The Transport Integration Act 2010 (the Act) requires the Victorian Department of Transport (DoT) to prepare and periodically revise the transport plan for Victoria.

The Act seeks integrated planning and management of the many transport modes, networks and services that make up the state's transport system, so they best meet user needs.

Key findings:

• DoT and its predecessors have not, over the past decade, demonstrably integrated transport planning and are yet to meet the Act’s requirements for the transport plan.
• Since DoT’s establishment in 2019 though, it is evidently committed to realising these aims, and is making steady progress towards them.
• However, DoT’s assertion that its 40 separate plans and strategies presently meet the Act's integrated transport plan requirements does not withstand scrutiny.
• The absence of a transport plan as required by the Act, during a decade of unprecedented investment in transport infrastructure, creates risks of missed opportunities to sequence and optimise the benefits of these investments to best meet Victoria's transport needs.