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- The Making and Unmaking of East-West Link June 3, 2022Melbourne University Publishing: The Making and Unmaking of East-West Link: James C Murphy The definitive account of a hotly debated political project in Melbourne Melbourne’s aborted East-West Link – the...
- A liveable North East: North East Link Forum July 29, 2018Credit: Nick Carson at English Wikipedia [CC BY 3.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons You can catch up with the A Better North East – North East Link Forum (video link) organised...
- Fix Public Transport in Melbourne: We are not Sardines! July 4, 2018Join the Victorian Socialists’ campaign to fix public transport in Melbourne For the week starting July 9th we’ll be leafleting at train stations and targeting train lines all around northern...
- The Law of Large Numbers – How much does it cost to stop a freeway? July 3, 2018Honest figures about cancelling East West Link, with an attempt to include everyone else’s time and expenses. Inside Story: The Law of Large Numbers by James Murphy (2 July 2018)...
- A letter from resident groups of the inner west May 16, 2018Originally published in The Westsider: A letter from resident groups of the inner west – The inner west does not need or want the West Gate Tunnel project (May 2018)...
YCAT News
- The Making and Unmaking of East-West Link June 3, 2022Melbourne University Publishing: The Making and Unmaking of East-West Link: James C Murphy The definitive account of a hotly debated political project in Melbourne Melbourne’s aborted East-West Link – the...
- A liveable North East: North East Link Forum July 29, 2018Credit: Nick Carson at English Wikipedia [CC BY 3.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons You can catch up with the A Better North East – North East Link Forum (video link) organised...
- Fix Public Transport in Melbourne: We are not Sardines! July 4, 2018Join the Victorian Socialists’ campaign to fix public transport in Melbourne For the week starting July 9th we’ll be leafleting at train stations and targeting train lines all around northern...
- The Law of Large Numbers – How much does it cost to stop a freeway? July 3, 2018Honest figures about cancelling East West Link, with an attempt to include everyone else’s time and expenses. Inside Story: The Law of Large Numbers by James Murphy (2 July 2018)...
- A letter from resident groups of the inner west May 16, 2018Originally published in The Westsider: A letter from resident groups of the inner west – The inner west does not need or want the West Gate Tunnel project (May 2018)...
Doncaster Rail
- Doncaster bus rapid transit? June 8, 2017Transdev Melbourne has made a pitch for “Doncaster bus rapid transit” Is it a viable alternative to heavy or light rail along the Doncaster reservation and Eastern median or is...
- Route 100 Light Rail – Doncaster to Inner City May 17, 2015Route 100 Light Rail – Doncaster to Inner City by Victorian Transport Action Group The attached paper on a Doncaster light rail which continues along Alexandra Parade to Nicholson Street...
- You Stopped the East West Toll Road May 11, 2015Saturday May 9, 2015: You Stopped the East West Toll Road, opening speech by Adam Bandt. Celebratory drinks at The Fox Hotel, Collingwood for everyone who worked so hard to...
- Traffic in the Inner North March 3, 2015YCAT Editorial With the ill conceived East West Link taken off the agenda, the Andrews Government has announced a new agency Infrastructure Victoria to advise on major projects for the...
- Protectors of Public Lands Victoria Inc. (PPL VIC) – Charter On Public Transport For Incoming Victorian State Government October 1, 2014Protectors of Public Lands Victoria Inc. (PPL VIC) – Charter On Public Transport For Incoming Victorian State Government Presentation of Charter on Public Transport for Incoming Government at Rally 16...
East West Link
- The Making and Unmaking of East-West Link June 3, 2022Melbourne University Publishing: The Making and Unmaking of East-West Link: James C Murphy The definitive account of a hotly debated political project in Melbourne Melbourne’s aborted East-West Link – the...
- A liveable North East: North East Link Forum July 29, 2018Credit: Nick Carson at English Wikipedia [CC BY 3.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons You can catch up with the A Better North East – North East Link Forum (video link) organised...
- Fix Public Transport in Melbourne: We are not Sardines! July 4, 2018Join the Victorian Socialists’ campaign to fix public transport in Melbourne For the week starting July 9th we’ll be leafleting at train stations and targeting train lines all around northern...
- The Law of Large Numbers – How much does it cost to stop a freeway? July 3, 2018Honest figures about cancelling East West Link, with an attempt to include everyone else’s time and expenses. Inside Story: The Law of Large Numbers by James Murphy (2 July 2018)...
- A letter from resident groups of the inner west May 16, 2018Originally published in The Westsider: A letter from resident groups of the inner west – The inner west does not need or want the West Gate Tunnel project (May 2018)...
Melbourne Metro Rail Project
- Melbourne Metro Rail Project Business Case Released February 23, 2016“London. Paris. New York. Singapore. Arden.” Released today – Melbourne Metro Rail business case details, doesn’t a $1.10 return rule all over the pathetic $0.45 return for East West Link?...
- Developers donations make a dogs breakfast for planning November 12, 2015What’s legal in Victoria in regards to developer donations goes a long way to explain this situation, the Fishermans Bend palavar debacle also stemmed from completely screwing up the Melbourne...
- Melbourne Metro Rail: Property Acquisitions September 22, 2015After the painful debacle of property acquisitions during the rushed East West Link fiasco, Daniel Andrews must ensure all Melbourne residents are correctly informed with any Metro Rail process that...
- Victoria needs further federal funds for rail May 14, 2015Victoria needs further federal funds for rail. Philip Laird From Track and Signal April-June 2015 Pages 10 and 11. Reprinted with the permission of the author, and Track and Signal...
- Protectors of Public Lands Victoria Inc. (PPL VIC) – Charter On Public Transport For Incoming Victorian State Government October 1, 2014Protectors of Public Lands Victoria Inc. (PPL VIC) – Charter On Public Transport For Incoming Victorian State Government Presentation of Charter on Public Transport for Incoming Government at Rally 16...
Western Distributor/West Gate Tunnel
- A liveable North East: North East Link Forum July 29, 2018Credit: Nick Carson at English Wikipedia [CC BY 3.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons You can catch up with the A Better North East – North East Link Forum (video link) organised...
- A letter from resident groups of the inner west May 16, 2018Originally published in The Westsider: A letter from resident groups of the inner west – The inner west does not need or want the West Gate Tunnel project (May 2018)...
- #GetOnBoardVic – Day of Action: Monday 23rd April 2018 April 20, 2018The Victorian State Government has teamed up with private interests like TransUrban to choke Melbourne with roads, roads, roads, leading to congestion, smog and tolls. We know Melbournians want real,...
- Your invitation to the launch of Melbourne’s REAL Transport Vision February 4, 2018Residents of Melbourne’s inner suburbs have been fighting attempts to carve freeways and tollways through our city for decades. In the 1970’s and 1990’s we defended the inner north against...
- Melbourne is in the middle of a transport planning nightmare February 4, 2018From Sustainable Cities: Melbourne is in the middle of a transport planning nightmare. Our elected officials are committing to megaroad projects that won’t ease congestion. Instead we’re left with transport,...
