Category: Transport

Cycling advocates warn that pushbike licences will create more problems than they solve and argue that minors should be legally allowed to stay off the road.

The federal government’s plan to build a second airport in Sydney has prompted a key state Liberal MP to push for his own government to reclaim key transport assets previously sold to developers under Labor.

Any immediate prospect of using fast trains to bypass freeway congestion to connect to people to international and domestic flights has been shunted aside for another big ticket roads build.

Melbourne has long suffered from the lack of a heavy rail link to speed passengers and staff to Tullamarine airport. Now the Napthine government has unveiled ambitious plans to fix the infrastructure deficit in the run-up to the November election.

Port Jackson, better known as Sydney Harbour, is about to become a major public transport corridor after the NSW government called for designs for new vessels to bolster its fleet.

Urban planning over the next two decades in Western Australia will focus heavily on creating an environment friendly to cyclists in the Colin Barnett government’s ambitious new Bicycle Network Plan.

The NSW government’s port authority in Sydney has acquired technology that can help protect cargo ships and cruise vessels by predicting bad weather.

The anticipated growth of freight rail use over the next decade has led the Queensland government to look for a new operator to manage heavier and more frequent loads.

A new mobile app is being developed by the University of Sydney that will allow commuters to warn each other about crowded trains and buses, rowdy students or broken air conditioning – and transport operators will be linked in.

The Victorian government will offer free travel on Melbourne CBD trams as a hard fought extension to light rail in Sydney finally opens.