Posts Tagged ‘public transport’
Street Directories designed for Public Transport Users
Posted in Models by Kate Archdeacon on June 24th, 2010
Public Transport Guides was started by two unemployed people in the town of Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia:
“While living in Perth, Western Australia, we did not know the local public transport network. After visiting the public transport information centre in the CBD, we were handed 500 A4 paper timetables and were told to buy a street directory, or alternatively, to get on to the government authority’s website. Both of these methods are unsuitable for tourists, people who rely totally on public transport, and those with no internet access. There had to be another way, so Public Transport Guides was born!”
The directory is designed just like a regular street directory, with detailed maps, a street and Facilites index , and all current timetables for each area are in this directory. The directory is designed with both the regular commuter and occasional user in mind. Inside you will find all the urban and country bus and connecting train services throughout, Victoria, Australia. The book is in A5 format for ease of carrying in backpacks, briefcases etc.
Visit the website for more information.
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What moves you? What moves your vote? Public Transport Peoples’ Poll
Posted in Seeking by Kate Archdeacon on April 1st, 2010
Source: Going Solar Transport Newsletter
On Saturday 27 November, Victorians will vote in the next state election. The pt4me2 peoples’ poll is a chance for you to have a say on the improvements you want for public transport. We’ll collate ALL your responses and present them to ALL the major parties in May 2010.
Click the links below to get started. Do one or all of the surveys – each one only takes a minute or so. Please tell your friends about the surveys and have your say before they close on 30 April 2010.
#1 Train users’ survey | #2 Bus users’ survey | #3 Tram users’ survey
# 4 What’s best and worst about public transport survey?
Premier’s challenge: What would be your first three decisions regarding public transport if you were Premier?
Where’s the best and worst railway station in Melbourne survey?
The local surveys are now live
#5 Inner Melbourne: including Melbourne, Yarra, Port Phillip and Stonnington
#6 Northern suburbs: including Whittlesea, Moreland, Hume and Darebin
#7 Eastern suburbs: including Boroondara, Manningham, Whitehorse, Monash, Knox, Yarra Ranges and Maroondah.
#8 Western suburbs: including Brimbank, Hobsons Bay, Maribyrnong, Melton, Moonee Valley and Wyndham
#9 North-Eastern suburbs: including Banyule and Nillumbik
#10 South-Eastern suburbs: including Glen Eira, Kingston, Casey and others
U18 voice – the U18 youth poll is open!
Race to Federation Square
Posted in Events by Kate Archdeacon on August 17th, 2009
Source: Going Solar Transport Newsletter
Manningham is 12 km from Melbourne. Go Bikes! Go Public Transport!
Car #1 travelled 1800 metres in 15 minutes…that’s…7.2km/h…..
Pro-public Transport: Metlink Melbourne Surveys
Posted in Movements by Kate Archdeacon on July 27th, 2009
Source: Going Solar Transport Newsletter
Image: the Age
Metlink undertakes and commissions surveys and analyses industry databases to develop insights into passenger attitudes and behaviours. … The Metlink Annual Review for 2008 includes the following key points:
• Melbourne is experiencing the greatest shift of people to public transport than any other Australian city.
• In the past 12 months, 30 per cent of people in Melbourne have decreased their car use. Two out of three of these people moved to public transport and half of these people switched to train travel.
• Melburnians who reduced their car usage in favour of public transport felt positive about it and saw it as a permanent change.
• Melburnians are nearly twice as likely to support investment in public transport infrastructure over roads.
Hybrid-Electric Bus Trial
Posted in Policies by Kate Archdeacon on July 21st, 2009
Source: Going Solar Transport Newsletter
Image: A.Allen via photobucket
“Australia’s first hybrid-electric bus trial has been launched in Melbourne. The $500,000 trial will be on two outer suburban routes and it is expected the buses will emit 20 per cent less greenhouse gases than diesel buses.
Forum: More Housing Along Tram Corridors
Posted in Events by Kate Archdeacon on June 30th, 2009
Source: Going Solar Transport Newsletter
Image: sensesmaybenumbed via Flickr
Planning Institute Australia (PIA) Transport Planning Chapter Forum: Can we accommodate more people living along Melbourne’s tram lines?
Wednesday 15th July, 2009 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
More Urban Sprawl
Posted in Models by Virginia on June 12th, 2009
Melbourne’s urban sprawl will push another 50,000 houses into surrounding farmland in the next 15 years, putting further pressure on Melbourne’s stretched transport system. Despite Government planning policies backing increased city density, almost half of all new housing expected in Melbourne over the next decade will be built on Melbourne’s fringes where there is little access to public transport.
A report by the Government’s urban development program estimated that ‘an average of around 13,300 lots are required annually to meet projected dwelling demand across the growth areas over the next 15 years’. “The report found current land zoned for housing was not adequate for the expected demand. ‘The 2008 urban development program has identified that there is approximately 10-11 years’ total supply of broad-hectare land (set aside) across metropolitan Melbourne growth areas, which constitutes a current shortfall of residential land for future requirements’, the report said. Government policy is to have 15 years of land available for housing.
The report indicated that at least 50,000 houses would be built outside Melbourne’s current boundary in the next 15 years. Greens MP Colleen Hartland said: ‘There is already a huge strain; the Government is simply not putting money into public transport, they are letting those outer growth suburbs be built without any public transport’. ”
Ref: Jason Dowling, The Age, 9/5/09
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Sustainable Cities, Sustainable Transport Public Forum
Posted in Events by Virginia on March 25th, 2009
Do we understand the extent to which global change will shape our cities? How liveable will our cities be in the future? What will they look like? How many people will be living in them by 2050 and 2100? Where will the food come from to feed them? What resources will be available to maintain and operate city services and its infrastructure? How much of the infrastructure we are building today will have value in the future? Do we really know what future we should be planning for? – These are critical questions that should be reflected in government policy yet almost all of today’s planning policies continue to be based on business as usual approaches. This forum aims to address these questions and consider the implications for city and transport planning.
Complete and return Registration Form and Payment by Monday 23rd March 2009 by fax, mail or as outlined below:
Fax: 03 95318748
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Public Transport and the Elderly
Posted in Policies by Ferne Edwards on January 16th, 2009
The section below is republished with permission from the Going Solar Transport Newsletter #92, 5 January 2009, compiled by Stephen Ingrouille. Going Solar newsletter provides an excellent commentary on local sustainable transport issues in Melbourne.
“Victorias public transport will be adapted for the elderly – including better staying healthy. Aged Care Minister Lisa Neville promised the Government would act on some of the report’s recommendations, including an education program for bus, train and tram drivers to accelerate and brake smoothly to prevent seniors falling. The minister said she would work with hospital administrators to establish better transport links between Southern Cross Station and public hospitals, with a senior bus service one possibility.â€
Ref: Marika Dobbin, The Age, 18/12/08
The Call for Lower Speed Limits
Posted in Research by Devin Maeztri on December 10th, 2008
The section below is republished with permission from the Going Solar Transport Newsletter #87, 25 November 2008, compiled by Stephen Ingrouille. Going Solar newsletter provides an excellent commentary on local sustainable transport issues in Melbourne.
“Roads Minister Tim Pallas has dismissed calls to cut car speeds across Melbourne that proponents say will improve road safety for pedestrians and cyclists. Research released yesterday by the Safe Speed Interest Group, a coalition of councils and the Heart Foundation, found that dropping speed limits to 30km/h on suburban streets would cut pedestrian injuries. And it would improve community health by encouraging more to walk and cycle, the research found. ‘The evidence is incontrovertible: lowering speed limits increases safety, said Yarra councillor and the coalition’s spokeswoman, Jackie Fristacky.