transport
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Calls for toll subsidies to cut local truck traffic
Maribyrnong council is calling for subsidies to encourage freight trucks off inner-west residential streets and on to existing and future toll roads. The council will…
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Truck curfew causes havoc for Epping market
A night-time ban on trucks using roads in Melbourne’s north-east is causing major delays and cost blowouts for fruit growers and freight companies heading to…
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Craigieburn Road at breaking point
The number of cars using Craigieburn Road has almost trebled in the past 10 years. Data commissioned by Hume council reveals that the number of…
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Port privitisation puts bid to cut trucks in peril
A project that could take thousands of trucks off inner-west streets has been left languishing while the state government pursues its privatisation of Melbourne’s port.…
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Uber provides an employment lift for outer north
App-based ride-sharing service UberX has emerged as a lifeline for out-of-work former manufacturing employees. New statistics from the illegal ride- share service show most of…
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Carpark mired in mud and blame
Mill Park MP Lily D’Ambrosio and Yan Yean MP Danielle Green last week called on the council to fast-track approval of Public Transport Victoria’s (PTV)…
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Airport threatened with curfew
Hume council has consistently failed to protect Melbourne Airport’s buffer zone, an eminent Melbourne planning expert has claimed. Professor Michael Buxton, who heads RMIT University’s…
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Prepartory work on Mernda rail begins
Wurundjeri elders paced a section of the proposed rail corridor to South Morang last week as part of preparations for the Mernda rail extension. Elders…
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Questions marks over Western Distributor under Yarraville
A boost in public transport spending and moving more freight via rail could kill the need for the proposed Western Distributor, a public forum heard…
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