Infrastructure Victoria has warned that Melbourne faces growing congestion problems in coming decades despite Victorians taking fewer daily car and public transport trips than was previously expected due to changes in work habits:
Many thousands of people are set to populate Melbourne’s outer-northern and western areas due to work-from-home arrangements, the state’s infrastructure adviser has warned. This pattern will “aggravate” Melbourne’s urban sprawl, Infrastructure Victoria’s deputy chief executive said…
By 2051, crowding on trains servicing growth areas including Cardinia, Casey, Hume, Melton, Mitchell, Whittlesea and Wyndham will be 25 per cent worse than pre-pandemic forecasts, the advisory body found.
