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  • PTUA Scores Lord Mayor Candidates

    Residents and businesses in the City of Melbourne will have a profound choice to make in this year’s Lord Mayoral election, the Public Transport Users Association said today. Jump straight to the scorecard summary The PTUA has released a scorecard rating the various candidates on the major transport issues affecting the City. Candidates were surveyed…

  • Ask Connex about security

    Leader Newspapers are running a “live blog” discussion with Connex’s spokesman John Rees this morning between 10am and 11am. Click here to participate.

  • November train timetable changes

    The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) has supported the metropolitan train timetable changes announced for November, as an immediate fix to secure vital extra peak hour train services. PTUA President Daniel Bowen said the current pattern of scheduling nearly all services through the underground loop was contrary to the original operating plans from the 1970s,…

  • Call for station staff

    The Rail, Tram and Bus Union has launched a campaign calling for more station staff. The PTUA agrees that fully staffing stations can make a big difference to security, customer service and fare evasion. We encourage all public transport users to sign the RTBU’s online petition.

  • Ken McIntyre

    The Public Transport Users Association notes with regret the passing of Ken McIntyre on August 29th. For many of its early years, Ken was secretary of the PTUA, and its predecessor, the Train Travellers Association. He was instrumental in establishing the PTUA as Victoria’s principal advocate for public transport and its patrons. We extend our…

  • Brimbank and Melton among most vulnerable to rising oil prices

    Deer Park and Kings Park have been named among the most vulnerable suburbs in Australia in a new report from Griffith University examining vulnerability to rising oil prices [1]. The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) has responded by calling for urgent state and federal investment in expanding the coverage of high quality public transport in…

  • PTUA East-West submission

    The PTUA has made a submission to the government on east-west travel options (aka the Eddington report). It can be downloaded here (PDF, 515Kb) 18/7/2008: The Department of Transport has started making some of the many submissions available on their web site.

  • Public transport the winner in the race to cut emissions

    As featured in The Age this morning, the PTUA has looked at the carbon emissions per person kilometre for a range of cars of various types and sizes, and compared them to the different forms of public transport.

  • GetUp public transport petition

    GetUp! have launched a petition calling on the Federal government to fund public transport, to fight petrol prices and climate change. You can sign it on their web site.

  • Speeding towards dangerous climate change

    Slides now available for download Public forum: 15 June 2008 Hear what the world’s leading climate scientists are discovering about the speed of climate change, the potential impacts on our way of life, and what we need to do to safeguard our future.

  • Spending: Roads versus Public transport

    Here is more detail of figures published in today’s Age, in the article New road cash five times funding of rail. There are sometimes claims of “balance” between public transport and roads, but in the past ten years, some five times more has been spent expanding Melbourne’s road network ($1.7 billion), compared to building tram…

  • High petrol price signals Rowville Rail need

    With petrol prices expected to hit $1.60 in the next fortnight, the Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) has warned the State Government that urgent action is required. According to the association, the Rowville railway line is the only sure-fire way to ensure economic stability in the Monash region, as petrol prices continue to rise.