VicRoads
- each person makes about 4 trips per day
- that is 14m trips per day across metro Melbourne
- add population growth - each person making 4 trips per day
- have to make best use of the existing network
- creating employment close to where people lives reduces the need for travel
- we will still need roads, but need to put them to the best use
- that is why we need network operating plans
- some roads will be managed with the whole network and economy at the forefront, others will be local roads responding to local needs
- Freight Futures optimises some routes - Principal Freight Network
- Higher Productivity Vehicles which carry 2 x 40 foot containers reduce truck movements by a third
- carpooling can make an enormous contribution especially at the peak Current car occupancy is 1.08
- cycling has grown 20% p/a over the past 4 years
- 40% of trips are 2 kms or less
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