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Day of Action - Public Transport and the Upcoming Budget
April 24, 2018
This week, Sustainable Cities organised a day of action on Monday the 23rd April. With only one week left until the release of the budget, it is vital that we let our MP's know...
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April 24, 2018
This week has been a busy one. With the upcoming budget, we need to make our voices heard. On Monday the 23rd many protests were held across Melbourne to let our MP's know what citizens want....
Read More Add your reaction Share#GetOnBoard Community Powered Transport Plan
February 06, 2018
Our transport system is a mess. Roads don’t relieve congestion, they create it. But state government after state government keep building roads. They keep putting the road lobby and private interests before smart transport...
Read More Add your reaction ShareMEDIA RELEASE: Work on Westgate announced as community members gear up to launch their own transport plan
January 31, 2018
Work on Westgate announced as community members gear up to launch their own transport planThe announcement that work has commenced on the controversial Westgate tollroad comes amid strong community concerns over the project--from increased...
Read More Add your reaction ShareLaunch of Melbourne's REAL Transport Vision
January 11, 2018
February 6 from 8 AM - 9 AM Parliament of Victoria Spring Street, Melbourne, JOIN US to launch a community transport vision for Melbourne-wide sustainable transport options! Our political leaders have failed to develop...
Read More Add your reaction Share$23 billion for transport – what would you spend it on?
December 14, 2017
Melbourne keeps growing and is becoming ever more congested and crowded. It is expected that Melbourne will soon pass Sydney as the largest city in Australia. If we want to keep our ‘liveable city’...
Read More Add your reaction ShareWestgate Tollroad environmental disaster approved
December 12, 2017
MEDIA RELEASE: WESTGATE TUNNEL TOLL ROAD ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER APPROVED Environment group Friends of the Earth and community groups across Melbourne's west have expressed outrage this morning in response to the news the Andrews government...
Read More Add your reaction ShareWestgate Tunnel approval takes Melbourne on a wrong turn
November 27, 2017
The planning minister Richard Wynne has today approved the $5.5 B West Gate Tunnel project. Approval of Transurban’s $5.5 billion Westgate Tunnel toll road project locks Melbourne into decades more congestion, tolls and pollution....
Read More Add your reaction Share'Walk This Way' a huge success for our Sustainable Cities campaign launch
October 23, 2017
2 weeks ago FoE Melbourne launched a new Sustainable Cities Campaign with #WalkThisWay - a 15km community walk following Melbourne's iconic Capital City Trail. Community members are concerned about another massive toll road through the middle...
Read More Add your reaction ShareSay NO to Westgate Tunnel
October 10, 2017
Will our Planning Minister make the choice to listen to the concerns from the community or commit to more cars, pollution, and toll roads by doing a deal with Transurban? Send an email asking...
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