The Geelong Branch of the PTUA was formed over a decade ago to represent the interests of local public transport users. Our aim is to achieve long-overdue improvements to public transport in and around Victoria’s second-largest city.
Good public transport is essential if we are going to enhance the sustainability of our region. It will improve air quality, lower congestion, and reduce demand for expensive new roads and car parks. It has the potential to revitalise the city and make our streets more people-friendly. Geelong and towns in the surrounding district, the Bellarine Peninsula and the Surfcoast, will be easier places to access and live in.
Despite some recent improvements, our region’s bus services are infrequent and slow. Because they make such poor connections to other services, and stop running so early in the evening, taking public transport usually isn’t a real alternative for those who can drive. Our region must provide decent transport for all sections of society, including those who have no choice but to rely on it.
The train service to Melbourne needs to be extensively upgraded to provide more frequent services, particularly at non-peak times, so that it reflects the importance of the link between the two cities, as well as taking pressure off the clogged road network.
The Geelong Branch holds meetings on the first Saturday of every month except January, and welcomes anyone to attend. For more details or information, please contact Convener Paul Westcott on 0413 075 439, email geelong at ptua.org.au, or write to PO Box 4127, Geelong 3220.
Recent Documents
News and articles
- Public transport users welcome Geelong rail duplication agreement
- IA assessments questionable
- PTUA welcomes study into high speed rail for Geelong
- New Geelong rail services create need for better bus services
- Another Myki mess – Government scraps our most popular ticket
- Rail users call on MPs to save North Melbourne stop
- Minister’s spin doesn’t wash
- Bus users call for new paper tickets to replace short-term Myki
- Geelong Branch: Regional Rail Link needs independent review, users say
- Regional Rail Link: Many better ways to spend $5bn
Media
Policy Documents
- An Agenda for Geelong’s Public Transport (pdf)
- A Regional Public Transport Authority for Geelong (pdf)
Submissions
- Avalon Airport Rail Link (pdf)
- Ring Road Section 4C Advisory Committee (April 2011) (pdf)
- Rural and Regional Committee of Victorian Parliament – Extent and Nature of Disadvantage and Inequity in Rural and Regional Victoria (March 2010) (pdf)
Archives
Media
- Letters to the editor (2011)
- Letters to the editor (2010)
- Letters to the editor (2009)
- Letters to the editor (2008)
- Letters to the editor (2007)
- Election 2006 Policy Scorecard
- Letters to the editor (2004)
- Election 2002 Policy Scorecard
Policy Documents
- Fast Train Update (February 2004)
- The Fast Train Project
- Let’s Get Geelong Moving
- An Alternative and Sustainable Transport Strategy for Geelong – Discussion Paper (pdf)
- A Public Transport Action Plan for Geelong – Proposal in Brief
- Reforming Geelong’s South-Eastern Bus Routes (pdf)
Submissions
- Legislative Council Select Committee on Train Services – July 2009 (pdf)
- Rail Freight Network Review (pdf)
- City of Greater Geelong’s Municipal Strategic Statement (MSS) (pdf)
- City of Greater Geelong’s Medium Density Housing Strategy (pdf)
- Presentation to the Armstrong Creek Planning Panel – 14 December 2007 (pdf)
- Armstrong Creek Urban Growth Plan (pdf)
- Excerpt of a letter to the City of Greater Geelong commenting on its Belmont ‘Park-and-Ride’ proposal
- Auslink Melbourne – Geelong Corridor (pdf)
- V/Line’s Draft 2006 Geelong Line Timetable (pdf)
- Comment on the Draft Scoping Guidelines for the Geelong Bypass EES (pdf)
- Bunnings Development at Waurn Ponds (pdf)
- Response to the Draft Geelong Transport Strategy
- Comments on the (revised) Geelong Transport Strategy (pdf)