Councils Unite for Better Buses

Councils across Melbourne have united to get the State Government to add bus services and improve networks. This comes in the form of a resolution from the Municipal Association of Victoria passed by their State Council at its meeting last month. The motion reads: That the MAV calls on the Victorian Government to urgently increase recurrent and capital investment to fully implement Victoria’s Bus Plan and metropolitan and regional bus network reform, so that buses become a genuinely frequent, reliable and competitive part of the public transport system. This must include higher service frequencies, extended operating hours, faster and more direct routes, and seamless integration with trains, trams, walking, wheeling and cycling networks; adopting technologies that are responsive to demand; priority upgrades in population growth areas, transport-disadvantaged, peri-urban and regional communities; accessible public transport infrastructure; completion of comprehensive metropolitan and…