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Can Spring Street deliver on transport plan?
In the first 24 hours after its release, the Victorian Transport Plan received generally positive coverage. However, the combination of a bad week...
Contrary to reports, our rail system is alright
For years, Paul Mees has been arguing that there is some overseas city whose public transport system Melbourne should be emulating, but in his...
Coughing up for others' inefficiencies
When Infrastructure Australia is sorting through funding requests from the states there is a strong argument that it should reject any for...
City car levy is just another taxing burden
There are two basic tasks governments have historically been very good at - collecting taxes, and thinking of interesting new taxes to collect. So...
Connies a nostalgic symbol of lost community spirit
The proposal aired in last week's Sunday Age to reinstate conductors to Melbourne's trams was greeted with unsurprising enthusiasm. But the...
Driving in two directions on fuel
Two things stand out about the Rudd era of Australian politics. First, there is the Prime Minister's love of slogans - "working families" and...
Melbourne's public transport is on a road to nowhere
The report of Sir Rod Eddington into Melbourne's transport needs has opened up all the predictable responses from pressure groups favouring public...
Overhaul needed as Melbourne's cabs taxi to a halt
If you think Melbourne's taxis are providing a poor service, you are not alone. The latest patronage and satisfaction figures show general...
The public is being taken for a ride
It would be good to know whether the people who make decisions about Melbourne's public transport system actually use it. And it would also be good...