Building confidence in the future of Melbourne's public transport systems

Many Melbournians want to drive less, but generations of planners have argued that there is no alternative to the car and have delivered more roads, and therefore, more traffic. Despite this, public transport use is growing and, with new approaches, there is no reason that this growth should stop. • International experience shows that the key to effective and efficient public transport is to organise services into networks. By linking trains, buses, and trams effectively and by making transfers easy, paths to many more origins and destinations can be connected. • Building networks needs new approaches by transport planning professionals, and this change is already beginning in Melbourne