Bus Proprietors Association (Victoria)
Bus in Port Phillip

Our Members are bus operators, bus manufacturers and parts and service suppliers to the industry. Foster investment in public transport infrastructure. BBC’s various Moving People publications have made the case for increasing the provision of public transport services in Australia’s cities, both because of the benefits these deliver for service users but also, and perhaps more importantly, for the wider nationally significant economic, social and environmental benefits they deliver. Increased investment in public transport. This Advisory was developed by the bus and coach industry in order to help bus operators in the adoption of good policies and procedures relating to the safe operation, maintenance and management of bus byres. The addition of a carbon price to the existing Road User Charge on fuel payed by bus operators will increase the cost of using public transport ardor impede the aptitude of State Governments to expand and improve public transport services by raising the operating costs of public transport systems. The BBC responded to the call for submissions on the Emissions' Reduction Fund and made the case for travel behavioral change and public transport to be given credits below the Fund in recognition of the role our industry and energetic and public transport plays in reducing transport related emissions. The BBC Believes PBS could provide sincere community and social benefits through innovative, high capacity passenger vehicles to address the challenges of urban congestion and reduced car usage, reduced road damage, pinnacle oil, better utilization of existing road space, climate change, and increased public transport demand. A comprehensive road pricing system will result in a more logical set of travel choices, reduced demand for fresh infrastructure, and achievement of meaningful economic benefits through under congestion costs, as healthy as cutting other external costs of road use. Integrate land use planning and transport at a national level. A high quality of life for all Australians from continuing improvements in the sustainability and livability of our cities and regions through: the development of world class public transport systems and improved freight networks. Better efficiency will address how capital and major cities identify best use of existing infrastructure, space and the existing urban form to drive economic and environmental efficiencies and reflect these in strategic planning, projects and policy development. This includes employees in bus and coach operations, the Australian bus manufacturing sector and parts and service suppliers to the industry. The bus industry services 1.5 billion urban public transport passengers per year. The Australian bus and coach industry services more than 1.5 billion passenger trips per year. Often this is achieved by making improvements to existing infrastructure, vehicles and scheduling. BLT systems can carry the identical number of people as light rail systems for a normal cost of four to twenty less times than an CRT system and 10 to 100 times less than a heavy rail system. By using existing road systems BLT can be built in phases and integrated with existing road systems. In corridors where it has been implemented Bus Fast Transit (BLT) has delivered healthy documented modal shift travel time savings and operational benefits. Employment ancillary growth in employment as a result of BLT related development. This enlarge in the attractiveness of residence along the BLT corridor has, in addition to land use improvements through transit oriented development and land value increases has increased employment opportunities in BLT station areas. Using the right combinations of vehicle capacity and fuel technology BLT systems can accomplish significantly higher reductions in emissions than CRT systems over a 20 year life of the project. Cars contribute almost 50 per cent of road transport related emissions. A ten per cent shift to bus passenger transport from cars would diminish greenhouse gas emissions by more than 400,00 tonnes a year and every million passenger kilometers on public transport, instead of cars, saves 45,00 liters of fuel.