PAUL MEES: RMIT senior lecturer in transport planning
■ Drop big-ticket projects like the east-west link and the metro rail tunnel.
■ Fix train timetables and build extra lines to Box Hill and Oakleigh and Dandenong-Cranbourne to run more services.
■ Create more bus services to railway stations
■ Grade-separate level crossings in the south-east.
SAMANTHA DUNN: Eastern Transport Coalition chairwoman
■ Building roads is not a long-term solution.
■ Build rail links to Doncaster and Rowville.
■ More bus services.
■ Triplicate or duplicate Belgrave/Lilydale, and Cranbourne lines.
■ Third track from Caulfield to Dandenong.
THANUJA GUNATILLAKE: RACV public transport and mobility manager
■ Build east-west road link and Metro rail tunnel.
■ Make the Doncaster Area Rapid Transport bus services more frequent.
■ Upgrade the M1’s Warrigal Road interchange.
■ Lengthen trains and stations, upgrade signals and remove level crossings in Dandenong rail corridor.
■ Duplicate and triplicate the Belgrave line.
■ Upgrade Officer rail station, extend the Cranbourne line to Cranbourne East and Clyde.
DANIEL BOWEN: Public Transport Users Association president
■ Don’t build new freeways.
■ Build rail link to Doncaster (first step Victoria Park-Bulleen with bus interchange to CBD) and Rowville.
■ More rail services and better-connecting bus services.
■ Grade separation of level crossings.
■ Duplication of Cranbourne line.
■ Lengthen trains to nine cars.
LUKE DONNELLAN and FIONA RICHARDSON: State opposition roads and public transport spokespersons
■ No east-west road tunnel.
■ Truck exclusion lanes on Monash Freeway.
■ Increased train and bus services.
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