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It’s too hot for bare feet, but that doesn’t mean you can cook a fry-up on the path outside your house. A frying pan is a much better tool for the job, because it conducts heat far more efficiently.
We’ve all seen the increases in people walking and cycling on shared paths so crowded it’s almost impossible to maintain physical distancing. This must be fixed, and quickly.
Footpaths are a valuable space for everyday social activity, but their role is often overlooked. In increasingly dense urban areas such as Footscray, footpaths are essential public spaces.
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Associate Professor and Head of Sustainable Mobility and Safety Research, Monash University
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Distinguished Professor and Director, Urban Futures Enabling Capability Platform, and Director, Healthy Liveable Cities Group, RMIT University
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Associate professor, Monash University
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Professor of Public Health; Head of School, Population Health, UNSW Sydney
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PhD Candidate, Department of Architecture, Monash University
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Lecturer, School of Built Environment, UNSW Sydney
