http://mtag.org.au/NEWS Working to ease the increasing truck numbers in Maribyrnong. Sat, 21 Jun 2008 09:58:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Channel 9 News Channel 10 News. Channel 2 News. Channel 7 News. http://mtag.org.au/NEWS/2008/04/12/media-reaction-to-april-12-march/ Thanks to all who attended today to make this protest such a great success. Here are a few pics from the day. Click on a thumb to enlarge. Click arrow inside photo to progress through slideshow. http://mtag.org.au/NEWS/2008/04/12/family-day-march-photos-from-sat-12-april/ The Eddington Report is possibly the best news MTAG has had since it was formed nearly four years ago. It basically recommends everything we have been asking for since MTAG's inception. It is not perfect and needs tweaking but if his truck action plan is implemented it will solve most ... http://mtag.org.au/NEWS/2008/04/02/eddington-report-released/ The Maribyrnong Truck Action Group has questioned the credibility of the Victorian Transport Association after its CEO, Philip Lovel, issued a press release that reveals a complete lack of understanding of road transport regulations in the inner West. The press release criticises MTAG’s recent blockade of the intersection of Francis ... http://mtag.org.au/NEWS/2008/02/21/vta-press-release-gets-it-all-wrong-full-text-and-mtag-response/ A big thank you to the 200 or so who attended the protest this morning. The drizzle and the early start made it an impressive turnout. Thanks also to the members of the media who attended and also for the great work done by Maribyrnong police.For now we have a ... http://mtag.org.au/NEWS/2008/02/20/francis-street-protest/ History of Truck Traffic in Melbourne’s Inner West‘The trucks have always been here.’ Really?One of the central arguments used to counter MTAG’s mission to get through-trucks off the streets of the inner west is, ‘The trucks have always been here.’ While it’s true the inner west has an industrial heritage, ... http://mtag.org.au/NEWS/2007/12/11/history-of-truck-traffic/ Even though the ban on trucks has been in force for some months some trucks continue to use the shopping strip as a through way. Click on thumb to read the number plate. http://mtag.org.au/NEWS/2007/08/28/trucks-in-barkley-street/ In April of this year MTAG commissioned a study into the impact of truck traffic on residents of the inner west. Approximately 1000 surveys were distributed throughout Yarraville, Kingsville, Seddon, and Footscray. Of these 500 were placed in letterboxes on the major freight routes of Francis St, Somerville Rd, Williamstown ... http://mtag.org.au/NEWS/2007/07/17/health-study-published/ MTAG has prepared a submission for the Eddington East-West needs assessment study. Download our submission as printable pdf (1.5MB file) http://mtag.org.au/NEWS/2007/06/12/eddington-east-west-link-needs/ The health study results made the cover of The Mail and The Star and featured in Leader. This is the front page story in The Star (click to enlarge) http://mtag.org.au/NEWS/2007/06/06/health-study-in-the-press/