REGISTER

Ray Kinnear Director, Public Transport Policy & Planning

In Summary, this is a huge step forward for public transport in Victoria :

• More than 24,000 more services every week within 5 years
• More than 2 million Victorians get a decent service for the first time
• And more and more services will be accessible, even if you are temporarily or permanently disabled
• For the first time there will be a network of routes. Within 5 years there will be a crosstown network of 330 kilometres of SmartBus routes to complement the existing 600 kilometres of radial rail network
• Capacity to carry more and more train passengers
• From a Tramway to a Light Rail system
• Programs to fix interchanges and add Park and Ride capacity
• Essential safety and communications systems replaced
• Will carry extra 50 million public transport passengers by 2010