[Greens-Media] Green transport growing for Melbourne commuters - new data

[Elizabeth.Ingham at parliament.vic.gov.au]

New data released today from the 2011 census shows public transport and 
bike are the fastest growing commuter options for Melbourne.

"Bike and bus are the fastest growing commuter options, growing three 
times as fast as car use, "said Victorian Greens Leader Greg Barber

"Bus to the train station grew fastest of all, however only about 12 
percent of train users got to the station by bus.  We need more buses that 
link directly to scheduled trains, so people can leave their cars at home 
instead of overflowing railway car parks."

"We have 39% more people travelling to work by bus, 36% more on bikes, 33% 
more on trains and 28% more on trams since the 2006 census.  The 
percentage of commuters travelling by car has actually dropped in real 
terms, as the increase in car use is less than the overall increase in 
people commuting to work,"

"Just as the bicycle commute is surging, Ted Baillieu cuts the bike budget 
to zero.  He should bring the bike budget back,"  said Mr Barber

For comment: Greg Barber - 0417 445 845



**********************************

Liz Ingham
Office of Greg Barber MLC
Northern Metropolitan Region
Victorian Greens Leader

P: 9348 2622
M: 0409 333 595
E: elizabeth.ingham at parliament.vic.gov.au
W: http://mps.vic.greens.org.au

///////************************************************************///////////////

Parliament of Victoria                                                                                                                    . 
Important Disclaimer Notice:


The information contained in this email  including any attachments, may be 
confidential and/or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please 
notify the sender and delete it from  your system. Any unauthorised 
disclosure, copying or dissemination of all or part of this email, including 
any attachments, is not permitted. This email, including any attachments, should 
be dealt with in accordance with copyright and  privacy legislation. 
Except where otherwise stated, views expressed are those of the individual sender.