Council plan to fix West Melbourne
Grey, industrial and choked with cars and trucks, Spencer Street in West Melbourne would be few people's idea of a pleasant place to stroll along or stop and spend time.
Transport Reporter for The Age
Grey, industrial and choked with cars and trucks, Spencer Street in West Melbourne would be few people's idea of a pleasant place to stroll along or stop and spend time.
Though trams have always been a big deal in Melbourne, this is arguably more true than ever now.
Work to duplicate the Western Highway between Ballarat and Stawell has been suspended indefinitely because VicRoads failed to renew an expired planning permit for the project.Â
The severe traffic disruption caused by this morning's tragic light aircraft crash at Essendon Airport will clear in time for the afternoon peak.Â
The Essendon airport plane crash has forced VicRoads to close the Tullamarine Freeway in both directions between Moreland Road and the Western Ring Road.
Twenty-five homes and seven business premises will be demolished, but the wider Cheltenham community will get its wish not to have a new "sky rail" built in its midst when the Charman Road level crossing is abolished.
Plans to build safe bike lanes along St Kilda Road have been deferred by the Andrews government because of concern that giving more road space to cyclists on the thoroughfare might inconvenience motorists.
The Geelong railway line will need an overhaul within five years, or it will decline into a slow, overcrowded service with more and more passengers standing in the aisles over long journeys, an expert analysis warns.
Twelve of the 13 contracts for Melbourne's bus network will be opened up to competition for the first time in generations, in an attempt to get more people using the city's lagging bus services.
A V/Line train has reportedly been derailed after hitting an abandoned car near Bendigo, temporarily shutting down the line.
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