Traffic
Parking to get more expensive as congestion levy rises 79 per cent
A hike in the levy to deter motorists from Melbourne’s CBD and inner suburbs has been lashed by a peak lobby group as ineffective.
- by Carla Jaeger and Kieran Rooney
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Roads
Tunnel traffic on a collision course with Spencer Street reinvention
Plans to turn Spencer Street into a pedestrian-friendly precinct are feared to be at risk from a West Gate Tunnel project off-ramp.
- by Patrick Hatch
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Tragedy
‘I see her face every time I close my eyes’: Three-year-old killed in school drop-off nightmare
The girl was crossing a busy suburban road with her family when she was struck by a car, later dying in hospital. Locals say the road, close to schools, is notorious for accidents.
- by Cassandra Morgan
How migration is ‘turbocharging’ housing demand on Melbourne’s fringe
The government wants to flip Melbourne’s growth from the fringes to its established suburbs, but it will need to overcome years of migration trends to do so.
- by Adam Carey
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Protests
‘Disrupt the weapons’: Woman arrested as protest against military expo blocks West Gate
An anti-war protester has been arrested after she “affixed” herself to a car decorated to look like a reptile, which blocked traffic ahead of a military exposition in Melbourne next week.
- by Hannah Kennelly
Opinion
Development
Melbourne’s transformation is so rapid that it’s shocking
Within 30 years, Melbourne will have to house 8 million people. Every Victorian should know that number now, when we need to start planning for it.
- by Shaun Carney
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City life
The no-go zone that will soon make a cross-city scooter trip impossible
Melbourne’s two remaining e-scooter zones have effectively been cut off from one another after a decision by the City of Melbourne to ban hire scooters.
- by Tom Cowie
Express deliveries
Electric bike and scooter riders are getting lost on CityLink’s roads and tunnels at least twice a week, with the bulk of them being food delivery workers.
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
Gridlock in Creekstone
Residents of a new estate face daily traffic chaos and extreme delays due to a developer's failure to install traffic lights at an increasingly busy intersection.
Workers still haven’t fully returned to the CBD – but the city doesn’t need them
Forget the nine-to-five office crowd – Melbourne city is finally back, but not as we know it.
- by Najma Sambul and Melissa Cunningham
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