Addressing Infrastructure Inequality: - A path to equality for Melbourne’s outer suburbs

The number of jobs accessible within the allotted timeframe is closely related to the population of the city. [...] 6 Transport inequality is concentrated in the outer suburbs To identify the geographic location of public transport services, we examine the use of public transport in relation to its closest substitute, the private vehicle. [...] Therefore, we surmise that the higher the use of private vehicles, the lower the quality of service and access to public transport. [...] Figure 2 below shows the concentration of public transport use in the Local Government Areas (LGAs) In particular, the ten outer suburban councils known as the Interface Councils (IFC) are concentrated in the bottom third of LGAs that utilise public transport infrastructure. [...] The table below identifies the location of the ten IFC councils, nine of which fall in the bottom half in access to open space.