Transport Reporter for The Age
The shutdown of a key part of the Tullamarine Freeway began at 10pm on Thursday night and will add an estimated 40 minutes to journeys between the city and the airport as tens of thousands of vehicles snake their way through the north-west suburbs via lengthy detours.
Three of the five worst roads in Australia for traffic congestion are in Melbourne, a new report by the country's peak roads and traffic agency has found, and the worst of them might surprise.
Hazardous fumes are leaking from a grain silo in the west Gippsland town of Trafalgar, prompting the Country Fire Authority to issue a Watch and Act alert.
Could a little black box strapped to the back of a bicycle be the key to introducing new laws in Victoria that require motorists to leave a minimum one-metre buffer passing?
A new South Yarra railway station will not be built as part of the Melbourne Metro rail tunnel – but the Andrews government has conceded it may be needed in the future, after months of arguing it was not necessary.
Altona residents will finally get a regular direct train service between the city and Melbourne's bayside western suburbs when the Metro timetable is updated next year, but most other lines could get no extra trains at all.
Metro Trains risks millions of dollars in fines every three months under proposed terms of a tougher seven-year agreement with the state.
Every passenger bus in Victoria will be fitted with a security screen to protect drivers from the risk of violent assault, following talks between the drivers' union, their employers and Public Transport Victoria.
On two winding roads in the hills north of Melbourne, two men made the same mistake, veering head-on into the path of an oncoming car. One died and left behind a shattered family, one lived and has a remarkable story to tell his twin daughters.
Autonomous cars will begin cruising on CityLink and the Monash and Tullamarine freeways early next year in a trial of driverless cars on Melbourne roads.
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