The next WSPTU Policy Forum will be on Saturday June 2 at 1pm to 4pm. Our last Forum was in Liverpool and we are hoping to have this next one at at the lovely new community space in Mt Druitt called The Hub – but we still have to confirm this. We want all local...
WSPTU Commentary on Federal Budget 2012 – May 9, 2012 The Lost Parramatta to Epping Link Helped Make the Budget Surplus The Commonwealth is not generally responsible for the operation of local transport services but they can be importantly involved in funding for major projects and are very influential in planning for major infrastructure projects...
Story from the Sydney Morning Herald: AS A WAY of encouraging children to walk safely to school, the Walking Bus program has legs. ”It’s grown through word of mouth,” said Lynda Hobden, who co-ordinates the program for Connections Community Development. The program works with schools and Parents and Citizens’ Associations to recruit parent volunteers to...
Members of the WSPTU meet regularly at Policy Forums. We also run a yearly Transport Symposium. From these meetings, and from the knowledge gathered by people doing work in their local areas, the WSPTU Steering Committee have developed these WSPTU policy prioritites for the NSW Transport Masterplan. WSPTU_Transport_Masterplan_2012[1]
The Minister announced today a range of new transport infrastructure projects; bus stops and interchange upgrades.Several are in Greater Western Sydney. See the full release from the Minister here. http://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/media-releases/transport-blitz-deliver-improvements-customers
Greens NSW MLC Cate Faehrmann is championing the making of concessions on MyMulti tickets and rail weeklies available for Job Seekers (who currently don’t have access to concessions on these tickets). They are calling it “Fair Go On Fares”. You can see this on her blog here: http://catefaehrmann.org/2012/03/fair-go-on-fares-3/
You are invited to attend the Sydney (west) regional forum to discuss the future of transport planning in NSW The NSW Government is taking a new approach to transport planning by drawing on input from the entire State to develop the NSW Long Term Transport Master Plan. The Plan will address key transport challenges facing...
Members of the WSPTU were out at the Bankstown campus of UWS to witness the terrible problem for the University and the students wanting to use the bus on Bullecourt Rd in Milperra – the main entrance to the University. It was seriously unpleasant to watch the students variously running and dodging between the traffic,...
We thank one of our WSPTU Steering Committee members , in being an organiser of launching and promoting, NSW Government backed Western Sydney Carpool. Hugh has placed hours of work on this project and here it is a link to the website: http://www.wscarpool.org/index.php and here is the link to the details courtesy from Channel 7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hguJKSHSJaM&context=C4c6de2bADvjVQa1PpcFNLhT5XAzFAD3_YhqJ4_YrJXvLu1yzMAHY= Well done Hugh!...
At the end of 2011 Parramatta Council released an idea for a light rail network centred on transport into and around Parramatta and linking some important hubs such as Castle Hill, Epping, Parramatta, Liverpool and Bankstown. http://www.parracity.nsw.gov.au/your_council/news/media/2012/january_2012/light_rail_proposed_for_western_sydney Parramatta Council is working to get funding to do a major technical and viability research project on the plan....
The State Government has done a media release talking about their purchase of the light rail company that runs the tram to Lilyfield and the monorail around the city. See that here http://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/media-releases/government-buys-light-rail-company-monorail-be-pulled-down
http://lnp.org.au/policies/lower-the-cost-of-living-by-cutting-waste/fairer-fares-for-commuters Public transport policy has been one of the cornerstones of the policies taken to the Queensland election by the LNP. The LNP policy talks about lowering fares, reintroducing discounts for weekly tickets and increasing patronage on public transport to help ease congestion. Given the size of the LNP victory, it shows how important public transport is...
