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  • Mulgrave is closed on weekends unless you have a car — PTUA calls for 7-day bus services

    The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) is calling on all Mulgrave by-election candidates to champion 7-day bus services on crucial routes within the electorate. Key Mulgrave bus routes 800, 802, 804, 814 and 885 do not operate on Sundays despite providing residents in the electorate a connection to destinations such as Chadstone, Monash University, Dandenong,…

    Mulgrave is closed on weekends unless you have a car — PTUA calls for 7-day bus services

  • Call for railway station at Southland

    The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) has called on the state government and opposition to commit to building a railway station at Southland Shopping Centre. PTUA president Daniel Bowen said it was ludicrous that a major traffic generator adjacent to a railway line had no station. Southland’s western entrance is only a short distance from…

  • Huntingdale chaos brings renewed call for Monash/Rowville rail

    Chaos at Huntingdale station for students and staff waiting for buses to Monash University’s Clayton campus have led the Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) to renew calls for the Rowville rail line.

  • Peninsula Link entrenches car dependence

    From PTUA’s December 2009 newsletter. Despite having no Federal funds for its `Peninsula Link’, the State Government has announced its intention to proceed regardless, driving a motorway through precious native wildlife habitat and historic homesteads, in order to further entrench car dependence in south-east Melbourne and for visitors to the Peninsula.

  • 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…

  • Halt climate change now!

    Sunday, 22nd April 2007, 10am Sandringham Beach Volunteers needed to form the “Human Sign”: “HALT CLIMATE CHANGE NOW!” Bring family and friends to this fun event organised by the Bayside Climate Change Action Group. Help raise global warming awareness and promote sustainability. An aerial photo will be taken, followed by Bayside City Council’s Sustainable Living…

  • Film screening: Contested Streets

    Wednesday, 14 March 7:15pm Hosted by Friends of Frankston, PTUA and Frankston City Council. Contested Streets explores the history and culture of New York City streets from preautomobile times to the present.

  • Praise for Cranbourne East extension

    The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) has praised the Victorian Liberal Party for committing to deliver yet another Labor broken promise with the delivery of the Cranbourne East rail extension.

  • Dingley Freeway a road to nowhere

    The proposed Dingley Freeway will encourage more traffic and dump it onto local roads in the middle of Kingston, the Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) warned today. “Local and international evidence proves that building new roads doesn’t solve congestion; it just encourages more traffic,” said PTUA Treasurer Kerryn Wilmot. “Numerous freeways and bypasses have been…

  • Frankston: free film screening

    What do rising oil prices and accelerating climate change mean for Frankston? Is our transport system ready for a carbon-constrained future? Learn more and become part of the solution, at our free film screening on Thursday 26th of October.

  • Southland Station “Obvious”

    The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) has called on the government to include Southland Station in its Transport and Liveability blueprint for Melbourne, to be released later this year.