Tag: broken promises
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Campaigning for Fair Public Transport Fares
This morning, at Heatherdale Station, I conducted the Eastern Transport Coalition’s survey to ascertain the extent in which commuters drive to avoid paying the excessive cost of a zone three fare. The overwhelming support for the Eastern Transport Coalition’s campaign for the abolition of zone three was extremely encouraging with a significant majority of commuters…
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Media Release: Councils to seek fairer fares
The Eastern Transport Coalition (ETC) will be conducting a postcard survey on Tuesday 10 October to call on the State Government to review the fare structure used across the Melbourne metropolitan area. Councillor Alex Makin represents Maroondah City Council on the ETC, and will be participating in the survey as part of the ETC’s long…
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Delegates' Report: Outer East Citizen's Advocacy and Safety at Stations
On the 21st of September I was invited to a meeting of the Outer East Citizen’s Advocacy situated in Greenwood Avenue. The Outer East Citizen’s Advocacy provides tireless work in advancing the rights of people with disabilities and aims to allow these people to fully participate within society. In providing this service the Outer East…
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PTUA AGM: Thirty Years and still 'Standing Up for Passengers'
The Public Transport Users Association held its thirtieth AGM this evening marking a milestone in the advocacy for better public transport in Melbourne. Thirty years ago the cancellation of a Lilydale train, led East Ringwood resident Frank Casey to seek a group of like-minded individuals to form an organisation focused on public transport advocacy. That…
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Laburnum Community Action Group
The second public meeting of the Laburnum Community Action Group, which was held this evening, was coincidentally scheduled exactly three months after their inaugural public meeting. Much has happened over the course of the last three months, including the successful formation of a regular steering committee (which was one of the outcomes from the first…
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Eastern Transport Coalition continuing the fight for fair public transport fares
Tonight’s Eastern Transport Coalition Meeting focused on the ‘fair fare’ campaign with a survey being developed which aims to ascertain the extent in which zone three penalises public transport users and encourages the practice of driving to areas such as Heatherdale to avoid paying for the additional zone. This research will help present a case…
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End of Suburbia Screening: Melbourne's South East
Melbourne’s southeast viewed the End of Suburbia with the Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) hosting a free screening of the documentary in Noble Park. With a large turnout and keen interest from the community Melbourne’s south east has been particularly hard hit with rising petrol prices which are causing further strains on household finances. The…
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The Age: New Station for Ballarat
While the announcement of a second station for Ballarat is welcomed (assuming it receives an adequate of services), it is interesting that the station is expected by 2008 compared to metropolitan Melbourne which must wait until 2012 for much needed stations at Lynbrook, Cardinia and Point Cook. As reported in The Age it must be…
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Maroondah Leader: Zoning system must go – Lobby
The Maroondah Leader has reported on the Eastern Transport Coalition’s campaign to abolish zone three to ensure equity for public transport users in the eastern suburbs: Maroondah commuters are sick of being slugged an unfair tax in zone three, says the region’s transport lobby group calling for the antiquated zoning system to be scrapped. Maroondah’s…