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States across Australia are increasingly using market-led proposals to build infrastructure. The emerging problems reflect the inherent risks of projects that bypass proper public planning processes.
Transport modelling has been tarnished by its use to justify the predetermined projects politicians favour. But, if used more transparently, it’s a valuable tool for planning our future cities.
While called a transportation plan,
it was heavily skewed towards roads. We need the type of city-shaping thinking that underpinned the plan, but today’s plans must match 21st-century priorities.
Transport infrastructure has such an impact on what kind of city we become that more democratic planning is long overdue. But public consultation is typically limited and focused on design issues.
Melbourne’s proposed road project relies on assumptions that inflate estimates of the traffic the new link will carry – but other choices about the future of transport are open to us.
Top contributors
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Associate Professor of Urban Planning, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer, Director of Architecture and Urban Design, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Public Transport, Director Public Transport Research Group, Director Monash Infrastructure, Adjunct Professor, Monash Art Design and Architecture, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer in Transport Planning, The University of Melbourne
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PhD Candidate in Transportation Planning, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in Urban Planning and Design, Xi'an Jiaotong Liverpool University
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Vice-Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow, RMIT University
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PhD Researcher, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
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PhD Candidate, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
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Ph.D Candidate, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, The University of Melbourne
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Dean of Design, Architecture and Building, University of Technology Sydney
