Minister for the Territory and Municipal Services, John Hargreaves, today congratulated the Canberra Community on reaching the milestone of 80 years of Public Transport. Mr Hargreaves said that ACTION would be celebrating this important milestone in Canberra’s public transport history with a birthday celebration on Wednesday 19 July 2006 and Read more…
The removal of the Civic and Belconnen bus interchanges, a new interchange for Woden, a busway from Belconnen to Civic and a busway along Northbourne Avenue are included in plans for an upgrade of Canberra’s public transport infrastructure. The greatest portion of money needed for these works has not received Read more…
CANBERRANS are turning to public transport in record numbers to escape the hassle and cost of pay parking. Earlier this month, for the first time, ACTION recorded more than 20,000 adult bus passengers in a single day. This mark has subsequently been passed several times. For the week ending February Read more…
Shelton Newman, ACTION Transport Officer, tells of the events at Tuggeranong Depot during Canberra’s worst natural disaster. On Saturday 18 January 2003 I just happened to be the supervisor on duty, but no matter which officer was on duty would have been the same. I do feel, however, that this Read more…
From: Canberra Times BY GRAHAM DOWNIE 01 Jul, 2002 07:42 AM New ACTION fares begin today with the abolition of the zonal system. The change means about 70 per cent of current passengers will pay about 6 per cent more and about 30 per cent will pay up to 46 Read more…
A decision on new ACTION buses is imminent, with the choice between Scania and MAN. At a cost of $350,000 to $400,000 each, the Government has budgeted for 10 new buses next year and three for each of the next three years. The Labor Party has stopped short of a Read more…
Seventeen extra school buses will hit Canberra’s roads today, with existing services expected to be full to bursting as the Government’s pre-election school bus scheme kicks off. Just under 17,400 students have already received their free bus passes, with about 900 applications rejected. Urban Services Minister Brendan Smyth said 17 Read more…
The ACT Government’s free bus travel scheme discriminates against some students and will destabilise government schools, leading to some closures, according to an Australia Institute report. Given to The Canberra Times two days before the scheme swings into action, the report slams the pre-election policy as money-wasting and biased towards Read more…