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The Metropolitan Transport Forum (MTF) is an advocacy group comprising members from Melbourne metropolitan local government, associate members representing transport companies, and participants from the State Government and environment groups.

The MTF endeavours to promote effective, efficient and equitable transport in metropolitan Melbourne by providing a forum for debate, research and policy development, and by disseminating information to improve transport choices.

The year 2012 is well underway and MTF meetings have addressed topics of Doncaster Rail, Nunawading grade separation and transport noise - see Monthly Meetings for presentations. MTF has also been active at the Sustainable Living Festival hosting a site promoting sustainable transport and a growth area forum, see following.

February event:Are Melbourne's Growth Areas Sustainable? MTF member councils in the growth corridors have raised issues around transport shortfalls to service rapid population growth in a sustainable manner. The MTF has submitted to the Growth Corridor Plans and hosted a forum on this topic as part of the Sustainable Living Festival on Wednesday 22nd February, Melbourne Town Hall at which growth corridor councils Casey, Brimbank, Hume, Whittlesea and Wyndham presented on the pressures of poorly serviced growth. See MTF Forums for presentations from this event, and the MTF submission Growth Corridor Plans .

Topic for the coming meeting, Wednesday 2nd May, will be Ian Dobbs who is heading up the much-awaited new authority Public Transport Victoria - its structure, role and future plans. And in June 'Choose How you Move' is the topic at which Emilie van de Graaff will talk about her work with a sustainable transport program at a UK council which should be very relevant for MTF member councils. Future meetings cover transport disadvantage, Victorian Auditor General report on public transport and freight, parking and healthy active transport.

State budget - this will be announced on Tuesday May 1st and will also be discussed at the May MTF meeting. The MTF submission is as follows: the State Budget 2012/2013 including the Better Stations project,