Victoria made public transport free in April – but is that enough to change behaviour?

There are signs that public transport is just one of the ways Victorians are trying to share the fuel load Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast When Laura Billings recently took her two children on a school holiday day trip into Melbourne from her home in the town of Ocean Grove, she decided they would take advantage of the Victorian government’s recent free public transport initiative , and catch the train. “Normally we wouldn’t do that as it’s a bit more clunky,” Billings says. It adds at least another 30 minutes on to what is already an hour and a half of travelling, including an inescapable 30 minute drive to the nearest train station, Waurn Ponds. “But we thought, ‘it’s free’.” Additional reporting by Josh Nicholas. Continue reading...

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