Night Rider adds more buses
Night Rider adds more buses
It's 2am on a Saturday night in the city and you have got a pocketful of change to get home. Walking home to Eltham just won't cut it and there's a queue for the next taxi. What to do? Looking inside your wallet you see a Metcard. Solution? NightRider!
There have been recent improvements to the NightRider service.
- Buses now run every 30 minutes instead of every hour
- New NightRider now runs to Doncaster, Cranbourne and Healesville
- A new service now runs to the city via Docklands
Whether you want to travel to Eltham, Doncaster, Croydon or Epping, or many other suburbs, there's a NightRider service to get you there. All you need is your Metcard to jump on board. The NightRider buses cost only as much as a standard trip on a Metcard costs. Daily or two hour Metcards validated after 6pm can be used on the NightRider buses until 3am!
For more information visit the Metlink Nightrider website.
Keys Please Information Session
Keys Please is a free, 90 minute session for learner drivers or soon to be learner drivers and their parents or supervising drivers. It shows you how to get the maximum benefit from the Learner period and become a responsible and safe driver.
Keys Please features:
- Free, 90 minute sessions held all over Victoria.
- Resources to help you get plenty of driving experience over a wide range of conditions as a learner.
- Tips on managing the learn to drive process.
You'll will find out about:
- Complexities of the driving task.
- Why young drivers are at risk.
- Resources to assist you to get more on-road practice.
- Getting supervised practice in a variety of road, weather and traffic conditions.
- Ways you can maximise your on road experience.
- Encouraging support from parents in gaining on road experience.
So grab your mum, dad, older brother or sister, aunt, uncle or other suitable fully licensed driver and get to a Keys Please session in your area. To find the next Keys Please session in your area, ask at your school or contact your nearest VicRoads Regional Road Safety Coordinator on 13 11 71 (Monday to Friday - 8:30am-5:00pm).
Send your mates a Yellow card
Have you ever been in a car with a mate and been freaked out by the way they're driving? Maybe they text and drive at the same time, or maybe they speed or drive when drunk or on drugs. Do you have a friend who does dangerous things with their car, like drag racing or burnouts? If you're worried about the risks your mates are taking with their driving, the TAC has set up a website that lets you let them know you're worried about them by sending them an anonymous video yellow card.
All you have to do is visit Yellow Card T.V and fill in a few details, like your mate's email address, the car they drive, their name and the problem you're worried about. The website will make a personalised video message based on the details you give it and then send it to your friend. Heaps of people know someone who drives dangerously. Yellowcard allows you to send those people a message and hopefully help them to clean up their act. Even though young Victorians between 17 and 25 are only 14% of the people on the road toll, they make up 25% of the annual Victorian road toll. This is your chance to make a difference to those statistics.
For more information visit the Yellow Card T.V website.
Learners Permit Program
Are you 16 - 17 years old, living in the City of Whittlesea and wanting some support to get your Learners permit? The Learners Permit Program provides both practical and theoretical support to help you get your Learners Permit.
For more information phone Melissa on 8401 0100.
Buying your first car?
Purchasing your first car is both exciting and important. The type of car, the method of buying, price range, special features, insurance and registration are just some of the many facts you will need to take into consideration.
You will need think about:
- Should I buy an automatic or manual car?
- Where do I borrow money for a car?
- How do I buy privately?
- What will the running costs of my car be?
- Can I test-drive the car?
- What is stamp duty?
For more information visit the Consumer Affairs website.
Community bus service
A new free community bus service is running on Saturdays from St Andrews to Hurstbridge via Cottlesbridge, Smiths Gully and Panton Hill as a part of a pilot program.
Council has been working with a community group as part of the Transport Connections initiative to provide a public transport service to rural parts of the Shire.
For the bus services time table visit the Nillumbik Shire Council website or click Here to download.
