Treasurer Tim Pallas gives the Parliament “a clear and emphatic answer” on no cuts to services in next week’s budget.

“Normally I’d hide behind the ‘wait till the budget’..”

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Road safety report worth reading. The recommendation re pedestrian crossings convenient to bus stops on arterial roads is critical to building a useful frequent direct bus network. Read it here: parliament.vic.gov.au/roadsafetybeha… #springst

[Blog] Wins in new tram timetables for 19, 57, 59 & 82. melbourneontransit.blogspot.com/2024/05/tt-188… #springst

Back in the era of regional line cuts and closures, I wonder if local stationmasters ever conspired with local gunzels and seniors groups to fill a train when it was known the minister was visiting?

This is why I've said we should progressively upgrade #SuburbanRailLoop parallel routes like the 733 to every 5-10 min 7 days. That would give a decade of benefit before the SRL opens & encourage supportive personal and even business decisions to ensure SRL success. #springst

At the ⁦APTA⁩ conference in Portland, ⁦TriMet⁩ is showing that you can do beautiful, artistic wraps without covering the windows. People don't like to enter a room that they can't see into. It's why we have a glass walled conference rooms.

Free guidebook for urban planners who want buses to work in their city.

Article paywalled but mentions better buses for #Melton High St. Currently most routes are every 30-60 min weekdays & hourly weekends with poor directness. A simplified network could put town centre on two more frequent routes. More: melbourneontransit.blogspot.com/2020/05/buildi… Steve McGhie MP #springst

As one does on a quiet Monday night, one studies the #springst sitting calendar. Seems to be 5 rules that determine sitting weeks:
* Tu/Wed/Th only
* Alternate weeks
* Never school hols
* Never weeks there's a public holiday
* Never coldest weeks (hence time for o/s study trips)

🚶‍♂️🚴‍♀️Significant win for the fast-growing suburb of #Kalkallo . After my advocacy in the Parliament and the media to use a portion of the $90m owed to the area in unspent developer contributions on a pedestrian bridge to Donnybrook Station, Labor have finally committed to it.

ADDING BUS SERVICES WORKS! Release noting a 1 million patronage rise in Melbourne's east thanks to upgrades to bus routes 201, 271, 733, 766 & 767. premier.vic.gov.au/community-gets… #springst

How come no one told me there was a map that could show you the real time location of every Melbourne suburban train