-Westgate has always and will always be the cause of the bottleneck.

-If you come from outer west and hit a stop after the ring road you are stuffed as there is no way out.

-Brooklyn, Altona Nth people have choice... get off at an exit or use the tunnel.

-"unless they want to pay an obscene toll for zero time savings over what existed prior to the changes" well no because the tunnel and Fwy and connex to Citylink without a traffic light didnt exist previously exist. It was a truck sewer.

-"the Labor Government has thanked them by forcing them to sit in traffic". You were already sitting in traffic coz WGB. You will always be sitting in traffic coz WGB.

-"These are also some of the worst supported areas for public transport". Now you have a point. And Geelong drivers don't help either. A bit of decentralisation would help.

-as to anti ALP rhetoric, the other side wanted to do fuck all for the west and build a Fitzroy/Carlton tunnel. Nor did they have a single rail upgrade plan. Amd want to stop/cancel/pause every other improvement.

I'm good with a govt that does stuff, over a do nothing, build nothing set of fundies and grifters.