No WestConnex Face Book Group & Website

Here is a  Face Book group that is advocating against the WestConnex proposal by the NSW Government introduced via the NSW Long Term Transport master Plan:


http://www.facebook.com/NoWestconnex?ref=ts&fref=ts


This is their website!

Taxi Transport Subsidy Scheme - Survey

This a survey should you wish to provide feedback on the  Taxi Transport Subsidy Scheme -should you wish to complete survey please click onto the below link.

NCOSS is the peak body for the non-government human services sector in NSW. NCOSS provides independent and informed policy development and advice, and plays a key coordination and leadership role for the non government social and community services sector in New South Wales. It represents a vast network of service delivery and consumer groups through its organisational membership.

Taxi Transport Subsidy Scheme

If you use the Taxi Transport Subsidy Scheme (TTSS) please take the time to fill out our survey:surveymonkey.com/s/TTSSsurvey. Your responses will help us advocate for a scheme that better meets community needs. Please contact Rhiannon on (02) 9211 2599 ext 128 for further information.

Check Out M4 Toll Proposal - Will This Increase Public Transport Users in Western Sydney?

We have a couple reports that you might be interested in relation to a proposal for a M4 Toll:

Click Here - for Further Details

Feel free to place comments and provide us feedback as well!

Would Western Sydneysider Commuters Like Free Wi--Fi ON City Rail Trains?

Check out this blog on Free Wi-Fi On Trains, do extend this onto all buses and taxis & Ferries?

What is your thoughts - we encourage comments and feedback!

Check Out Story On Western Australia Possible Free Wi-Fi on Trains

Free Public Transport - It Is Working Around The World!

One thing we do not think about in Western Sydney is whether there is reason to have free pubic transport in our communities.  This can promote less usage of personal vehicles, enhance chances of reaching job interviews, jobs, visit families, friends, shopping complexes, hospitals, police stations and  also  providing more economical access to community groups that people need to visit.

Click here for the World's Free Successful Public Transport Details

Announcement of New Bus Contracts

This could be very important for people in Greater Western Sydney.

Transport for NSW has announced the successful tenders for the bus contracts in several regions including Region 1 (Penrith to Blacktown) and Region 3 (Liverpool, Fairfield, Holroyd).

Busways was successful for Region 1 and Transit Systems Australia was successful in Region 3. Busways www.busways.com.au is well known to people in Region 1 but the other existing service providers, Westbus and Hawkesbury Valley Buses, appear to have missed out on contracts in Region 1.

The new contract for Region 3 has gone to Transit Systems Australia. They seems to be a new business in Western Sydney http://www.transitsystems.com.au/overview . Previously Region 3 was operated by a consortium of MetroLink, Busabout, Hopkinsons and Westbus. It's unknown what will happen with those businesses. http://www.a3mc.com.au/

http://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/media-releases/new-bus-contracts-benefit-customers-and-taxpayers

Filling In 'The Gap' - SMH

The Sydney Morning Herald ran a story this week about the difficulties some people in Sydney face while trying to access the bus system.

People associated with WSPTU groups in Mt Druitt and Bankstown are in the story.

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/for-many-public-transport-is-now-a-private-hell-20121110-294wx.html

The Sydney Alliance has created maps showing where services aren't available within 400 metres and with a frequency of 15 minutes. The Sydney Alliance have created a formula for quality services: 400:15:1 SCAA.  This means 400 metres to the nearest stop, every 15 minutes, available on 1 ticket, safe, clean, accessible and affordable.

Here is a story in the SMH about how people could be linked to high-frequency services through the use of local-level 'feeder' services and 'flexible' transport services. Prof Corrine Mulley from the Institute of Transport and Logistics at Sydney Uni is quoted. Professor Mulley has presented at the WSPTU Symposium.

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/linking-services-vital-to-get-the-city-moving-20121111-296h0.html

WestConnex Proposal Comments

Click here to make a comment to Infrastructure NSW about the Westconnex Proposal

NSW Long Term Transport Master Plan - In Respect To Mount Druitt And Greater Western Sydney!

Click here for Mount Druitt Affect on the NSW Long Term Transport Master Plan