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Suburban sprawl or regional sprawl?
Bendigo suburbia in regional Victoria could be set for more “overspill” growth from Melbourne The Liberal/National Opposition in Victoria is pushing its policy of “decentralising” a large share of...
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40 percent of the buildings in Manhattan could not be built today What does ‘community’ mean? Suburbs ‘swamped’ by Asians and Muslims? The data show a different story City planning suffers growth...
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This is why apartment living is different for the poor Outraged romantic: pining for the loss of Old New York Appliances are getting smarter but humans are still lazy Millennial Americans are moving...
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The World Turned Upside Down (and what to do about it) Cars, bicycles and the fatal myth of equal reciprocity Why the robot revolution won’t play out as predicted Secrets of 9/11: New Details of...
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Do the suburbs make you fat?
Does living in the suburbs make you fat? It’s timely to revisit my earlier discussion of obesity because there’ve been a few studies released recently, like this one, that find residents of low density...
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That was The week That was… w/e 22 October
Road fatalities, Australia. 2017 numbers projected from figures to end September (source data: BITRE) In this week’s Tw3 The Urbanist comments on: Smartphones are killing Americans, but nobody’s...
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What’s up with that: building bigger roads actually makes traffic worse – So remember, the reason you’re stuck in traffic isn’t all these jerks around you who don’t know how to drive; it’s just the...
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Driverless cars could be a solution to climate change – But for this scenario to work, something major has to happen: Large numbers of people have to give up their cars and start sharing rides Valuing...
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Why does it matter that most jobs aren’t in the city centre?
Average journey to work trip time by region and mode, Melbourne (source data: VISTA) I made the point last time that, contrary to popular claims, the city centres of Melbourne and Sydney (1) aren’t...
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Is Melbourne’s promised loop rail line justified by jobs growth in suburban...
Major suburban employment clusters in Melbourne by size and mode of journey to work (source: Charting Transport) The Andrews government emphasises how its promised $50 billion Melbourne rail loop will...
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