Tuesday, 18 June 2024

North-Eastern Metropolitan Region

Aiv PUGLIELLI (North-Eastern Metropolitan) (14:10): (922) My question today is to the Minister for Public and Active Transport. The state Labor government, I understand, has an objective – a target – that active transport will make up 25 per cent of all trips being made by Victorians by 2030. In Banyule, in my electorate, currently only 1.1 per cent of residents travel to work by bicycle, and safety is mentioned locally as a key concern. There is a great need for safe, separated bike lanes, for example, to be built across Banyule as well as the joining up of missing links within the network. People want to be able to ride safely and directly to where they need to go. So, Minister, my question is: what are you doing to ensure that residents of Banyule are able to meet that 25 per cent target of all trips being made by Victorians by 2030?