Project History
Transport Connections was introduced by the Victorian Government in 2003 initially administered by Department of Human Services (DHS), in partnership with Department of Planning and Community Development (DPCD), Department of Transport (DOT) and the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD). It was developed to support communities to work together in improve local transport and access and to encourage local communities to be actively involved in decision making processes.
Now administered by DPCD, the aim of Transport Connections has evolved over time:
| |
Year |
Aim |
| Phase 1 |
2003-2006 |
To address the access needs of transport disadvantaged people in rural and regional Victoria. |
| Phase 2 |
2006-2010 |
Through local partnerships more communities will be able to develop new and coordinated approaches to transport that enable people to get around more easily. |
| Phase 3 |
2010-2013 |
To develop innovative and efficient responses to the needs of people with limited transport options, and to improve access to services resources, employment and community participation opportunities. |
In our region the first Transport Connections Project was the “The Valley to the City Efficiently.”
Based in Mount Beauty this project introduced the Mount Beauty Flexi-bus where by a route bus service was transformed into a flexible door-to-door service which connected isolated passengers with medical appointments, leisure centre’s and shopping centre’s in the regional centre of Wodonga.
The key learning’s from this project were the basis from which a sub regional partnership was formed and NTCP emerged. In Phase 2 TCP Local Area Action Plans were developed and two Project Coordinators worked on implementing transport initiatives that met community need. Many of these initiatives were public services.
Project Information
Project Summary
2010 – 2013 Project Action Plan
Project History
Transport Connections was introduced by the Victorian Government in 2003 initially administered by Department of Human Services (DHS), in partnership with Department of Planning and Community Development (DPCD), Department of Transport (DOT) and the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD). It was developed to support communities to work together in improve local transport and access and to encourage local communities to be actively involved in decision making processes.
Now administered by DPCD, the aim of Transport Connections has evolved over time:
| |
Year |
Aim |
| Phase 1 |
2003-2006 |
To address the access needs of transport disadvantaged people in rural and regional Victoria. |
| Phase 2 |
2006-2010 |
Through local partnerships more communities will be able to develop new and coordinated approaches to transport that enable people to get around more easily. |
| Phase 3 |
2010-2013 |
To develop innovative and efficient responses to the needs of people with limited transport options, and to improve access to services resources, employment and community participation opportunities. |
In our region the first Transport Connections Project was the “The Valley to the City Efficiently.”
Based in Mount Beauty this project introduced the Mount Beauty Flexi-bus where by a route bus service was transformed into a flexible door-to-door service which connected isolated passengers with medical appointments, leisure centre’s and shopping centre’s in the regional centre of Wodonga.
The key learning’s from this project were the basis from which a sub regional partnership was formed and NTCP emerged. In Phase 2 TCP Local Area Action Plans were developed and two Project Coordinators worked on implementing transport initiatives that met community need. Many of these initiatives were public services.
Project Information
Project Summary
2010 – 2013 Project Action Plan