Bike lanes in South Africa were meant to encourage commuter cycling and ease congestion but in Johannesburg the initiative garnered more outrage than support.
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China’s One Belt, One Road initiative is holding international summit in Beijing, but no Western leaders have said they are coming yet.
The St Petersburg attack shows how engineering and psychology can help optimise how people are evacuated in a disaster.
For a driverless car to be safer than one driven by a person it must know what’s going on around it. But making a system that can “see” is a challenge for tech companies.
Global ride sharing app Uber, is experiencing different development trajectories in its two major African markets, Kenya and South Africa.
With WA’s election looming, Perth’s battle over the Roe 8 highway extension brings other environmental issues to the fore.
When you don’t need a human to drive a car there are plenty of things you can do with such a vehicle.
Airport operators enjoy the privileged position in Australian planning law of being able to decide their own futures. Their exemption from state planning rules threatens orderly planning and safety.
Airports Company of South Africa, a majority state owned enterprise, is set to be hit by a regulatory own-goal that puts further pressure on the country’s credit rating.
A project set up north of Melbourne’s CBD aims to create a living laboratory for developing a highly integrated, smart, multimodal transport system.
Perth’s Roe 8 project illustrates all that is wrong with how we are planning and managing infrastructure in our cities.
Think you couldn’t possibly do without your car? There are more options than you might think.
Pakistan’s rich visual and poetic culture is expressed every day on walls, rickshaws and buses. As the country struggles to offer solace to its people, they carry its narratives and emotions.
Wireless charging means these cars could run off much smaller and cheaper batteries.
Going round in circles can actually make your journey more efficient.
A look at the recent Supreme Court battle over priority use of wheelchair spaces on buses and what it really means for disabled people.
The UK really does have the wrong type of snow.
With 35 new inter-city routes shortlisted for testing, it’s time to start taking hyperloop seriously.
China is ramping up its low-emission transport game – so will the rest of the world follow suit?
One year on, the Turnbull government is touting the economic benefits of an infrastructure agenda that neglects the other important functions of transport projects.
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Transport and Cities Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University
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Honorary Principal Fellow, University of Wollongong
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Honorary Professor of Transport Studies, UCL
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Professor of Operations Management, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Researcher in Transport Policy and Governance, UCL
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Chris Rissel is a Friend of The Conversation.
Senior Research Fellow, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University
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Visiting Research Fellow, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Research Fellow, GAMUT, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Cities Research Institute, Griffith University
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Professor of Transport Governance, University of Leeds
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Senior Lecturer in Law, Cardiff University
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Senior Lecturer, Nottingham Business School
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Professor of Future Urban Mobility, Swinburne University of Technology
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Adjunct Professor, Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies, University of Sydney Business School, University of Sydney
