Ideally, it should be removed from the political arena. Use the journey planner to work out the best route for your regular journeys to study or work. Most transport services end around midnight, although special night buses service many areas. How hard is it to get a few more and have them run on time. "Over the last four years we’ve invested in a $4 billion pipeline of new and upgraded rolling stock, adding more services, laying new track, upgrading decades-old signalling to get Victorians where they need to go," the spokeswoman said.Greens transport spokesman Sam Hibbins said the real extent of overcrowding was likely to be worse than the results showed, given the survey does not include trains that follow cancelled or altered services. This is a concern if you are traveling with children who have specialized needs, like strollers, or are going on a major shopping venture which could result in excessive luggage on the return trip. Rostered loop buses didn't appear, then buses show up refusing take passengers. The issue is becoming increasingly urgent, with two-thirds of Australia’s population residing in a capital city last year, and the figure set to grow.Environmental factors, parking issues and petrol prices mean people want public transport as an option.But the Federal Government just isn’t interested, with Tony Abbott repeatedly insisting that Canberra will not underpin state and territory public transport networks.This purpose built bus exit ramp in Leichhardt has NEVER been used. Visitors should note that, in common with other transport systems, maintenance and improvement of public transport (and road) infrastructure often takes place in the Summer holiday period. Overcrowding on Melbourne’s trains increased this year, despite the recent completion of a project to take out seats and make more standing room.There was also significantly more peak-hour overcrowding on trams, even as about a dozen more high-capacity E-class trams entered service, in another sign the city’s public transport system is struggling to keep up with rapid population growth.Multiple metropolitan rail lines experienced an increase in peak-hour overcrowding this year, with the South Morang, Hurstbridge and Frankston lines among those that had the biggest jump.The South Morang line has since been extended by eight kilometres to Mernda, adding thousands more passengers a day.The Werribee, Sunbury and Craigieburn lines, all of which service growth corridors in Melbourne’s west, were again among the city’s most congested lines.Crowding also increased on the Cranbourne/Pakenham corridor, which has had nine level crossings removed as part of the $1.6 billion skyrail project between Caulfield and Dandenong.Those lines will be the first to see the new fleet of 65 longer trains, being built by Downer and Changchun Railway in China and Newport, when they enter service mid-next year.Just four of Melbourne's 15 metropolitan lines - Alamein, Sandringham, Upfield and Williamstown - experienced no "load breaches" this year, according to an annual passenger load survey conducted in May by Transport for Victoria.A train is recorded as overcrowded if it contains more than 900 passengers.The old benchmark was 798 passengers, before all Metro trains were reconfigured to make extra standing room in a project that was completed last year.Political parties have unveiled ambitious multibillion-dollar rail plans ahead of November's state election, but the passenger load survey is a planning tool intended to show where more immediate, incremental upgrades are required.Transport for Victoria’s passenger load count found 25 of 256 weekday morning peak services and 15 of 310 evening peak services breached the load standard this year, up from 17 morning peak services and six evening peak services in May last year.Annual patronage increased from 236.8 million trips to 240.9 million in that time, but just four extra peak-hour services were added, on the Werribee line.A long-awaited timetable update in August has since created capacity for an extra 5400 passengers a day in the peak, with an extra morning and evening service added on the growing Werribee, Craigieburn and Sunbury lines.An Andrews goverment spokeswoman said 30 new services have been added to the timetable. There is a limited amount of space aboard public transportation systems, which makes them inappropriate for some errands. The long-term disruption to Melbourne's grand boulevard presents an opportunity to radically reconsider its potential. We have the largest streetcar network in the world – more than twice the size of Toronto, which is the second-biggest – but it's also one of the slowest in the world.The reason is because our trams are held up by traffic. Melbourne's public transport system includes a network of trams, buses and trams.