More bus use 'short-sighted': NSW Premier
New South Wales Premier Barry O’Farrell has condemned the idea of using more buses to replace Sydney's proposed North West Rail Link as “short-sighted”
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A long list but a list at last
The NSW Government this week released a long list of public transport infrastructure improvements ready to be built
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Tanner headlines conference on user pays infrastructure
Former finance minister fronts conference on how to pay for infrastructure
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Regional kids fastened for seatbelt initiative
More than 20 regional centers will benefit from the Seatbelts for Kids initiative, Labor says.
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Fare rises find support
Although set on the back foot over Victoria’s January fare increases, Transport Minister Terry Mulder has an ally
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Gloves off over tunnel
There’s a stoush brewing between Queensland’s Transport Minister and Brisbane’s Lord Mayor over a proposed bus tunnel
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Northern busway on track
After Anna Bligh’s opening of Brisbane’s Eastern Busway extension last month, sights are now focussed north
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NT catches park ‘n’ ride
It might not seem like an urban jungle, but the Top End is taking its commuting seriously
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‘Feel-good’ funds favoured
NSW's transport budget appears to favour ‘feel good’ projects, raising questions about bus growth
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Busway sends message
The opening of Brisbane’s Eastern Busway this week has sent a message to other states about sticking to long-term transport planning
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Beach-side bus buzz
The busy Noosa Junction transit precinct on the Sunshine Coast was a-buzz on Sunday with the opening of a new $10 million bus station
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Calls for congestion charging; transport lobby unconvinced
Victorian transport lobby groups slam a report that dismisses the proposed east-west freeway and suggests congestion pricing is needed
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School bus seatbelt funding applications urged
The next round of Federal Government school bus seatbelt funding closes soon
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‘Epping solution’ goes to Minister
A bus industry solution to the Epping-Parramatta rail conundrum has been presented to the NSW Government – and it looks a likely winner
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Budget disappoints QBIC
QBIC is looking hard for bus growth funding from this week’s state budget – but can’t find any
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Budget honours transport infrastructure commitments
Transport infrastructure and new bus spending largely escaped the flood repair bill in Queensland’s budget released this week
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Big bus budget announced
WA has bucked the eastern state’s trend of putting bus growth on hold by placing public transport high on the 2011 budget spend
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Busway vision tunnels ahead
The tunneling is done, now the road works begin on Australia's largest airport link and busway infrastructure project
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Budget bucks please BIC
A tough Federal budget didn’t faze BIC, pleased that big ticket bus-based construction projects should climb up the Government’s funding list
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Brisbane busway turns 10
It’s a day to celebrate as Brisbane’s south-east busway – a model for bus rapid transit infrastructure nationally and internationally – turned ten
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