Gender responsive budgeting ensures that when designing our cities, we consider the potential gender impacts so we can make sure our transport system is accessible – no matter who you are, or when you need it.
It’s why the Victorian Government has invested in a world-class public transport system delivering more than 3,400 additional weekly train services, 290 new weekly tram services and 24,000 new bus services to get Victorians where they need to be quicker.
Our public transport networks should meet women’s different travel needs and journeys. We’re getting this done by making public transport safer and more reliable, including:
- $105 million to deliver new and improved bus services and to maintain ferry services across Victoria.
- $92 million for more trains, more often, increasing services outside of peak hours, so more women can ‘turn up and go’.
- $76 million to improve the safety and accessibility of Melbourne’s tram network, including making it easier to travel with prams.
- $29 million to upgrade suburban roads and intersections in metropolitan Melbourne to improve network efficiency, safety and travel time for road users, including illuminated school zone lights and safer school and pedestrian crossing developments.
In Victoria, and internationally, women are more likely to rely on public transport.
Women are also more likely to feel unsafe using public transport at night than men. This affects their decisions about how they travel, or if they go out at all. This Budget helps women feel safer on our transport network, with:
- $7.5 million to improve connections and safety on Victoria’s public and active transport network.
- $2 million to deliver safer stations, including upgrading CCTV cameras at Little River.
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