A $100m fund was set up to help ease traffic jams when thousands of extra cars are pour into Melbourne from the West Gate Tunnel. But just a fraction of it has been spent and most of that has been splurged on bike lanes.
Victoria’s peak motorcycle body is backing moves for motorbikes to have access to bus lanes, saying the move would improve safety and reduce congestion.
Bicycle hoops at this inner city corner continue to be mowed down and replaced as vehicles regularly slide off the road and onto the footpath. And locals fear someone will soon be killed.
City of Melbourne wants this inner-city suburb to be a 30km/h speed zone, with councillors set to consider plans for an upcoming trial.
As winter approaches, the number of motorcycle deaths in Victoria ought to be decreasing. Police are worried that the opposite is true.
Road safety advocates are alarmed after a shocking amount of young Victorian drivers have admitted to regularly speeding.
City of Melbourne used more than $800,000 of rate and taxpayer money raised to help CBD businesses recover from Covid lockdowns to create 40km/h zones in inner-city suburbs.
Melbourne’s largest motorcycle dealer Peter Stevens went into administration on Monday but there are already hopes the business could be saved from closure.
The Victoria Police strike last year resulted in a big drop in speeding fines being issued – here is the multi-million dollar hit it handed the Allan government.
Stephen Jolly has taken control at Yarra Council and is shaking things up with policies once considered radical in the woke stronghold — emptying bins and putting up Christmas decorations.
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