February Transport Update

City Limits

It's our first show back for the year, and today Zeb and Kevin have a chat with our regular transport commentator John McPherson about topics including:Melbourne's traffic dipping to less than 66% of the pre-COVID baseline,How Melbourne's motorists are paying more on average on cars than those from any other city in Australia,Questions about the proposed $18 surcharge to catch the Melbourne Airport Rail Link,Melbourne Airport's expansion project and increases in air-based tourism to the detriment of many,The ins-and-outs of Victoria's freight hubs, both proposed and currently in development. The free online public forum Housing Justice After Lockdown will be hosted by RAHU and 3CR, in conjunction with the Support Network for International Students (SNIS) and Homes Not Prisons,It will be an open discussion on organising beyond the pandemic for community solidarity and housing justice, discussing the failures that COVID-19 exposed in Victoria's renting laws and policy, how organisations like RAHU created both structural and individual pressure on policy to get better outcomes, and where to go from here, followed by a Q&A by RAHU's Renters Rights support team. To join this forum, hosted from 5:30-7:00pm on Wednesday February 9, 2022, register here.