Election 2010 scorecard

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Geelong: Armstrong Creek study into public transport needs (pilot for future studies in new suburbs)

Improve modal integration

Public Transport Authority for planning and co-ordination

All suburbs to have a service at least every 10 mins (peak), 20 mins (off-peak)

More express trains

South Morang extension and Clifton Hill group upgrade

Sunbury electrification

New stations at Cardinia Road, Caroline Springs, Lyndhurst, Williams Landing

Westall upgrade

Improved maintenance, sleeper replacement

Duplicate rail lines within the Urban Growth Boundary, including: Dandenong to Cranbourne, Gowrie to Upfield, Deer Park (West) to Melton, Cave Hill Station (Lilydale line)

Signalling upgrades to improve rail capacity at bottlenecks.

Electrification to Melton, Baxter

Rail extensions to Mernda, Rowville, Doncaster, Melbourne Airport, Clyde (Cranbourne East), Mornington.

Extend Epping line to South Morang and Mernda

Melton duplication and electrification

Duplicate single track sections in metro area

Feasibility into Rowville and Doncaster rail via a North Fitzroy rail tunnel_?

Upgrade tracks, signals, eliminate network bottlenecks

Accelerate restoration of services to regional Victoria

Fund Rowville Rail full feasibility study

Extend rail to Mernda by 2020._?

Doncaster rail feasibility study

Airport rail feasibility study?

Southland station ($13m)

Grovedale station ($25m)

Avalon airport rail study and preliminary works ($50m)?– given an anticipated full cost of some $250m, this should be well down the priority list.

1700 car spaces at stations, costing $60m

Purchase new trains with longer carriages_?

More bike cages ($800,000)

$56m for 2060 park and ride spaces (including $24.5m for 360 spaces at Glen Waverley) – at more than $27,000 per space, this is not good value for money. Better spent on better connecting services.

50 new low-floor trams to be purchased.

New tram depot and maintenance facility at Preston

Short extensions to more logical interchanges to enable greater range of journeys to be made by public transport, including: 6 to Glen Iris, 67 to Carnegie, 8 to Hartwell, 5 to Darling, St Kilda Road to Park Street

Improve disability access

Extend tram 3 to East Malvern station; 5 to Darling stn; 6 to Ashburton stn; 8 to Alamein line; 19 to Fawkner; 48 to Doncaster; 55 to Glenroy stn; 67 to Carnegie stn; 75 to Knox City; 86 to Mill Park; 96 to Elsternwick stn; 112 to Reservoir stn; St Kilda Rd to Park St; Victoria Pde to Nth Melb stn.

No further routes planned – Despite their success at getting people on board, there are no further Smartbus routes planned in the VTP.

Complete 902 Green Orbital route to Werribee

Implement the Blue Orbital inner-suburban route

Upgrade frequent, non-Smartbus routes to Smartbus status

Mernda Busway (instead of rail) – insufficient capacity long-term, and makes passengers change services at South Morang

Epping/South Morang to Mernda TrainLink bus pending rail extension

Huntingdale to Monash University Clayton TrainLink shuttle bus

Upgrade local routes to every half-hour, 7 days-a-week until midnight

Improve disability access

Local bus services: more frequent services and longer hours (unspecified)

Pilot Smartbus routes for Geelong and Ballarat.

Integrated bus/rail timetabling to ensure quick connections right across the state.

Better train/bus connections across regional Victoria

Melbourne to Geelong trains every 20 mins weekday interpeak ($39.8m)

Better regional bus services (unspecified)

Transport Connections program expanded

Reopening key closed rail lines, starting with Mildura

Feasibility study into Melbourne to Sydney high speed rail

20 more Premium stations; 22 more Host stations.

Ensure staff are able to get rapid response from emergency services

More railway station CCTV feeds to police stations

“Tram cams”, motorist education and enforcement to improve passenger safety

180 additional Metro staff, providing a staff presence on all Metro electrified stations (hours not clear)

Metrol safety control centre with 20 staff for CCTV monitoring

Fares to increase by 5% above CPI in 2012, and again in 2013. – will make public transport fares less competitive with driving, all to fund “mega-projects” which don’t solve basic problems

Myki to be rolled-out, expected in 2011. Metcard and current V/Line ticketing to be phased-out.

Western Ring Road widening

PeninsulaLink – Expensive and environmentally damaging, and meanwhile there are no frequent public transport services at all south of Mornington.

Dingley Arterial (pseudo-Freeway) – Another freeway in the south east, despite mostly 30-60 minute bus services in the area

Tram and bus priority to reduce delays

Accelerate construction of Principal Bicycle Network, and increase road space for cyclists

Evaluate road expansion proposals for social and environmental benefits vs PT options

Regional road upgrades ($163m)

Metropolitan road upgrades ($129m)

Northeast link planning — More freeways do not provide longterm solutions to traffic congestion, and have a huge local environmental impact

Planning for removal of level crossings at Bayswater, Ormond, Blackburn, St Albans, Glen Iris, Murrumbeena.

Kilmore-Wallan Bypass, Dingley arterial

The vision of frequent public transport across Melbourne is welcome, and would provide more residents with a genuine alternative to car travel.

Despite deservedly trumpeting Smartbus as a success story, pledging no new Smartbus routes at all (not even those previously announced and then cut back).

While we have concerns about the plan for armed guards on stations at night, feasibility studies for rail to Doncaster, the Airport and Rowville, as well as level crossing eliminations are very welcome.

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