Best public transport? Debatable. Sydney’s train network shits on Melbourne’s, partly because rail patronage has always been high due to our inadequate road network meaning investment has always been high. Melbourne had only a third of the rail patronage of Sydney until very recently. The inadequacy of the train network in Melbourne is offset by the tram network in the inner city, which is given lots of priority.
I’d be curious to see what they consider the definition of ‘city’. Do they include the metropolitan area, or are they just basing it off of the ‘city’?
In terms of “infrastructure”, perhaps all the road projects currently underway or planned?
Nearly every major arterial the past 12 months has some form of (frustrating!) works happening.
Once completed though, nearly every freeway in Melbourne will be at the worlds best standards (technology, management, maintenance and modern road design + even more capacity )
I’m intrigued to see if the “Managed Freeway” system being installed along the M2 (Tullamarine Fwy / CityLink) corridor, will have the same impact / work as well as the M1, which has been active in full since at least 2011.
To be honest both cities PT systems are pretty shit compared to the rest of the Western world, especially with some extremely efficient Asian countries.
People often compare our transport systems to other Asian and European cities where the population is either much larger, or they’re packed into a denser area. I think our PT systems compare quite favourably to similar sized cities.
Guess you caught the train at the wrong time then. Melbourne does have trains that have automatic doors. More automatic door trains than the older style ones that you open yourself
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PS Toowoomba QLD has been awarded the title of “The Best Place to Live” in Australia 
