"An Allan government spokesperson said the Labor government had upgraded 98 tram stops since coming to power a decade ago, and delivered 50 accessible E-Class trams."

That's less than 10% of the tram stops that needed upgrading in that decade.

"A 2020 Victorian Auditor-General’s Office report found the Transport Department had estimated the cost of upgrading all tram stops in the network to level-access would cost at least $2 billion."

That's an absolute bargain.
Clearly it's not a cost problem, but a problem of political will. Shameful.

They know installing accessible trams stops requires taking some space away from cars so they don't want to do it.

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/fares-aside-hailey-pays-a-physical-cost-for-each-trip-on-melbourne-s-old-trams-20250612-p5m6xf.html

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After missing the 2022 deadline to make all tram stops accessible the Victorian government has set a 2032 deadline.

But that requires them to upgrade 166 tram stops every year for the next 7 yrs. A 16x increase in the current rate.

That means upgrading more tram stops every year than they have over the entire last decade.

The Labor government has upgraded 98 tram stops in the last decade but has slowed to only doing 18 in the last 5yrs.

#VicPol #SpringSt #PublicTransport #Accessibility