Personal e-scooters given the green light to join controversial trial

Personal e-scooters given the green light to join controversial trial

Victoria will lower the age limit for riders as a trial of thousands of hire scooters on inner-Melbourne streets is extended for at least six more months.

  • byPatrick Hatch

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Warning of ‘carmageddon’ in push to limit car parking in developments

Warning of ‘carmageddon’ in push to limit car parking in developments

Victoria’s peak infrastructure body wants the government to reduce or remove minimum parking requirements in bid to improve housing affordability.

  • byCara Waters andPatrick Hatch
Pedestrians were given priority on Melbourne’s ‘Little’ streets. But drivers aren’t sharing

Pedestrians were given priority on Melbourne’s ‘Little’ streets. But drivers aren’t sharing

Motorists and pedestrians don’t understand the new rules,under which the speed limit was lowered to make the laneways more pedestrian-friendly.

  • byPatrick Hatch
Gary’s truck accident left him in a wheelchair. Twenty years later,the same happened to his son

Gary’s truck accident left him in a wheelchair. Twenty years later,the same happened to his son

Father and son Gary and AJ are proof that lightning can strike the same family twice. But they want their story to serve as a warning about the safety of workers on the road.

  • byNell Geraets
‘Trying to cross is just mayhem’:The deadliest roads for pedestrians in Melbourne

‘Trying to cross is just mayhem’:The deadliest roads for pedestrians in Melbourne

A stretch of Ballarat Road in Melbourne’s western suburbs has been the deadliest in the city for pedestrians,according to data collected over a decade. Locals say that rate will climb unless safety measures are put in place.

  • byPatrick Hatch
Teen girl in critical condition after Carlton crash,bystanders detain driver

Teen girl in critical condition after Carlton crash,bystanders detain driver

A car crashed into another vehicle in Carlton,causing it to spin out of control and strike a pedestrian.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola andRoy Ward
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Can I park here? Test your translation skills with our parking sign quiz

Can I park here? Test your translation skills with our parking sign quiz

“Bamboozling” street signs will be simplified under Melbourne City Council’s new plan to improve parking on CBD streets. But how confusing are they really? Take our test to see if you’re a parking guru or a no-standing nelly.

New fees,clearer signs:Melbourne’s plan to tackle parking ‘nightmare’

New fees,clearer signs:Melbourne’s plan to tackle parking ‘nightmare’

The City of Melbourne could regularly increase or lower the price of street parking in different areas as part of an effort to encourage motorists to use multi-storey car parks and unclog city streets.

  • byPatrick Hatch
The hidden road toll:Pollution may kill 10 times more than crashes
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The hidden road toll:Pollution may kill 10 times more than crashes

Rates of heart disease,lung cancer,stroke,diabetes and early death from road pollution have been vastly underestimated,growing evidence suggests.

  • byPatrick Hatch
House prices? Weather? Out west,all we talk about is traffic
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House prices? Weather? Out west,all we talk about is traffic

Out in Melbourne’s west,we no longer talk about the weather and house prices;carping tunnel syndrome has overtaken every other conversation.

  • byPeter Lowndes
‘We are working it out’:E-scooter giant vows to tackle footpath hazard

‘We are working it out’:E-scooter giant vows to tackle footpath hazard

Lime has promised it can stop customers illegally riding its devices on footpaths if permitted to remain operating in Melbourne after a controversial trial finishes next month.

  • byPatrick Hatch