State-owned companies are often touted as necessary tools for development in emerging economies. This is because they can be directed by governments to achieve development ends. The model has been a success
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IPA calls for new road charging scheme
Infrastructure Partnerships Australia has proposed a new system to charge motorists and freight vehicles according to where, when and how far they drive, and wants the the ACT to offer itself up to trial
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Cultural shift needed to tackle growing transport challenges
Mobility is critical for a city’s life. But Australian cities need change, and they need it urgently, Stephan Winter, Nicole Ronald and Ronny Kutadinata write.
Cities are complex systems.
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Seniors adapt to paperless transport in NSW
The next stage of Transport for NSW’s Opal card rollout has seen the state’s seniors shifted to the smart ticketing system.
With almost 5 million Opal cards now issued, several of the last remaining
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Christmas reading: Rail Express AusRAIL edition
In case you missed it, Rail Express published a digital edition of its AusRAIL magazine in November. You can read the magazine, which includes features, interviews, analysis and comment covering the Australian
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Waterloo selected over Sydney Uni for final Sydney Metro station
The last major alignment decision for stage two of the Sydney Metro line has been made, with an alignment under Waterloo chosen ahead of an alternate option under Sydney University.
Waterloo is the 31st
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Monash to host ‘world-leading’ public transport research centre
A public transport research centre, which Victorian minister for public transport Jacinta Allan says is one of the world’s largest, has been established at Melbourne’s Monash University.
Five million
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National Auditor slams federal East West funding
Tony Abbott’s decision to deliver $1.5 billion to the East West road project in 2014 was made without proper assessment of the project being first made, the Australian National Audit Office has found.
In
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Victorian infrastructure czar warns of population challenges
Infrastructure Victoria chairman Jim Miller says population growth would be one of the great challenges to get right in planning for the next 30 years.
Miller, who was recently appointed by the state government
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SWRL extension to go underground in win for homeowners
An extension of the South West Rail Link in Sydney would be run underground at Oran Park and Harrington Park, the government has announced.
NSW transport minister Andrew Constance and member for Camden
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