Yarra Campaign for Action on Transport

Community campaign against unsustainable road developments in Melbourne’s inner northern suburbs and parks

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Entries from November 2008

The Age Letters - 26 November

November 26th, 2008 · No Comments

The Age Letters - 26 November 2008
Get on with the bleeding obvious
Given that so many train services are cancelled as a result of broken-down trains, failed signals, faulty points, fused overhead wires or level crossing crashes, it is obvious that Melbourne’s rail network has been neglected and under resourced for many years. It is no [...]

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Rate the Candidates

November 26th, 2008 · No Comments

Joint Media Release From Yarra Campaign Against the Tunnel (YCAT) and the Public Transport User’s Association (PTUA)
Party Ranking:

A   Stephen Jolly and SP Candidates
B +   Greens Candidates
C-   Labour Candidates

Yarra Campaign against the Tunnel and the Public Transport Users Association have joined forces to score candidates in the forthcoming elections for the City of [...]

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New Maps showing Royal Park Cut & Cover

November 26th, 2008 · No Comments

Rainer Ellinghaus has prepared new detailed diagram of the devastating impact the tunnels would have on royal park.

For a detailed view visit www.ellinghaus.com.au
Download the postcard

Rainer has also prepared a postcard to be downloaded and sent to the responsible Minister.

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Tags: Campaign · Road Tunnel

Analysis of the public submissions to the Eddington Assessment

November 25th, 2008 · No Comments

Last week Greens MLCs Colleen Hartland and Greg Barber launched a report by Kate Wilson from the University of Melbourne that analysed the 2149 public submissions in the Eddington Report process. The report proves that the public overwhelmingly opposes the proposed road tunnel, and want better public transport instead.

Read a copy of the report on [...]

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Trading in ConnectEast shares frozen as toll road fails to fire

November 24th, 2008 · No Comments

The Age: Trading in ConnectEast shares frozen as toll road fails to fire (21 November, 2008)
Far fewer drivers are using EastLink than predicted, forcing operator ConnectEast to freeze trading in its shares while it raises money to cover its $1.9 billion debt. Fewer than 150,000 trips a day are being made on the road. When [...]

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Join us at the Walk Against Warming

November 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Walk Against Warming: Saturday, 15th November - 1pm at Federation Square
A reminder about tomorrows Walk Against Warming, CTAG (Coalition of Transport Action Groups) has decided to support this with representatives from each group. Chris, John and Freda will holding the YCAT banner up so come and join us at Federation Square.
Transport is a Climate [...]

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