When it comes to public transport the major parties have different policies but have failed to make any concrete commitments so far according to the Eastern Transport Coalition. Cr Mick Van De Vreede said that over the past few months the ETC had been speaking to the major parties, advocating for federal funding of major [...]
In an historic step the Mayors of seven Councilās in Melbourneās eastern suburbs have signed a joint letter to the Prime Minister John Howard and Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd asking them to contribute to the funding of major public transport infrastructure in urban areas. The seven Councils, Greater Dandenong, Knox, Manningham, Maroondah, Monash, Whitehorse and [...]
Chairperson of the ETC, Cr Van De Vreede has welcomed the announcement of Federal Government funding for grade separation at Springvale Road as a sign that there is no barrier to Federal Government funding for major public transport projects. The ETC represents seven Councils covering one million people in Melbourneās eastern suburbs and is campaigning [...]
The Eastern Transport Coalition has prepared a submission in regard to the State Government's Melbourne 2030 audit: The Eastern Transport Coalition (ETC) commends the intent of Melbourne 2030 and offers suggestions to improve its operation and implementation. Melbourne 2030 recognises the importance of public transport in metropolitan Melbourne. The policy however does not mandate the [...]
In a submission to the State Government ETC Chairperson Cr Mick Van De Vreede has said that for Melbourne 2030 to deliver more needs to be invested in major public transport in Melbourneās east. Cr Van De Vreede said the central idea in Melbourne 2030 ā to increase housing around transport hubs ā was a [...]
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 [...]
