Melbourne has been named the most congested city in Australia

Melbourne has been named Australia’s most congested city with Victorians spending an estimated 92 hours a year stuck in traffic according to data released by Novated Lease.

And independent transport expert, Marion Terrill, doesn’t think the issue is being addressed.

Decades of under investment in public transport coupled with overpriced and poorly designed tollways without a viable business case have seen Melbourne become a national joke. Trucks clog our roads with massive road train like vehicles using inner suburban streets and around Southbank. Years upon years of government corruption and poor transport policy is now coming home to roost.

“Melburnians don’t really like commuting by public transport, we do prefer to drive,” she told Heidi Murphy on 3AW Drive.

For years Victoria has been pulling up and closing freight rail line across the state leading to millions of heavy vehicle journeys on roads around the state which has now produced severely damaged roads. Those trucks come into and out of Melbourne leading to further congestion in and around the state capital. It is completely unsustainable and Vicroads have largely contributed to the issue. Transport planning in Victoria has been a complete failure for decades.

Let’s not forget the pollution these trucks and vehicles are causing across the city. Why build the Westgate Tunnel and funnel an additional 50,000 vehicles per day into the inner city?

We have an international city where trains run on some lines every 20 minutes and not overnight with the exception of weekends.

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