In May 2007, in order to understand the transport needs of residents of Melbourneās Eastern suburbs, the Eastern Transport Coalition commissioned the Australian Research Group (ARG) to conduct research into attitudes towards public transport in the Eastern region. The research took place in May. The study involved 1000 online interviews across six electorates in Melbourneās [...]
A survey of 1000 people commissioned by the Melbourne based Eastern Transport Coalition and conducted by the Australian Research Group has shown that a majority of voters in key eastern Melbourne Federal electorates want the Federal Government to consider funding public transport as well as roads. ETC Chairperson, Cr Mick Van de Vreede said that [...]
The Eastern Transport Coalition commissioned a report examining the feasibility of federal funding for urban public transport. The report has found that Federal involvement in urban public transport is feasibility and desirable due to the economic, social, environmental and governance benefits that it would provide. Furthermore Federal funding for urban public transport infrastructure is consistent [...]
The Eastern Transport Coalition has recently commissioned a survey by the Australian Research Group into the views of residents about the problems with transport in their area. Cr Mick Van de Vreede said that cars are overwhelmingly the most used form of transport in the outer east and residents have very poor knowledge of what [...]
The Eastern Transport Coalition took the Victorian Co-ordinator General for Infrastructure, Meredith Sussex on a tour of the area on Friday 13th. ETC Chair Mick Van De Vreede said that he was pleased to take the Co-ordinator General on a tour of the seven municipalities as it would help improve the areaās public transport infrastructure [...]
To further its advocacy for public transport improvements, the ETC has produced a series of factsheets highlighting its priorities for the region: Despite having one of the highest levels of urbanisation, Australia remains the only OECD nation where the Federal Government does not provide funds for sustainable transport infrastructure. This places Australia at an international [...]
To further its advocacy for public transport improvements, the ETC has produced a series of factsheets highlighting its priorities for the region: The Belgrave/Lilydale line, with approximately 93,000 daily boardings, is Melbourne's most highly patronised rail line. Ringwood, 25.8 kilometres eastwards from Flinders Street, serves as a junction between the Belgrave and Lilydale lines. Linking [...]
To further its advocacy for public transport improvements, the ETC has produced a series of factsheets highlighting its priorities for the region: The Dandenong line with approximately 60,000 daily boardings is experiencing some of Melbourne's highest levels of patronage growth. Dandenong, 31.2 kilometres from Flinders Street, serves as a junction between the Pakenham and Cranbourne [...]
To further its advocacy for public transport improvements, the ETC has produced a series of factsheets highlighting its priorities for the region: Linking the CBD, Monash University and Stud Park, rail to Rowville has long been acknowledged as the missing link of Melbourneās train network and now is the time to commit to its expansion [...]
To further its advocacy for public transport improvements, the ETC has produced a series of factsheets highlighting its priorities for the region: The City of Manningham, with over 110,000 residents is the only municipality within Melbourne that lacks any form of rail or tram access. This places the region at a competitive disadvantage due to [...]
