COMMENT: Building more rail shouldn’t be reliant on the public purse, Peter Newman writes.
Our cities are slowing down. Traffic speeds have slowed in the world’s cities for 30 years and rail
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Driverless cars no fix for transport woes
Car-centric laws stymie sustainable development
COMMENT: The blocking of a car-free apartment by a Victorian tribunal goes against shared sustainability goals, Swinburne University of Technology researcher Andrea Sharam writes.
The
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AusRAIL: New Zealand faces unique challenges
This year’s conference theme of “how to do what we do, but better” is a familiar one at KiwiRail, writes the company’s chief executive, Peter Reidy.
At KiwiRail we are working
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Liveable cities: who decides what that means and how we achieve it?
A liveable city has become the highest form of praise we can give to a city space. But experts say there is a need to discuss what that means and who gets to participate in the process of governing and
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Freight needs equal consideration
COMMENT: Malcolm Turnbull is good news for public transport, but freight rail needs love too, Michael Kilgariff writes.
Much has been written and said since Malcolm Turnbull’s
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The light rail genie is out of the bottle, but how many cities will get their wish?
The Turnbull government seems to have lifted Abbott’s moratorium on rail funding, but giving light rail to every city that wants it will take some clever strategies to woo private investors,
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Perth Freight Link: a local’s view
Controversy around the Perth Freight Link has become highly emotive for local citizens and a huge political football for the government, Kent Stewart writes.
A recent article
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Could the federal government finally ‘get’ cities?
COMMENT: For the first time, both major parties have a cities portfolio in their front bench team. With a few more changes, Jago Dodson writes, the government could create a structure
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Can one day without cars really change travel habits?
COMMENT: World Car-Free day has at its heart a noble claim – but the evidence suggests that a one-off event can’t really make a world of difference, Jillian Anable writes.
It is said
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