WATCH: How heat-resistant is Melbourne's public transport system?

The Eastern Melburnian had its first foray into national coverage earlier this week, with reporter Matthew Sims chatting with the National Account’s Archie Milligan about his reporting on the impacts extreme heat can have on Melbourne’s public transport network.

Topics included how hot the non air conditioned trams in Melbourne actually get, how more investment is needed across the public transport system to make it more climate-ready and why a bias towards road networks in state and federal investment disincentivises broader usage of the system.

Watch the video below.