Victoria needs a big-picture transport plan that isn't about winners v losers

Victoria's 30-year Infrastructure Strategy is not, and was never intended to be, an integrated land use and transport strategy. Instead it lists a pipeline of projects to meet Victoria’s short-, medium- and long-term infrastructure needs and priorities. It also calls for a congestion tax to ease the pressure on roads. It is still not clear how this strategy will complement and be used in conjunction with the metropolitan strategy Plan Melbourne, which is being "refreshed". Melbourne has had 11 metropolitan strategic land use plans since 1954, but has really only ever had one transport plan. The core elements of the 1969 Melbourne Transportation Plan have dominated and driven transport planning ever since. The lack of a new strategic transport plan means there is a lack of coherent guidance on how Victoria might tackle its mobility challenges.