Infrastructure Victoria has released details of its latest research on Melbourne’s bus network, which finds that the community would be more likely to use the city’s under-utilised bus network if services were faster, cheaper and more frequent. The findings echo …
The Victorian Government has extended the contract of the Metro Trains Melbourne (MTM) consortium to operate passenger rail services across Melbourne for a further 18 months. The consortium includes RA members John Holland and CIMIC Group’s UGL. The Metro Trains …
Queensland’s Minister for Transport and Main Roads, Hon. Mark Bailey MP, has announced the rollout of more electric buses for the state’s public transport fleet. The Minister confirmed that 17 electric buses will be built at Volgren’s Eagle Farm and …
Following on from the release of RA’s report earlier this year that examined improving social licence for buses, Infrastructure Victoria has produced a new discussion paper that examines opportunities to obtain better results from Melbourne’s bus network. Get on board: …
As delivery continues on Brisbane’s Cross River Rail, the community has been given a look at what the project’s four new underground stations will look like. Crews at a warehouse facility in Brisbane have modelled sections of the platform and …
Concerns about passenger safety at night is the leading factor shaping people’s perception of buses in Australia’s largest urban centres according to world first research commissioned by Roads Australia (RA), with support from Aurecon. The report, Investigating the Social Licence …
Victoria’s Suburban Rail Loop project has taken a significant step forward, with an assessment of its environmental impacts giving the green light for the project to proceed. The Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) is the biggest infrastructure investment in Victorian history, …
The NSW Government will invest $5 million to speed up preparation of the state’s road networks through a Connected and Automated Vehicle (CAV) Bus Trial. Transport for NSW is now seeking expressions of interest from local and international technology leaders …
After 15 months of work from a team of over 500 personnel, track laying is more than 95 per cent complete in the 15.5 kilometre railway twin tunnels being delivered as part of the Sydney Metro project. All up, more …
The drive towards decarbonisation continues with two states adding more electric buses to their public transport fleets. In Queensland, 30 new electric buses are now on the road across Cairns, the Gold Coast, the Sunshine Coast and Logan. Recently the …