Author: PTUA
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Video now available: Cities, Wealth and Public Transport
Video from this event: * * * What: West Australian federal Labor MP and former WA transport minister Alannah MacTiernan, one of the key people behind Perth’s recent leaps forwards in public transport. A public meeting, organised by the City of Yarra and the PTUA. (See location on Google Maps. Closest public transport: Tram 11,…
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New Geelong rail services create need for better bus services
Public transport users welcomed the announcement by the Labor Party that it would introduce 20-minute off-peak rail services to Melbourne if elected in November.
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Premier responds to Open Letter
The Premier has replied to our Open Letter. We thank Dr Napthine for his response, which as per his request you can read in full below — but feel we must comment on some of the points, which you will find below the letter.
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PTUA tours Regional Rail Link
On July 15 the Regional Rail Link (RRL) took a significant step towards completion when the new pair of tracks from Sunshine to Southern Cross was used for the first time by Ballarat and Bendigo trains. Just before the new section opened, the PTUA’s Tony Morton, Daniel Bowen and Paul Westcott were given an escorted…
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Google Transit includes every state and territory except Victoria
From Gladstone to Kalgoorlie, from Darwin to Hobart, and many other towns and cities across Australia, if you want to take a trip by public transport, you can use Google’s world-class mapping tools to help plan it. In fact Google Transit now covers public transport timetables for every state and territory in the country… except…
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Second river crossing? There are already four!
More details on Melbourne’s many river crossings from the west
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Open letter to Premier Napthine reminds Coalition of their promise to fix public transport not build East-West toll road
The Public Transport Users Association today published an open letter to Premier Napthine in the Herald Sun reminding the Government of their promise to fix public transport rather than build the East-West toll road. “With our public transport network falling apart, Victorians are shocked that the Government is prioritising this half-baked toll road project without…
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Last chance for Victorian Government to honour its promises
The Napthine Government could boost its tenuous grip on power and regain the confidence of the Victorian public if it kept its 2010 election promises on transport – but time is running out, the Public Transport Users Association said today.
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Neat, plausible and wrong: East West Link
PTUA President Tony Morton’s in-depth article on the history and folly of East West Link, originally published in Eco-Logica: World Transport Policy and Practice, is now available online on the YCAT web site. The state of Victoria, Australia, has long been a site of tension between an incumbent and powerful road lobby and a community…
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PTV’s new proposed rail map
As mentioned in our May member newsletter, PTV is seeking comments on this new design for the rail map. Click on the map to see it full size. Leave a comment on our Facebook page – or you can send your feedback directly to PTV.
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Free transport forum: How do liveable cities stay liveable?
Promoting public discussion about transport in Melbourne WHEN: May 27, 2014 at 6pm – 7:30pm WHERE: Melbourne Town Hall RSVP here
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East West Link: submission
Click below to read the PTUA’s submission to the East West Link hearings in April. The submission identifies a number of important issues not flagged in the Comprehensive Impact Statement, including problems with traffic modelling, local impacts on trains, trams and buses. East West Toll Road: Impacts Missing From the Comprehensive Impact Statement (PDF, 539…