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  • PTUA celebrates 30 years

    The Public Transport Users Association last night celebrated their 30 years at their 2006 Annual General Meeting. Apart from the usual AGM business of electing the next year’s committee, members and guests watched a video of some highlights of the PTUA’s activities over the past few decades. Group celebrates 30 years of public transport advocacy…

  • Manningham: Time for late night services

    The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) has demanded that bus services in Manningham be significantly increased and extended on Friday and Saturday evenings in line with improvements for Melbourne’s tram and train network.

  • New ticketing system announced

    The government has announced the new public transport ticketing system, to be called Myki. You can find details of this on their web site, www.myki.com.au. The PTUA believes that given the huge amount of money being spent on this project (almost half-a-billion dollars over ten years), better value for money would have been achieved by…

  • New Geelong region bus services

    Public Transport Users Association Geelong Branch secretary Paul Westcott has welcomed the increase in bus services to Torquay and the Bellarine Peninsula, and the move to a consistent pattern of more-or-less hourly services.

  • NEITS a sham: Where’s the projects?

    The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) has condemned the lack of credible projects presented in the North East Integrated Transport Study (NEITS) and dismissed the study as inadequate for Melbourne’s growing north-east.

  • Privatisation to blame for compensation bungle

    Government bears ultimate responsibility, says user group The Bracks Government should take responsibility for the Connex / Eastlink compensation debacle, the Public Transport Users Association said today.

  • Time to get back to basics on fare evasion, say commuters

    Some entrances to Melbourne’s busiest stations are consistently unstaffed, leading to increased fare evasion, says the Public Transport Users Association (PTUA). The PTUA called on public transport operators to get back to basics on fare evasion, providing consistent staffing at stations, particularly major interchanges. PTUA President Daniel Bowen said a study showed the popular Degraves…

  • Buses or Bust

    Users Launch Petition for Frequent Bus Services The Geelong Branch of the PTUA today launched a petition calling on the major political parties to bring the region’s bus services up to useable standards, within a year from November’s State Election. The petition calls for more frequent services running later into the evening as the key…

  • August 2006 newsletter

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  • Government plan fails 15 minute test

    Why mode share is stagnant and our roads are clogged There’s nothing that discourages public transport usage more than the prospect of long waits for services. Anybody with a choice does simply not put up with waiting, nor do they want to check timetables to minimise that waiting. They drive instead. Studies such as the…

  • Forget petrol prices, give us more public transport!

    “Ethanol won’t stop petrol prices going up”, government told. Joint media release from: Action for Public Transport (NSW), Public Transport Users Association (Vic), People for Public Transport (SA), Sustainable Transport Coalition (WA). Transport user groups around Australia have called on the federal government to provide an escape from rising petrol prices by upgrading public transport.…

  • Users welcome V/Line changes

    The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) has welcomed the announcement of new V/Line timetables, to take effect in September. PTUA president Daniel Bowen said that while the new timetables were not perfect, they were a big improvement to those living, studying and working along the five main train lines, with a healthy boost to the…