased to announce the formation of a Ballarat branch, which will…
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Penalty fares gone and so is the war on Victorian PT users
The Public Transport Users Association has welcomed the “end of the war on passengers” with the scrapping of $75 penalty fares and introduction of a warning system in certain circumstances where people are without a valid Myki card. The PTUA’s recent survey of 500 users showed that many people have been caught up inadvertently in…
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Will Malcolm Turnbull fund Victorian PT and not just snap selfies this election?
The Public Transport Not Traffic campaign and the Public Transport Users Association have created a unique way for public transport users to get a message to Malcolm Turnbull this election. We will be travelling the transport network visiting train stations, tram stops and maybe even some buses to give regular users the chance to snap…
