Posts Tagged ‘public transport’
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…..
Tags: bike transport, public transport, transport
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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.
Tags: consumption, new behaviours, public transport
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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.
Tags: energy, governance, public transport
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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
Tags: built form and urban design, density, housing, public transport
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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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Tags: Melbourne, public transport, sustainability, urban development, urban sprawl
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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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Tags: public transport, sustainability, sustainable cities, sustainable transport
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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
Tags: access, accessibility, elderly, public transport, the aged, transport
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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.
Tags: accident, cyclists, going solar, pedestrians, public transport, road safety, speed limit, transport
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People Plan for Melbourne
Posted in Policies by Devin Maeztri on November 7th, 2008
The Australian Greens Victoria have just launched a new Melbourne transport website and discussion paper called The People Plan. Also watch the The Brumby Mole YouTube video to see more about this plan!
This would cost $4 billion less than the Eddington proposals and deliver a massive increase in public transport usage, right across Melbourne. The website contains a map showing the train, tram and bus lines/extensions/ services we propose. Rationales and costings are in the supporting document. A massive effort is needed from to help communicate this plan to the general public, and ensure it is seen as the positive alternative to driving-as-usual proposal.
Please talk to your workmates, family, friends, neighbours and others about it, and send the website address to everyone who might be interested i.e. everyone who lives in or visits Melbourne, or cares about people and the planet.
Download the Discussion Paper on the Future of Melbourne’s Public Transport System for more information about The People Plan.
Tags: Melbourne, public transport, transport, website
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In the news on cars and climate
Posted in Policies by Ferne Edwards on August 20th, 2008
The section below is republished with permission from the Going Solar Transport Newsletter #73, 19 August 2008, compiled by Stephen Ingrouille. Going Solar, www.goingsolar.com.au/transport. This newsletter provides an excellent commentary on local sustainable transport issues in Melbourne.
Love in a Car Climate
“There seems to be an idea rattling around, driven by concerns about global warming, that we need to stop building roads and using cars, and take to public transport to save the planet. Governments are expected to underwrite this change by creating a public transport system that would obviate car use. Essentially, the formulation is: public transport good, automobiles evil. We don’t need that sort of mania. There’s no doubt that public transport has to keep improving and becoming more attractive, not just for environmental reasons, but for our economy to function more effectively. And socially, public transport has positive effects. Anything that can bring people together in a shared purpose is good, and that’s really what happens on a bus or a train or a tram. … But there’s no turning back: we’re a car-based society. The choice was made a long time ago.
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Tags: cities, public transport, transport, urban design
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