- Target:
- Public Transport Victoria
- Region:
- Australia
Public Transport Victoria (PTV) have advise they intend to discontinue the 303 Bus route (North Ringwood to City via Park Orchards / Springfield Rd & freeway to Queen Street).
1. Evidence pertaining to the average number of commuters on this service and therefore the reason for stopping it, is from 2012 and is incorrect based on current usage of this service.
2. No consultation has been made or offered to those that use the service.
3. This bus service is well utilised, and frequently full with passenger counts of 50 plus per service. (we have photographic evidence in lieu of data from MYKI).
4. It provides direct access to City without requiring interchange or long walks to numerous passengers along its route.
5. A number of special needs passengers (Limited mobility or passengers with prams) use the service, these passengers may be unable to access alternative services.
Impact of removal:
6. Students also use this service as a safe mode of public transport to schools and activities.
7. There will be significant direct and indirect time and cost implications to commuters and families who rely on this service.
8. PTV state the service is "a duplication", however that would suggest there is already a service that mirrors the 303 service - there is not. Multiple transport changes in order to achieve an outcome that does not even end in the same locaiton does not translate as a duplication.
OUTCOME OF CANCELLATION
Summary: Increased cummuter costs, increase in travel time, less productivity, definte decrease in the civic moment.
1. Most commuters will be forced to use other services to interchange to an already overcrowded railway system.
2. Most commuters will require at least 2 interchanges to travel between their existing service end points.
3. Some commuters will be forced to drive to railway stations or into the city.
4. Significantly increases commute times for many passengers.
5. Less passengers will use public transport as an option, returning more cars to the road.
We, the undersigned, call on Public Transport Victoria to NOT cancel the 303 Bus service that operates between the City and Ringwood North.
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The Bus 303: City to Ringwood North To Stay petition to Public Transport Victoria was written by Bus 303 and is in the category Local Government at GoPetition.