Peak now lasts for three hours ( Herald Sun / Liam Houlihan )

From the article: “The images from VicRoads cameras show the sudden congestion that happens every afternoon on the Monash Freeway, dragging the average speed from 90km/h to 30km/h.”

I have only been driving a car since 2002 and in that time the traffic on the Monash has become noticably worse every year. The government has plans to widen the freeway to 4 lanes in some areas but I don’t think that is the solution. They may instead want to look at expanding the rail network into some of the south east suburbs which don’t have access to trains presently. I’m sure a lot of people would prefer to take the train to work if they had the option.