Transport development paved the way for colonization and is directly linked to the chronic and extreme social inequities Indigenous communities continue to face to this day.
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The Welsh government wants to make residential roads safer and quieter but not everybody agrees with dropping the speed limit from 30mph to 20mph.
Today, as in the past, pro-car sentiment is a backlash against nascent environmental protest.
The largest ever giraffe tracking study shows how these massive animals are responding to human pressures across many different habitats throughout Africa.
The National Party’s transport policy risks locking the country into a car-dependent, high-carbon future.
The city of Accra has no plan to tackle pedestrians’ behaviour.
A new book focuses on the politics of road transport, the everyday corruption and the hard-living world of transport workers in Lagos, Nigeria.
Nigeria’s National Assembly must not shirk its oversight responsibilities, focusing on four priorities will be a good place to start.
When a major roadway or bridge needs fixing, all that traffic has to go somewhere.
Infrastructure that links mines to ports isn’t enough – it needs to be accompanied by policies that encourage productive investment in factories.
The 2023 federal budget provides funding for critical infrastructure and clean energy. But long-term planning is needed to fix chronic problems.
Native plants help damaged landscapes by stabilizing soil, fighting invasive species and sheltering pollinators. Two horticulture experts explain what they’re doing to help develop new seed sources.
Although it has been considerably less studied than other environmental problems, salinization presents major challenges for biodiversity in freshwater and coastal areas.
Nearly 95% of deforestation in the Amazon occurs within 3.5 miles of a road or near a river. Brazil’s plans to ramp up exports may be on a collision course with the forest.
Protecting old and mature trees is the simplest and least expensive way to pull carbon out of the atmosphere – but proposed logging projects threaten mature stands across the US.
Researchers encourage citizen scientists to contribute to datasets on animal deaths caused by infrastructure. This will inform efforts to reduce the human impact on biodiversity.
Developers love the cul-de-sac, but for the rest of us it’s one of the least practical and efficient ways to design streets.
Ghana’s northern region would be more developed now had it received a fairer share of colonial investments.
A heat wave that pushed California’s power grid to the limit, and the water system failure in Jackson, Mississippi, are just two examples.
Flood risks are rising as the climate warms. The risks are complex, as a levee or new roadway in one place can worsen flooding somewhere else.
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Transport and Cities Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
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Associate Professor in Infrastructure Management, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland
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Honorary Professor of Transport Studies, UCL
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Associate Professor of Urban Planning, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University
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Professor in Transport and Logistics Network Modelling, University of Sydney
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Associate, Grattan Institute
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Professor of Transport, University of Sydney
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Transport Fellow, Grattan Institute
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Honorary Fellow in Environmental Sciences, Swansea University
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Senior Lecturer in Political Science, University of Canberra
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Professor of Enterprise and Competitiveness, University of Birmingham
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Director, Centre for Western Sydney, Western Sydney University
