"I want a big new railway line out of Footscray as much as the next person, but $7.5 billion dollars, I really can't see it happening any time soon.  Meanwhile the pedestrian ramp at Footscray is held together by the peeling paint."

"Removing truck travel out of residential areas is a terrific recommendation.  But let’s not wait for the off-ramp.  Block off the residential streets to trucks and put them on City Link now.  Then build the off-ramp."

"Eddington lists a lot of pie in the sky expensive long term projects, and that's all very well and good, but there are affordable short term solutions that won't cost as much.  We urgently need changes to the system that are achievable in the short term."

"People on the Werribee, Williamstown and Sydenham lines have to wait 30 minutes for a train after 7pm, Craigieburn has three trains an hour, Melton has one per hour.  You can increase the service without building anything new.  Then plan for the future at the same time." 

"The most urgent need in the west is for the extension of the Werribee line to Wyndham, electrification of the Melton / Bacchus Marsh line with a train station at Caroline Springs, extension of the Airport West tram line, and a load of new bus routes that connect people to the trains, rather than delivering them five minutes late."