Safe journeys for all
Operate a transport system that is safe and inclusive, and inspires confidence for all journeys and users.
Strategic priorities
- Instil public confidence in the transport system and keep it COVIDsafe for everyone who uses it.
- Improve the safety, accessibility, and inclusivity of the transport system and fishing and boating activities.
- Prepare and respond to significant incidents and emergencies in and around our transport network.
Key initiatives include
- COVID-19 recovery activities and COVIDsafe practices
- Continue communicating network disruptions
- Road Safety Strategy 2021-2030 and the Road Safety Action Plan 2021-2023
- Safer Roads Program, investing in road safety infrastructure
- Inclusive Victoria: State Disability Plan 2022-2026 and Accessible Public Transport Action Plan 2020-2024 and associated programs
- Accessibility and amenity improvements across the metropolitan and regional railway network and tram stop upgrades
- Rolling stock investment for train programs, such as the new X’Trapolis trains, Comeng Further Life Extension and Classic Fleet Sustainability programs, and boosting of accessibility across the network
- Network safety, security and resilience and personal safety
- Better boating fund and infrastructure upgrades
- Emergency management and response activities including landslips, bushfire and flood recovery and support for local communities
Measures of success include
- Customer experience index
- Road safety initiatives completed
- Safety audits and regulatory interventions of public transport operators
- Transport safety offence prosecutions