The increase in food delivery services means more bicycle and scooter riders are getting lost on some of Melbourne’s busiest freeways and tollway tunnels.
Bicycle and scooter riders – most of them food delivery workers – are getting lost on some of Melbourne’s busiest freeways and tollway tunnels at a rate of almost three a week, new data shows.
Transurban head of safety Liz Waller said most incidents involved food delivery workers, who appeared to be led astray by their delivery or navigation apps.“The issue really is the tunnels are not designed for cyclists or scooters – it’s just not a safe environment.”The toll operator is forced to shut down a lane of traffic and reduce speeds in the tunnel to 40km/h while an emergency vehicle retrieves two-wheeled interlopers.
Transport Workers Union national secretary Michael Kaine said food delivery companies put riders under extraordinary time pressure and would not always check they were on the safest route.
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