Creating local transport solutions
Transport Connections helps communities work together on projects to improve local transport. It provides funding to set up working groups, employ a coordinator and develop a range of transport initiatives.
Through local partnerships and the use of existing transport assets and services such as taxis, school buses, community buses and volunteers, communities are able to develop innovative approaches to solving transport problems. These make it easier for people with limited access to transport to take part in community life.
Transport is consistently rated by rural and regional communities as one of the most significant barriers to accessing services, employment and social networks. The projects aim to make better use of existing transport resources to meet the community’s needs. That means the projects complement existing transport options rather than competing with them.
There are 32 projects active throughout rural and regional Victoria. See where programs are operating on the Transport Connections program sites map (PDF 371 kb) and read more about the Transport Connections projects.
Transport Connections is a joint initiative of the Department of Planning and Community Development, Department of Transport, Department of Human Services and Department of Education and Early Childhood Development. It builds on the success of a three-year pilot where nine Transport Connections projects were funded across Victoria.
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For further details contact your Regional Team or email Transport Connections.
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