Yarra Campaign for Action on Transport

The Age: Expert casts doubt on road tunnel plan (Kate Lahey, July 29, 2008)
A new road tunnel is not the best solution for Melbourne’s growing population and the Government needs to focus on public transport, a world expert in urban planning warns. Cassio Taniguchi, secretary for the Department of Urban Development and Environment in Brasilia, [...]

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Well done to everyone who braved yesterdays weather and attended the first YCAT Community day!
If you have a report, additional media or photos, please feel free to contact YCAT or discuss our first rally on the YCAT email list. More updates soon.

See more photos from Sundays YCAT Rally on Flickr
Stephen Jolly’s report on the rally: [...]

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Herald Sun: Victorian opposition leader Ted Baillieu blasts copycat report (23rd July, 2008)
Three references to overseas public rail networks were plagiarised in the East West Link Needs Assessment transport report, Ted Baillieu claims.
Herald Sun: Opposition Leader in dark over cost of own transport plan (23rd July, 2008)
Victorian Opposition Leader Ted Baillieu today admitted he [...]

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Channel Seven news item from July 15 on the No Tunnel protests. Includes the YCAT rally at Fitzroy Town Hall, interviews with local resident Keith Fitzgerald, Yarra Council’s Cr Stephen Jolly, Victorian Premier John Brumby, Opposition Leader Ted Baillieu and PTUA’s Daniel Bowen and. Humble apologies for the technical glitches!

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We had another good organising meeting last night at the Fitzroy Town Hall and everything is on track for the rally on July 27 and the gig on August 8.
The only jobs that we still need volunteers for are some letter boxing runs in the areas of Clifton Hill and Fitzroy. Apart from that we [...]

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