COMMENT: The evidence is in: cars are a risk to public health, and we need to find alternatives. University of Huddersfield lecturer in transport Alexandros Nikitas investigates.
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‘Coal is amazing’ backlash could be worthwhile
The University of Manchester’s Marc Hudson argues the online mockery of the Minerals Council’s new coal ad may just be collateral damage in the industry’s wider mission to reach
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Why we shouldn’t dismiss the idea of women-only carriages
COMMENT: Don’t dismiss the idea of women-only carriages. It might help, writes University of Huddersfield reader in criminology, Andrew Newton.
After British Labour Party
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Having Australian supply chains in foreign hands could harm our long-term security
COMMENT: Australia’s lack of concern over a supply chain player like Asciano falling into foreign ownership is at odds with the approach taken by larger economies, Victoria University’s Peter
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Transport’s innovation problem: why haven’t flying cars taken off?
Despite futuristic predictions, planes, cars and trains haven’t changed much for decades, John Preston and Ben Waterson write.
Flying cars in The Jetsons and Back
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Rail Safety Week: Public’s perception of the railway needs to change
COMMENT: The elderly gentleman was using the rail corridor as a short cut when he slipped and fell, as a 4000-tonne freight train was coming around the corner, John Fullerton writes.
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The future of rail travel, and why it doesn’t look like Hyperloop
As the world’s population becomes increasingly urbanised, it is estimated that the number of journeys measured in passenger-kilometres will triple by 2050. Roads simply can’t absorb this increase,
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Rail key to ‘peak car’ phenomenon
CASE STUDY: Former chief scientist for the UK’s Department for Transport David Metz explains how rail has helped reduce Londoners’ reliance on cars, and how this kind of trend could
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Don’t panic! Traffic congestion is not coming for our cities
COMMENT: There is a new fear on the block. Not just ISIS, home invasions, wind turbines and the budget deficit, but now we must fear … traffic congestion, Peter Newman writes.
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Fast Freight Rail could prove catalyst for HSR
COMMENT: The mother of all infrastructure projects has been stifled by the self-interest of two major industries, the jealousies and suspicions that plague our federal system, and a lack of will in Canberra,
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