‘Leniency is over’:Hundreds fined in e-scooter crackdown
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‘Leniency is over’:Hundreds fined in e-scooter crackdown

Police say Victorians are worried about the risks posed by e-scooters,particularly in Melbourne’s CBD,and enforcement of the rules will be a priority.

  • byCara Waters

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More trucks on roads feared as long-promised freight hub in Melbourne’s west put on ice
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More trucks on roads feared as long-promised freight hub in Melbourne’s west put on ice

Premier Jacinta Allan once said the Western Intermodal Freight Terminal should be the ‘first cab off the rank’ to be built. Her government has deferred it indefinitely.

  • byKieran Rooney
The West Gate Tunnel is years delayed and $4b over budget. Now its builders are suing
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The West Gate Tunnel is years delayed and $4b over budget. Now its builders are suing

The West Gate Tunnel Project’s builders have blamed the project’s engineers for design errors that led to cost blowouts and a three-year delay.

  • byPatrick Hatch
The lost delivery riders causing chaos on toll roads and tunnels

The lost delivery riders causing chaos on toll roads and tunnels

The increase in food delivery services means more bicycle and scooter riders are getting lost on some of Melbourne’s busiest freeways and tollway tunnels.

  • byPatrick Hatch
The AI light trick triggering your primal survival instincts to drive faster
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The AI light trick triggering your primal survival instincts to drive faster

Motorists are travelling through the Burnley Tunnel a minute quicker since the installation of moving green “pacemakers” lights that tap into your instinct to flee.

  • byPatrick Hatch
The battle against the apps and algorithms driving suburban rat-runs

The battle against the apps and algorithms driving suburban rat-runs

Motorists are increasingly clogging up residential streets,directed by GPS apps such as Google Maps – all to save a few minutes.

  • bySophie Aubrey
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Speed limit cut to 30km/h on almost every street in two suburbs

Speed limit cut to 30km/h on almost every street in two suburbs

The City of Yarra is also campaigning for limits on exempt roads in Fitzroy and Collingwood – including Hoddle and Nicholson streets – to be reduced to either 40km/h or 60km/h.

  • byRachael Dexter
Blown-out North East Link’s extra $3.25 billion gets Albanese’s thumbs up

Blown-out North East Link’s extra $3.25 billion gets Albanese’s thumbs up

Next week’s federal budget will feature extra money for the blown-out road project,bringing the Commonwealth’s contribution to $5 billion.

  • byBroede Carmody
Lime says its e-scooter riders spend less than 30 seconds per trip on footpaths
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Lime says its e-scooter riders spend less than 30 seconds per trip on footpaths

But the company’s study has been met with scepticism from critics,who say far too many riders are still putting themselves and pedestrians at risk.

  • byMelissa Cunningham
Dozens arrested as climate protesters bring CBD traffic to a standstill

Dozens arrested as climate protesters bring CBD traffic to a standstill

Police said 32 people had to be removed from the intersection outside Flinders Street Station after an Extinction Rebellion protest weaved its way through city streets.

  • byAlex Crowe andAshleigh McMillan
The repo man presented Robert’s driver licence. But the picture was someone else

The repo man presented Robert’s driver licence. But the picture was someone else

Fraudsters are employing sophisticated new methods,which allowed them to purchase a luxury vehicle worth more than $110,000 in a Victorian man’s name undetected.

  • byRachael Dexter