Adding a bit of fungus to the initial ingredient list might be one way to endow concrete with the ability to fill in any bits of damage that occur, without the need for human intervention.
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Traffic congestion is the main cost that cars create when they use existing roads. Road use charges are a more efficient and fairer way to cover the cost and help ensure traffic flows.
Elon Musk’s new Semi has platooning capability - where multiple trucks commute in a line with a single driver in the lead vehicle. But could it work in Australia?
While other countries race into the distance, Australia is still on the starting grid when it comes to electric cars. Why so slow? Because we don’t have a proper recharging network.
Instead of focusing on freeways, governments should change the way we pay for urban roads and public transport.
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Transport and Cities Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Transport Fellow, Grattan Institute
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Associate Professor of Urban Planning, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Associate Professor in Planning, University of Queensland, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of Sociology, UMass Lowell
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Research Scholar, Center for Sustainable Urban Development, Climate School, Columbia University
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Associate professor, Stockholm University
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Associate professor, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, and Director, Rutgers Institute of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Rutgers University
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Chancellor's Professor of Earth Sciences and Executive Director, Indiana University Environmental Resilience Institute, Indiana University
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Applied Ecology, Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
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Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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