Those in the know have said there was only $3.6m allocated to two small Strategic Cycling Corridors projects for the entire of Victoria.
We should expect an announcement about these projects next week.
Bicycle infrastructure is cheap, but it's not that cheap. This is fucked!
In other news, they allocated $5m to inspect and enforce petrol prices at petrol stations.
@jessta what the fuck is up with the Labor party at the moment? They're really pulling hard on the Shit-Lite moniker, pretty much everywhere except SA from what I can tell.
Can they not read the room? Maybe look at the cost of fuel and make some educated guesses as to what would be good for the country?
@psa The budget isn't all bad. They put a $100m in to buses, $700m in to new social housing, $150m in to planning and designing electrification of the Melton line, and planning and design for duplication of the Upfield line.
They just don't take cycling seriously as a form of transport, they look at the current number of people riding and can't imagine that the number could ever be larger.
@jessta True, there are some areas where they're doing well. 25 new trains, built in Vic, and 8 new crossing removals is definitely an absolute good. Still, the low millions for bikes and busses in a $21.6 billion transport budget is appalling.
At least they're not trying to shadow ban electric bikes, like the QLD legislature is currently contemplating. ðŸ˜
@nickzoic yeah, hopefully. But freeway aligned cycling infrastructure is the most expensive and least useful cycling infrastructure.
It's largely only useful for recreational or long distance commuters which are a vanishingly small number of people.
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