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An improved public transport system and mapping of hotspots by law enforcement agencies would reduce susceptibility to crime in Lagos, Nigeria.
Developers have overbuilt office and commercial space in US cities for decades. Now, in the wake of pandemic shutdowns, many downtowns face hard choices about the future.
Danfo drivers are often intolerant, bringing down the image of Lagos as a destination.
Transportation agencies plan for events like major bridge or highway collapses, but these events can disrupt traffic for months and affect residential neighborhoods as well as motorists.
Transport route closures are usually justified to the public on grounds of profitability. But that ignores the immense value of public transport to the labour market.
Ghanaian authorities could elicit more cooperation from citizens in governing the cities by creating conditions that give the majority a chance at a decent life
A global study of 117 cities finds Australian capitals have fairly poor access by car. Public transport, cycling and walking access is better than in the US, but not as good as in Europe and China.
Transit agencies could use the money to buy new subway cars, buses and maintain rails. The funding is designed to build on last year’s emergency aid, which kept transit operating through the pandemic.
COVID led to commuting time savings worth over $2,000 a year for each driver and $5,000 per public transport user. But as workplaces reopen, we may need road user charges to keep traffic flowing.
Education fuelled extraordinary growth in Western Sydney’s professional services workforce, but their jobs aren’t local. More than 300,000 commute to work outside the region.
A breakdown in the road or rail systems often causes commuter chaos in Australia. Some overseas cities are more resilient because they have other options – and our bicycle network could give us that.
Average commuting times for Australians have increased by 23% in 15 years. And those with long commutes are less satisfied with their work, working hours, work-life balance and even pay.
In Sydney, 44 of 178 train stations have a single side entrance. It adds up to 12 minutes of daily travel time for people walking the long way to their platform. It’s enough to make some drive instead.
The Commuter Car Park Fund announced in the budget sounds big, but is likely to create only around 30,000 extra spaces – a marginal benefit for Australia’s 1.2 million daily public transport users.
Starting in 2021, drivers will pay a fee to enter midtown and lower Manhattan during busy times of day. Will this clear New York’s air and streets?
In many cities, convention holds that there’s a lane for walking and a lane for standing on the escalator. But human systems engineers suggest this isn’t the most efficient option for the system.
Huge progress has been made, but safety issues and environmental concerns mean plans are still up in the air.
Over a third of pupils in the Gauteng province still travel more than five kilometres to school.
Cities are expanding upwards and downwards, as well as outwards. With urban density also increasing, moving people efficiently around the city, often using ageing infrastructure, is quite a challenge.
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John Rennie Short is a Friend of The Conversation.Professor Emeritus of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Professor of Transport, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor in Infrastructure Management, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Accounting, University of Essex
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ARC Future Fellow & Professor of Economics, Curtin University
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Emeritus Professor of Housing and Housing Studies, RMIT University
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Transport and Cities Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Director, Centre for Western Sydney, Western Sydney University
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Professor; School of Economics, Finance and Property, and Director, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Curtin Research Centre, Curtin University
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Senior Lecturer in Transport Planning, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Data Science, Bournemouth University
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Postdoctoral fellow in the history, politics and sociology of transport with a special focus on urban bicycling, University of the Witwatersrand
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Research Fellow, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Curtin University
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PhD Candidate in Transportation Planning, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Urban and Cultural Geography, Western Sydney University
