The future rail needs of the eastern suburbs continue to be ignored by both the Labor and Liberal parties while $700 million was this week pledged to extend the railway from South Morang out to Mernda. The Eastern Transport Coalition said today that the funding for the Mernda Rail extension, previously promised by the Labor [...]
Improving the frequency of buses would encourage greater bus use. This is the key message from commuters who took the Eastern Transport Coalition’s Better Buses Survey last month. Run as part of the ETC’s Better Buses campaign, we asked bus users to tell us about their commuting experience and the improvements they would like to [...]
With stage 2 of the Rowville Rail study completed, the Eastern Transport Coalition has called on the government to provide a formal response and give a clear answer on when the project will be built and how it will be funded. ETC chairperson, Cr Peter Lockwood said as of today, there is zero funding for [...]
Voters in Melbourne’s east have rated improved public transport as a key election issue and candidates need to clearly detail how they will address the big questions, the Eastern Transport Coalition said today. According to the Victorian Auditor General's report, Coordinating Public Transport, public transport services in Melbourne are poorly coordinated and many deficiencies in [...]
COMMUTERS are invited to speak up and share their ideas about Melbourne’s public transport network and how it could be improved by joining in the Eastern Transport Coalition’s Commuters Count video challenge launched yesterday. The competition, which will run until September 24, invites commuters to make a short video, up to 2 minutes long, and [...]
THE Eastern Transport Coalition last week applauded the Victorian Auditor-General’s report which called for better coordination of Melbourne’s public transport network. In the report, Coordinating Public Transport, Auditor-General John Doyle said public transport services are poorly coordinated, and progress to improve this has been slow. He also noted the deficiencies in the network have been [...]
Bus commuters in the east are invited to take part in a new bus survey to let all political parties know about the deficiencies in the network prior to the State Election. ETC Chairperson, Cr Peter Lockwood said buses were the most critical part of the public transport network for the majority of residents in [...]
The Eastern Transport Coalition has invited both the Government and State Opposition to detail its public transport policies, including their positions on projects omitted from recent announcements, prior to the November State Election. ETC Chairperson, Cr Peter Lockwood said a number of public transport announcements had been made in recent months and while it was [...]
The Eastern Transport Coalition has welcomed the Stage 2 report of the Rowville Rail Feasibility study released last week, but has reiterated its concern that it will be well over a decade before a rail line is ever begun. Stage 1 of the study, completed by consultants, SKR, in 2012 concluded that Rowville Rail would [...]
The Eastern Transport Coalition has welcomed the planned investment in public transport announced in today’s State Budget, however critical projects for the eastern suburbs are still either more than a decade away or have been left out completely. ETC Chairperson, Cr Peter Lockwood said the Melbourne Rail Link project would help to deliver Rowville, and [...]
