To further its advocacy for public transport improvements, the ETC has produced a series of factsheets highlighting its priorities for the region: Whilst the expansion of rail and tram services is necessary to provide a fast and efficient public transport network, this must be complemented with bus service improvements to serve as feeder services to [...]
The Eastern Transport Coalition will be taking its campaign for the Federal Government funding for key eastern suburbs public transport projects to Canberra in August. ETC Chairperson, Cr Mick Van De Vreede said that the ETC would travel to Canberra to seek support from the Government and ALP to reduce road congestion in the outer [...]
The Eastern Transport Coalition has made a submission to the East-West needs Review calling on the State Government to fix Melbourne’s capacity and congestion issues by expanding the public transport network. Chairperson, Cr Mick Van De Vreede said that by expanding the rail network cars would be removed from the roads and greenhouse gas emissions [...]
The Chair of Eastern Transport Coalition has met with the Minister for Public Transport, Lynne Kosky to outline its agenda for the improvement of public transport in Melbourne’s east. Chairperson, Cr Mick Van de Vreede said that the coalition had met with the previous Minister and considered it important to brief the new Minister. Cr [...]
The Chairperson of the Eastern Transport Coalition (ETC), Cr Van De Vreede said that who owned the Public transport system was not important, what was important was that the system responded to the needs of the community. “The State Government’s job is to ensure that commuter’s needs are met. “The history of the public transport [...]
The Eastern Transport Coalition (ETC) says that the failure of the Federal Government to fund significant public transport projects in the budget represents a missed opportunity to develop a truly sustainable transport system. The Chairperson of the ETC, Cr Van De Vreede said that the ETC requested that four public transport projects be funded in [...]
The Eastern Transport Coalition has made a budget submission to the Federal Transport Minister, Mark Vaile requesting Federal Government assistance with major transport infrastructure. The Chairperson of the ETC, Cr Van De Vreede said that the billions that the Federal Government spends on major roads should be applied to significant public transport projects as well. [...]
Chair of the Eastern Transport Coalition, Cr Mick Van De Vreede has said that the east is looking forward to the extensive commitments by the Labor Government on public transport being implemented over the next four years. Cr Van De Vreede said “for the first time ever public transport was a live issue in the [...]
Chair of the Eastern Transport Coalition, Cr Mick Van De Vreede has welcomed the commitment by the ALP and Liberal Party to abolish Zone 3. “The ETC is campaigning for a better transport system which has better buses, more rail, effective coordination and more people using it – the announcement to abolish Zone 3 shows [...]
Chair of the Eastern Transport Coalition, Cr Mick Van De Vreede has welcomed the launch of the Wellington Road SmartBus service by the State Government. “The ETC is campaigning for a better transport system which has better buses, more rail, effective coordination and more people using it. “The route 900 Smart Bus is part of [...]
