States across Australia are increasingly using market-led proposals to build infrastructure. The emerging problems reflect the inherent risks of projects that bypass proper public planning processes.
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Recent decisions to proceed with major road projects have not considered viable alternatives, despite this being a legal requirement.
Melbourne’s proposed road project relies on assumptions that inflate estimates of the traffic the new link will carry – but other choices about the future of transport are open to us.
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Senior Lecturer in Transport Planning, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Urban Planning, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Urbanism, University of Sydney
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PhD Candidate in Transportation Planning, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in Urban Planning and Design, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
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Professor of Urban Policy and Director, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
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Ph.D Candidate, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, The University of Melbourne
