Election 2018: Stop the 'streamlining': Restore our city and our parks with public transport
VicRoads recently closed down Hoddle Street for a week to work on streamlining the corridor. The project is expected to continue for the rest of 2018.
No Tunnels
Canberra asked to say, "No," to funding East-West Tunnel/Tollway link in Melbourne
Call for Victorians to write to the Hon. Anthony Albanese, Minister for Infrastructure and Transport at A.Albanese, to oppose funding of the East West Link and to support funding public transport instead, especially the Doncaster Rail Link along the Eastern Freeway.
Melbourne Communities overcome East-West road-tunnel and toll-way plan
Today (8 September 2008) Premier John Brumby unveiled his ominous Victorian Transport Plan in a briefing at Federation Square before an audience of transport heavies.
The Plan no longer includes, however, the proposal encoded in Recommendation 4 of Sir Rod Eddington’s Investing in transport - East West Link Needs Assessment of March 2008.
Melbourne Campaign Opposing Road Tunnels
CTAG Rally 26/10/2008 “Sustainable Public Transport - No Road Tunnels or Freeways” From a photo by Cory Baudman
Melbourne Campaign Opposing Road Tunnels
The frenetic pace of events held since mid September concerning Melbourne’s Transport system indicates community support for improved public transport and opposition to new freeways/road tunnels. Events include:
Melbourne communities maintain fight against Brumby's tunnel and freeway plans
Royal Park Protection Group Inc.
Media release, 24 October 2008
Successful Melbourne community protests against tunnels
A measure of the success of the protest was that it was covered by four TV stations Channels 2, 7, 9 and 10. Channel 3 may be doing a documentary on the opposition to road tunnels.
Dodgy connections in BrisConnections
Trevor Rowe is chairperson of the Queensland Investment Corporation, a state-owned corporation that invests the super of Queensland public servants. He is now also the chair of BrisConnections, a private consortium that has been given the contract to build the Queensland Government and Brisbane City Council's Airport Link car tunnel.
End Hale Street Bridge congestion nightmare
This has been cross-posted to www.notunnels.net.
Hale Street Bridge Congestion Nightmare
Premier Anna Bligh must not allow Brisbane City Council to have tolling powers over the Hale Street Bridge. The impact statement for the Bridge shows that it will create massive increases in traffic in her electorate compared with a "no bridge". For example traffic on Cordelia will increase by more than 110% with the bridge, compared with only 50% with no bridge. Refer to the attached file for more information.
Managing car use in cities
The Cars that ate London, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Rome, Madrid, Vienna, Athens
By Amanda Ripley, 16 Feb 03
from http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,423479-1,00.html
Residents must unite against the Northern Link car tunnel in Brisbane
This was originally published on www.notunnels.net on 5 Jun 08.
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