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Andrea Cook in her carpark that she no longer needs since she decided to live without a car.

A tortuous path: The push to get Melburnians to ditch their cars

For all the ambitions of policymakers to shift the state’s deeply ingrained driving culture, data suggests Victorians are not ready to let go of their steering wheels.

  • Daniella White and Sophie Aubrey

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Rowena Joske, pictured near the old Paisley Train Station in Altona North with her 10-year-old son Duncan.

New train stations, tram extensions, rapid-fire buses: Here’s what Melbourne needs and where

Infrastructure Victoria has urged the state government to make sweeping public transport upgrades as part of a 30-year strategy to fill in the city’s missing links.

  • Kieran Rooney and Hannah Kennelly
An artist impression of the area around Cheltenham’s Suburban Rail Loop station.

Housing height plans for six Suburban Rail Loop stations revealed

The state government has scaled back height limits for apartments along key rail loop stations at Cheltenham, Clayton, Glen Waverley, Burwood, Monash and Box Hill.

  • Kieran Rooney
Victorians will be able to pay for public transport using their bank cards and smartphones from 2026.

Victorians will finally be able to tap onto trains with smartphones, credit cards from next year

More than 20,000 new myki readers will be installed at Victorian train stations in a staggered rollout of a new public transport payment system.

  • Cassandra Morgan and Adam Carey
The Metro rail tunnel will be fitted with high-capacity signalling, in an Australian first.

False alarm triggers major peak-hour delays after Parliament train station evacuated

Trains were delayed by up to 30 minutes after an automatic fire alarm was set off underground at Parliament station.

  • Hannah Hammoud
Greens leader Adam Bandt.

Greens’ $8 billion scheme for 50 cent fares across Australia comes with costing questions

The Greens say the plan would cost the federal government $2.6 billion in the first year. However, state revenues from public transport are at odds with that figure.

  • Olivia Ireland
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Jacinta Allan.

Victoria remains committed to Suburban Rail Loop amid more cash for airport rail

Premier Jacinta Allan has brushed off disastrous poll results and insisted her government remains committed to the contentious Suburban Rail Loop project.

  • Benjamin Preiss and Chip Le Grand
Mambourin is a growing suburb on Melbourne’s western fringe.

Melbourne’s west is a growing force, and politicians should beware

The western suburbs are changing and growing. Whoever can meet the region’s needs and expectations of services and infrastructure is likely to reap huge rewards.

  • The Age's View
Victorians will save up to $50 a week under a pitch by the Victorian Greens to trial 50¢ daily fares

Greens pitch 50¢ fares to Prahran voters

The Victorian Greens will pitch a 50¢ flat public transport fare to locals in the inner-city seat of Prahran in a bid to fend off the Liberals.

  • Carla Jaeger

Quiet cuts to Metro Tunnel scope raise questions over what services will actually be delivered

Commuters could miss out on the full benefits of the $15 billion project because related network upgrades have been cut to rein in the ballooning budget.

  • Patrick Hatch

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