"The Tarneit Link is essential for the long term.  So long as it doesn't go through the green wedge, there should be full speed ahead on this project.  Don't wait until 2012 to start thinking about it.  Start thinking now!  Meanwhile, what about increasing services in the short term?"

"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."