RE: [VIC] Ill-informed NIMBYism can be more dangerous than trains "mowing down rows of houses and a school".

[Vaughan Williams <ender2000@MailAndNews.com>]

Apologies for my recent silence - the sudden disappearance of Deja has left 
me 
off the air for a few days.

The PTUA strongly supports the Airport rail link with a preference for the 
Broadmeadows route. We think that on present plans the station is too far 
from 
the terminal (put the station 5 mins walk from the terminal and then suggest 
special fast trains to save 5 mins off the trip), and we do not support the 
use of special high speed trains.

The Airport Line should be just another part of the suburban network that 
happens to go to the Airport. Some express running would be desireable to 
achieve a satisfactory travel time (perhaps 30 - 35 minutes from Flinders to 
the Airport).

It would also be desireable to remove the level crossings along the line at 
the same time to improve safety and minimise disruption to traffic and 
pedestrians. Before its obession with freeways, the predecessor to Vic Roads 
used to have a programme of eliminating level crossings. For reasons of 
aesthetics its better to do this by lowering the rail line (see Elsternwick 
and Boronia) rather than raising the road (See Sunshine, Huntingdale)

Vaughan

>===== Original Message From taliesin@chariot.net.au (Taliesin Walker) =====
>>Is there an opposing group to these idiots? Someone to support the link?
>>Lets hear their side of the story.
>Unfortunately, from my observation, people only seem to form these
>groups to oppose things. (That is modern democracy for you!)
>
>Tali

Vaughan Williams
Secretary
Public Transport Users Association
247 Flinders Lane
Melbourne 3000
http://www.ptua.org.au