Could Melbourne’s on-street parking be converted to green space?
A new case study suggests half of Melbourne’s street parking could be converted to garages, which would free up a…
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Cost concerns could harm Melbourne’s $8–13bn airport rail project
Uncertainty surrounds the business case for Melbourne’s airport link following the release of a new report warning its benefits may…
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Towards the 30-minute city: How Australians’ commutes compare with cities overseas
The ease of reaching urban amenities underpins city life. A global research team compared access to jobs in 117 cities…
ByA city-wide trial in Melbourne shows how road use charges can reduce traffic jams
Road congestion in large Australian cities is estimated to cost more than A$16bn a year. Economists have long argued the…
How did a single computer failure take out the whole of the Melbourne rail network?
If you don’t live in Australia, then your only experience of Metro Trains Melbourne is probably the ghoulishly jolly Dumb…
ByNorth central Melbourne is becoming a test bed for smart, integrated transport
Integrated transport has long been the holy grail of transport engineering. Now, a project set up north of Melbourne’s downtown…
Melbourne shows how Airbnb is reshaping our cities
Infrastructure in our cities – let’s call it the hardware – remains much the same as ever. But the software…
ByCould Sydney to Melbourne high speed rail solve all Australia's problems?
The CLARA private consortium (Consolidated Land & Rail Australia) claims a high speed rail network between Sydney and Melbourne could be paid…
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