The Department of Transport has engaged Booz & Company to undertake a review of bus services in the Shire of Cardinia, City of Casey and City of Greater Dandenong.
The objective of the review is to prepare a comprehensive improvement plan for local bus services in order to maximise their value to the community.
The study team held a first round of community workshops in April 2008 where input from local community members, local government and local transport operators was sought on the current bus services in the area.
A second round of community workshops is now planned for August. This round of workshops aims to seek community feedback on the draft bus service improvement plan as developed by the study team.
The Department of Transport would therefore like to invite you, or a suitable representative from your organisation, to take part in the local area community workshops.
Please refer to the invitation attached, which includes further information about the Bus Service Review and upcoming community workshops.
We look forward to working with you in this important, interesting and challenging project.
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History & Charter
The Ranges Transport Action group was established in June 2007 in direct response to the challenging issue of climate change and the need to reduce carbon emissions.
RTAG aims to improve public transport in the Ranges Ward of Cardinia Shire to enable the community to better utilise this form of transport and to reduce their dependence on privately owned motor vehicles.
Achievements to Date:
RTAG was involved in a bus shelter survey conducted in each of the Ranges Ward townships to determine where improvements could be made (these observations were directed to Cardinia Shire Council for further action), timetables erected at bus stops, establishment of some new bus shelters. Lobbying by RTAG has resulted in an increased frequency for bus route 695 (which now operates every half hour between 5.20am-6.30pm), and we have been active in the promotion of the improved bus service in the ward's public noticeboards. Members of RTAG are currently involved in the Department of Transport's Metropolitan Bus Service Reviews in Cardinia Shire. This has involved members attending an initial public workshop in April 2008, and members will also be present at the second round of workshops this August. As part of these reviews, RTAG also supplied a formal submission to the department, outlining our objectives for bus services in the Ranges Ward.
Future Challenges:
RTAG continues to lobby for a new bus service linking Ranges Ward to Pakenham (it has now been 14 years since the establishment of Cardinia Shire Council at Pakenham, yet the residents in Ranges Ward continue to be unable to have direct public transport access to the Council Offices and a number of other social, welfare and transport services that are well established at Pakenham). RTAG is also investigating setting up an "adopt-a-bus-shelter program".