Transport is helping realise Plan Melbourne(opens in a new window) and other key land use strategies by planning a system that facilitates new travel patterns and connects more people with more jobs in more locations.
People's movement patterns and needs are complex and diverse, with changes in demographics and lifestyle influencing where, when and how we travel.
As jobs and services are dispersed throughout the community and move closer to where people live, the nature of travel will be transformed, with a reduction in the distance of journeys and a change in travel behaviour.
What this means
When work and services become more localised, people will take fewer, shorter trips at different times and by different modes.
By expanding the destinations people can access through multiple modes, we will support the realisation of 20-minute neighbourhoods(opens in a new window).
Public and active transport, as well as shared vehicle occupancy, will help support vibrant locations and busy corridors.
Active transport
The Victorian Government is investing in our inner-city cycling network, with 100 kilometres of new and improved cycling routes to help promote safer cycling to and from the CBD and inner-city areas.
Fast Rail to Geelong
he government will invest $2 billion in the Geelong Fast Rail project to reduce travel times between Geelong and Melbourne and carry more passengers.
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