Melbourne’s public transport is in crisis — and your vote can make a difference.
- Cancellations
- Poor connections
- Crowding
- Trams stuck in traffic
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The current privatisation arrangements need to end. There could be a role for private operators — as subcontractors providing the services specified by a public authority — but the ‘franchise’ model introduced in 1999 by the Coalition and renewed in 2004 and 2009 by Labor hasn’t worked. Scores of organisations are arranged in an impenetrable maze of bureaucratic confusion, and with no central control there is poor coordination between services, poor planning, and buck-passing.
Find out more about why public transport management and planning needs a shakeup, and send your local candidates an email at the Public Transport That Works web site.
This brochure is directed at residents of Melbourne’s inner suburbs, but remember, wherever you are: If you want better public transport, in this election, look carefully at the policies of all the candidates. Make your vote count.