The development of suburban infrastructure depends on political, technical and financial priorities. A train derailment in an Italian suburb has highlighted the need to retrofit infrastructure.
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New York soon may charge a fee to drive into central Manhattan as a way of reducing traffic and raising funds for public transit. An urban scholar says this step is overdue in the United States.
For Melbourne drivers who comfort themselves with the thought that traffic congestion is worse in Sydney, sorry but new analysis shows overall delays are similar, but some commutes are especially bad.
All it takes is data … lots of data.
Data on housing supply in Australia’s capital shows that while it’s increasing in areas with lots of jobs, house prices are too high for those who might want to move for work.
Bike lanes in South Africa were meant to encourage commuter cycling and ease congestion but in Johannesburg the initiative garnered more outrage than support.
The government knows the system is a shambles – but refuses to admit that rail privatisation has failed.
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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
