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  • Waiting for a bus on a weekend/public holiday? Thanks to infrequent services, it may be quicker to walk.

    PTUA’s Daniel Bowen wanted to get from East Bentleigh to Southland Shopping Centre on a Sunday afternoon. It’s about 5 kilometres, but the bus only runs once an hour. Might it be quicker to walk? This is a problem with many trips in suburban Melbourne and our big regional cities. Most people who have a…

    Waiting for a bus on a weekend/public holiday? Thanks to infrequent services, it may be quicker to walk.

  • A few facts and figures

    A few facts and figures in this short 90 second clip from our friends at Public Transport Not Traffic.

    A few facts and figures

  • PT Problem of the Day: Dirty vehicles in service

    Better to have a dirty vehicle than a cancelled service of course, but perhaps they can do better at ensuring graffiti is more efficiently cleaned-off. Help our campaign for better public transport. Join the PTUA now. We rely entirely on member funding and enthusiastic volunteers to operate. More about PT Problem Of The Day, including…

  • PT Problem of the Day: Some tram routes packed at weekends

    This is tram 16 to St Kilda, late on a Saturday morning. Just like in the evenings, some tram routes get packed at weekends, leaving passengers forced to stand for long distances while scores of trams sit unused in depots. While tram 3a has been diverted via St Kilda Beach on weekends, it’s either not…

  • PT Problem of the Day: Evening tram overcrowding

    Melbourne’s getting busier at night, but most evening trams haven’t increased in frequency for decades. It’s now commonplace to wait 20-30 minutes and have to stand on a packed tram — while dozens of spares sit in depots. This picture shows route 19 at 9:30 at night. Despite regular crowding, budget papers released yesterday show…

  • Eastern train service off track

    Services on the Belgrave, Lilydale, Alamein and Glen Waverley lines are still operating below acceptable standards outside peak hours according to the Public Transport Users Association (PTUA), which has called for all political candidates to commit to upgrading services. “Trains should operate every 10 minutes from 6am to midnight seven days-a-week, bringing train services up…

  • Bus users call for 10 minute service — Stud Road

    The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) has called for an upgrade of buses to every ten minutes on Stud Road, to make better use of new bus lanes. The upgrade from the existing 15 minute service would add two extra buses an hour. “Although we applaud the installation of new bus lanes, they would be…

  • Poor connections leave passengers waiting

    A study by the Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) has highlighted the poor co-ordination between train and bus timetables on many routes around Melbourne. It found that just 37.5% of train arrivals have bus connections at stations — 39.8% on weekdays, 32.3% on Saturdays, and just 25.3% on Sundays. Of those connections, 42.5% require passengers…

  • Melbourne Metro by name, but not by nature

    A study into the developed world’s biggest cities has concluded that all but a handful have metro systems — but that handful without metros includes Melbourne and Sydney. The study by the Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) showed that of biggest 30 cities in the developed world by population, all but seven have metros: the…

    Melbourne Metro by name, but not by nature

  • It’s called Metro, let’s run it like a Metro

    The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) has welcomed Metro Trains Melbourne on its first day of operation, and called for the government to boost services across the week. “Around the world, the name ‘Metro’ means a service with frequent trains, from early to late, seven-days-a-week. This is what the government must commit to for Melbourne”,…

    It’s called Metro, let’s run it like a Metro

  • Trains every 10 minutes welcomed

    The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) has welcomed the announcement of a new train timetable to begin in July. PTUA President Daniel Bowen said that the introduction of trains every ten minutes on the Werribee line was a significant step forward. “This is the first step towards a ‘metro’-style rail service in Melbourne. The next…

  • PTUA Advances Liveable Transport Plan Alternative

    Melbourne’s train services would double, buses would run every 10 minutes on every arterial road, and more country rail lines would be restored. And this would only cost 40% of the government’s $38 billion transport plan, according to a new report released today by the PTUA. The Connecting to the Future report is billed as…