Friday, February 18, 2022

Election 2022 Special: Public transport upgrades by seat - Part 6 Summary


In the last few weeks we've been going through public transport upgrades for each Melbourne Legislative Assembly seat. 

How to win votes with public transport explained why it's politically important. Good public transport can contribute to a kitchen table / hip pocket / how we live basic services agenda. Unlike many contentious social issues it is refreshingly non-ideological, so parties and candidates can advocate improvements without having to choose between appealing to religious or non-religious people. Also, unlike big infrastructure, boosting transit service is scaleable, targetable to many sites and fast to deliver with benefits possible well within one term.  

The metropolitan overview in Part 1 listed 12 big service initiatives. These had metropolitan-wide benefits but were skewed to the marginal seats. 

Part 2Part 3, Part 4 and Part 5 went into seat by seat detail, starting with the more marginal seats.  

To identify areas missing out on good service, and to compare service levels between suburbs, see Melbourne's updated interactive frequent service maps and after 10pm guides. These give a simple-at-a-glance view of where improved frequency is needed.

Below are two seat by seat indexes for easy referral. The first is a straight alphabetical index. The second is sorted by Legislative Council region. Of note is that some regions you might think of as being rural (especially Eastern Victoria) have a large outer Melbourne metropolitan component. Also notable is where the marginal seats are distributed - they are mostly an outer east and south thing plus some affluent 'southern metropolitan' seats. 

Melbourne seats - alphabetical index

Albert Park Part 3

Ashwood Part 2

Bass Part 2

Bayswater Part 2

Bentleigh Part 3

Berwick Part 2

Box Hill Part 2

Brighton Part 2

Broadmeadows Part 5

Brunswick Part 2

Bulleen Part 2

Bundoora Part 4

Caulfield Part 2

Carrum Part 3

Clarinda Part 4

Cranbourne Part 3

Croydon Part 2

Dandenong  Part 5 

Eildon Part 2

Eltham Part 3

Essendon Part 4

Evelyn Part 2

Footscray Part 5

Frankston Part 3

Glen Waverley Part 2

Greenvale Part 5

Hastings Part 2

Hawthorn Part 2

Ivanhoe Part 3

Kalkallo  Part 5

Kew Part 2

Kororoit Part 5

Laverton Part 5

Malvern Part 4

Melbourne Part 2

Melton Part 2

Mill Park Part 5

Mornington Part 2

Monbulk Part 3

Mordialloc Part 3

Mulgrave Part 4

Narracan Part 4

Nepean Part 2

Narre Warren North Part 3

Narre Warren South Part 3

Niddrie Part 3

Northcote Part 5

Oakleigh Part 4

Pakenham Part 2

Pascoe Vale Part 5

Point Cook Part 3

Prahran Part 3

Preston Part 5

Richmond Part 2

Ringwood Part 2

Rowville Part 2

Sandringham Part 2

St Albans Part 4

Sunbury Part 3

Sydenham Part 4

Tarneit Part 4

Thomastown Part 5

Warrandyte Part 2

Werribee Part 3

Williamstown Part 4

Yan Yean Part 4


Melbourne area seats - by Legislative Council regions 

Western Metropolitan (includes 0 marginal metropolitan)

Footscray Part 5

Kororoit Part 5

Laverton Part 5

Niddrie Part 3

Point Cook Part 3

St Albans Part 4

Sunbury Part 3

Sydenham Part 4

Tarneit Part 4

Werribee Part 3

Williamstown Part 4


Northern Metropolitan (includes 4 marginal metropolitan)

Broadmeadows Part 5

Brunswick Part 2

Essendon Part 4

Greenvale Part 5

Kalkallo Part 5

Melbourne Part 2

Northcote Part 5 (but marginal)

Pascoe Vale Part 5

Preston Part 5

Richmond Part 2

Thomastown Part 5


North Eastern Metropolitan (includes 7 marginal metropolitan)

Bayswater Part 2

Box Hill Part 2

Bulleen Part 2

Bundoora Part 4

Croydon Part 2

Eltham Part 3

Glen Waverley Part 2

Ivanhoe Part 3

Mill Park Part 5

Ringwood Part 2

Warrandyte Part 2


South Eastern Metropolitan (includes 2 marginal metropolitan)

Berwick Part 2

Carrum Part 3

Clarinda Part 4

Cranbourne Part 3

Dandenong Part 5

Frankston Part 3

Mordialloc Part 3

Mulgrave Part 4

Narre Warren North Part 3

Narre Warren South Part 3

Rowville Part 2


Southern Metropolitan (includes 6 marginal metropolitan)

Albert Park Part 3

Ashwood Part 2

Bentleigh Part 3

Brighton Part 2

Caulfield Part 2

Hawthorn Part 2

Kew Part 2

Malvern Part 4

Oakleigh Part 4

Prahran Part 3

Sandringham Part 2


Eastern Victoria (includes 6 marginal metropolitan)

Bass Part 2

Evelyn Part 2

Hastings Part 2

Monbulk Part 3

Mornington Part 2

Narracan Part 4

Nepean Part 2

Pakenham Part 2

Note: Unlisted seats are regional


Northern Victoria (includes 1 marginal metropolitan)

Eildon Part 2

Yan Yean 
Part 4

Note: Unlisted seats are regional


Western Victoria (includes 1 marginal metropolitan)

Melton Part 2

Note: Unlisted seats are regional 


Have you read all items in this series? You will need to for today's item to make sense. If not see them here: 

How to win votes with public transport in 2022

Election 2022 special: Public transport service upgrades by seat - Part 1 Metropolitan overview

Election 2022 special: Public transport service upgrades by seat - Part 2 The marginals

Election 2022 special: Public transport service upgrades by seat - Part 3 Less marginal seats

Election 2022 special: Public transport service upgrades by seat - Part 4 Safer seats

Election 2022 special: Public transport service upgrades by seat - Part 5 Safest seats

Election 2022 special: Public transport service upgrades by seat - Part 6 Summary (this one)


NOTE: This item may be updated nearer the 2022 state election if interesting facts about seats and candidates come to hand. 


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