Planners have long tried to determine the ideal city size, and ideas have evolved with changing circumstances. But a good city depends more on the way it’s managed than on how many people it holds.
From car mechanics to coffee shops, the railway arches have long provided refuge from inner city rent hikes for small businesses.
Some fanciful plans were imagined for Melbourne back in the day – some included jet cars.
C.F. Beauvais in the Argus Weekend Magazine, August 28, 1943/Trove
We have forgotten how to be imaginative when planning our cities. Looking back into Melbourne’s planning history, we might be able to find some inspiration to tackle rapid growth in a creative way.
Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in embrace during the groundbreaking summit between the North and South Korean leaders earlier this year.
South Korean president's office handout
Regional areas are expanding, and yet not enough attention is being paid to improving rail access to capital cities. This affects the liveability of the areas.
Surveys suggest lots of people want to renationalise the railways.
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Under current EU rules, Britain cannot recreate a railway monopoly. It can, however, follow the lead of other EU countries in bringing more of the rail sector into public ownership.
French President Emmanuel Macro arrives at the Tallinn Digital Summit, September 28, 2017.
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Bruno Tinel, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and Jean-Michel Servet, Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID)
Since his election, Emmanuel Macron has emerged as a man of the “liquid” society, where finance, labour, politics and people shift and flow. What matters is change, not the direction one is taking.
Southern Pacific steam engine No. 1364 in 1891.
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Could we really reduce the number of vehicles on our roads from 37m to 9m?
Fire crews douse derailed tanker cars carrying crude oil in downtown Lac-Mégantic, Que., in this July 6, 2013, file photo. A trial is now underway for three former railway employees charged in connection with the fatal train derailment.
(THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson)
The U.S. owes much of its prosperity to investment in public goods like highways, parks and schools. Trump’s budget poses a threat to these goods, which have already been on the decline.
Professor in Transport and Supply Chain Management and Deputy Director, Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies (ITLS), University of Sydney Business School, University of Sydney