Good move

Fixing transport congestion

In this report, we build on existing research to explore how transport network pricing can improve Victoria’s transport system.

Victoria's population is growing. We need to change our transport system to reduce traffic and make better use of our infrastructure.

We examine how charging different prices for roads, public transport and parking can help ease traffic and overcrowding.

We look at how pricing encourages people to change when and how they travel. This will improve our transport system and make it fairer for everyone.

Options

This report has 12 options for the Victorian Government:

• Commence randomised control trials of changes to public transport fares.
• Introduce variable pricing for all public transport trips.
• Conduct a randomised control trial of a large sample of motorists including different types of road pricing options targeting congestion across Melbourne.
• Apply demand managing tolls to all new freeways, bridges and tunnels.
• Introduce distance-based road user charges for electric vehicles.
• Conduct a full-scale trial of cordon charging in inner Melbourne and other congestion hot spots.
• Price the use of all roads in the Melbourne metropolitan area.
• Expand and increase the existing car parking congestion levy.
• Trial dynamic pricing of selected areas of on-street and off-street council parking.
• Trial dynamic pricing for a selection of new and existing car parks at railway stations and park and rides.
• Apply dynamic pricing to all on-street and council controlled parking with prices set to target a certain number of places remaining vacant at all time.
• Apply dynamic pricing to all parking at all railway stations and park and ride car parks.