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Victoria
More trucks on roads feared as long-promised freight hub in Melbourne’s west put on ice
Premier Jacinta Allan once said the Western Intermodal Freight Terminal should be the ‘first cab off the rank’ to be built. Her government has deferred it indefinitely.
- by Kieran Rooney
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Victoria
The West Gate Tunnel is years delayed and $4b over budget. Now its builders are suing
The West Gate Tunnel Project’s builders have blamed the project’s engineers for design errors that led to cost blowouts and a three-year delay.
- by Patrick Hatch
The lost delivery riders causing chaos on toll roads and tunnels
The increase in food delivery services means more bicycle and scooter riders are getting lost on some of Melbourne’s busiest freeways and tollway tunnels.
- by Patrick Hatch
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Transurban
The AI light trick triggering your primal survival instincts to drive faster
Motorists are travelling through the Burnley Tunnel a minute quicker since the installation of moving green “pacemakers” lights that tap into your instinct to flee.
- by Patrick Hatch
The battle against the apps and algorithms driving suburban rat-runs
Motorists are increasingly clogging up residential streets, directed by GPS apps such as Google Maps – all to save a few minutes.
- by Sophie Aubrey
Speed limit cut to 30km/h on almost every street in two suburbs
The City of Yarra is also campaigning for limits on exempt roads in Fitzroy and Collingwood – including Hoddle and Nicholson streets – to be reduced to either 40km/h or 60km/h.
- by Rachael Dexter
Blown-out North East Link’s extra $3.25 billion gets Albanese’s thumbs up
Next week’s federal budget will feature extra money for the blown-out road project, bringing the Commonwealth’s contribution to $5 billion.
- by Broede Carmody
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City life
Lime says its e-scooter riders spend less than 30 seconds per trip on footpaths
But the company’s study has been met with scepticism from critics, who say far too many riders are still putting themselves and pedestrians at risk.
- by Melissa Cunningham
Letters
Letters
Fines may be crippling, but should be even higher for some
Readers react to Victoria’s soaring road fines, which some accuse of being unnecessarily punitive.
Dozens arrested as climate protesters bring CBD traffic to a standstill
Police said 32 people had to be removed from the intersection outside Flinders Street Station after an Extinction Rebellion protest weaved its way through city streets.
- by Alex Crowe and Ashleigh McMillan
The repo man presented Robert’s driver licence. But the picture was someone else
Fraudsters are employing sophisticated new methods, which allowed them to purchase a luxury vehicle worth more than $110,000 in a Victorian man’s name undetected.
- by Rachael Dexter