Transport in Melbourne

Transport in Melbourne consists of extensive networks and a wide variety of transport services in the city of Melbourne, Australia, including:

• The world's largest tram network.
• Bus (which consist of 323 routes) and coach services
• The metro railway network (consisting of 16 lines, the second largest in Australia)
• Inter-city railway services
• Interstate railway services
• The largest freeway network in any Australian city
• Two major passenger airports (including Tullamarine, the second busiest in Australia)
• Port of Melbourne (Australia's busiest port for containerised and general cargo)
• Multiple taxi, hire car and other small commercial passenger vehicle services
• Public bike-hire system (since mid 2010)

According to the 2006 Census, in terms of travel to work or study Melbourne has the second highest rate of public transport usage among Australian capital cities with 17.7%, however this is a far distant second to Sydney's 26.3% and only just greater than Brisbane' 17.5%. As of 2009, the share of public transport measured in passenger kilometres is around 11%, with private motor vehicle accounting for 89%. Melbourne has more roadspace per capita than any Australian city and its network of freeways is comparable with cities including Los Angeles and Atlanta and the city is also home to much of Australia's Automotive industry. In 2002, the state government set an "aspirational goal" as part of Melbourne 2030 for this mode share to decrease to 80%, however the Eddington Report released in 2008 concluded that the mode share of private vehicles is likely to stay the same (or increase) to over 90% in 2005. This is despite booming figures for public transport growth in recent years and despite studies into road congestion in 2008, official VicRoads figures showed no growth in car travel on Melbourne's roads, possibly due to roads reaching full capacity.