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Melbourne’s ‘outdated and failing’ transport system

Conflict of Interest this week interviewed Daniel Bowen, the President of the Public Transport Users Association about Melbourne’s ‘outdated and failing’ transport infrastructure. Part 1 of the video is here, and here’s Part 2 where the interview kicks off.
We didn’t run this on Crikey because it’s a bit too Melbourne-centric, but if you’re interested in the pressures facing [...]

Keep our bike lanes sacred

Two weeks ago a woman by the name of Carolyn Rawlins was killed on Swanston Street in Melbourne’s CBD when her front tyre was caught in the tram tracks and a coach failed to see her. Her death has ignited debate about traffic flow through the city and it seems like now every one -car, [...]