Transport for Victoria

Transport for Victoria
Office overview
Formed April 2017
Type Statutory office
Jurisdiction Victoria
Headquarters Melbourne
Ministers responsible
Office executive
  • Gillian Miles, Head
Parent department Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources
Child agencies
Website transport.vic.gov.au

Transport for Victoria is a statutory office that is responsible for the planning and coordination of all transport systems in Victoria, Australia.

It acts as an umbrella agency for Public Transport Victoria (PTV, the statutory authority that manages all public transit in Victoria, including trains, trams and buses) and VicRoads (the statutory authority that manages Victoria's roads).[1]

Transport for Victoria is led by Dr Gillian Miles, Head Transport For Victoria.

History

The formation of Transport for Victoria was jointly announced on 27 June 2016, by Jacinta Allan, Minister for Public Transport, and Luke Donnellan, Minister for Roads.[2][3]

At the time, the government anticipated that TFV would eventually become a single point of information for travel within Victoria, as well as a coordinating agency for the planning of transport infrastructure.[4]

Adam Carey, writing in The Age, suggested that the new authority would only undermine the role of the then recently established PTV as an umbrella agency.[5]

The organization became operational in April 2017[2][3] to realise the principal objectives of the Transport Integration Act 2010.

References

  1. ↑ "New one-stop shop for Vic roads, transport". NEWS.com.au. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  2. 1 2 "A Simpler, More Coordinated Transport System For Victoria". State Government of Victoria. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Victorian government announces consolidated transport agency". Railway Digest. August 2016. p. 22.
  4. ↑ Pollock, Michael (27 June 2016). "New body to co-ordinate VicRoads, PTV". The Courier. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  5. ↑ Carey, Adam (14 December 2016). "Like dominoes, one part of train system falls over and everything collapses". The Age. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
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