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  • Eastlink always was the wrong solution

    The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) has attacked the State Government for propping up Eastlink with $700 million of taxpayer funds through its decision to build a Frankston Bypass. The Association says the money should be used to improve public transport instead. “We warned the government that Eastlink would be the wrong solution to our…

  • PTUA says extra rail services still needed

    Given the enormous growth in off-peak rail journeys across Melbourne, the Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) is confident that in its upcoming transport statement, the state government will announce more off-peak train services, adding to those which started this week. “Finally the government has listened to the community and realises the need for increased off-peak…

  • Commuters welcome crossing removal, but warn of problems

    The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) has welcomed progress by the Commonwealth and State governments towards the elimination of the Springvale Road level crossing in Nunawading. However, it has warned that the Mitcham Road and Rooks Road level crossings need to be done away with at the same time. “If work on each crossing is…

  • Free ‘night owl’ travel not quite the hoot

    The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) has warned that Premier John Brumby’s proposal for free “night owl” travel will only result in worse crowding on evening trains.

  • The real missing link is public transport

    The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) has expressed dismay at the Premier John Brumby for considering the building of the so-called `missing link’ freeway as part of a metropolitan ring road. The PTUA said that major public transport investment is needed instead.

  • Evening train upgrades would be a boon

    A Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) plan to upgrade evening train services would be a boon to the local economy in Whitehorse. Under the PTUA’s proposal, trains would operate every 15 minutes on all lines, including those to Belgrave, Lilydale, Alamein and Glen Waverley, seven days a week. “The current half-hourly evening train services are…

  • Eastlink is no solution

    The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) today warned that the imminent opening of Eastlink will only have a short-term impact on the problems of traffic congestion in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs, and do nothing to overcome car dependency. The PTUA’s Outer East Convenor Jeremy Lunn said that spending billions on the new freeway at the expense…

  • End of the line for Rowville rail excuses

    Commuters have called on the Brumby Government to stop making excuses for the lack of progress on Rowville railway line and to simply fund it. The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) says commuters are sick and tired of hearing the same old Government rhetoric when action is what is needed.

  • Bus lanes to curb congestion on Springvale Road

    Commuters save 15 minutes The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) has renewed calls for bus lanes to be installed on Springvale Road in each direction, to coincide with the opening of Eastlink. With petrol prices widely expected to reach two dollars a litre by 2009, public transport improvements are essential.

  • Commuters Reignite TrackDown Call

    The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) has welcomed the Commonwealth and State Governments’ pledge to grade separate the Springvale Road level crossing in Nunawading. However, it says that Springvale Road should not be done in isolation and that other crossings on the line need to be eliminated simultaneously. “Springvale Road and Mitcham Road are two…

  • Langdon’s freeway not welcome

    The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) has slammed Ivanhoe Labor MP Craig Langdon’s call for a freeway between Bulleen and Greensborough. This recent move by Langdon comes despite multiple promises that he would resign if this freeway were ever constructed.

  • Alamein upgrade call

    The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) has called for an end to the archaic practice of terminating Alamein shuttle trains at Camberwell. “This practice is way out of date and ought to be replaced by running direct Flinders Street trains,” said Jeremy Lunn, the PTUA’s Outer-East Convenor.