Adam Carey

Adam Carey

Transport mouthpiece to step down

Adam Carey After almost 10 years in the role, Melbourne's chief complainer about public transport has finally had enough.

Project bridges missing bike link

Bike path.

Adam Carey More than $250,000 allocated to build a new bridge across the Yarra River in Abbotsford.

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Critics fear repeat of bus tender mistakes

Bus

Adam Carey Aggressive bidding war could hit service standards and damage industry, critics fear.

Myki bill mounts as fare evasion adds $350m to tally

Adam Carey Myki is set to cost Victoria another $350 million, with the Auditor-General blaming a sharp rise in fare evasion on the transition to the beleaguered smartcard ticketing system.

Taxi drivers struggling to earn living wage

Taxi

Adam Carey Taxi drivers are 'a new and disturbing category of the working poor', a report has found.

Airport keeps buses at bay

melbourne airport parking

Adam Carey There are 23,000 car parking spaces at Melbourne Airport - and one public bus stop.

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Deluge causes rail risks

On Sunday night, a V/Line train travelling at 130km/h hit a 20-metre section of sunken track near Morwell.

Adam Carey Sections of the Gippsland railway line are crumbling after months of heavy rainfall, sparking safety concerns.

ALP 'did not investigate myki problems' in planning stage

The myki ticket system was initially supposed to be running by March 2007.

Adam Carey Former state Labor government failed to properly investigate other smartcard ticket systems around the world when preparing to introduce myki, leading to a costly underestimation of the project's...

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Labor underestimated myki cost and complexity, inquiry told

Transport plan: Bernie Carolan

Adam Carey THE former state Labor government failed to properly investigate other smartcard ticketing systems around the world when preparing to introduce myki, leading to a costly underestimation of the...

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Tunnel is right, says transport tsar

Jim Betts, secretary of the Department of Transport.

Adam Carey Multibillion-dollar road project would potentially pump billions into state economy, expert says.

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Challenge to myki review in court

Greg Barber.

Adam Carey Greg Barber begins his Supreme Court fight to compel the Baillieu government to make public a review of the myki ticketing system it commissioned after taking office.

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Greens leader in myki court fight

Adam Carey Victorian Greens leader Greg Barber began his Supreme Court fight today to force the Baillieu government to make public a review of the myki ticketing system.

Some in Sunbury not galvanised by train electrification

Metro train.

Adam Carey The number of trains between Melbourne and Sunbury will double when Metro takes over.

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City residents rail at train racket that's a bridge too far

Victoria Franzke with her baby Reuben.

Adam Carey When David Franzke and Victoria Huf bought a house across the road from a railway line 10 years ago, they knew they would have to live with the intrusive noise of the odd diesel train thundering by.

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Original Melway maps city's growth

Melway

Adam Carey Does driving around Melbourne ever make you feel like an ant, crawling along countless city trails in a colony of millions?

V/Line, Metro train switch planned

Vline

Adam Carey Gippsland rail passengers to be forced to catch Metro trains from Pakenham under new plan.

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Northern growth corridor residents driven to despair

Traffic jam

Adam Carey Communters in Melbourne's nothern suburbs turn to Facebook to vent their frustration.

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Cyclists open up on risky riding

Cyclist

Adam Carey Almost 40 per cent of Melbourne cyclists admit to sometimes riding through red lights.

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Fare go: myki forks out $620,000 in refunds

Myki

Adam Carey The Transport Ticketing Authority has refunded more than $620,000 in the past 2½ years.

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Unlit cyclists face greater injury

cyclist

Adam Carey Cyclists riding without bike lights are three times more likely to be seriously injured in a crash than those who are lit up, a major study of cycling crashes in Melbourne has found.