Tag: transport

Conventional approaches won’t solve our infrastructure and transport woes, warns former senior administrator Peter Seamer.

Strategies can be grouped into four categories: avoid, shift, share, and improve, writes Hussein Dia.

Transport minister challenges builder’s denials of a go-slow on Sydney light rail construction and insists the project can still be completed on schedule. 

A growing chorus of experts and policy makers are calling on governments to introduce more robust and transparent processes for selecting major public works.

Australia could be on track to adopt a user-pays system for roads, with senior bureaucrats and economists saying momentum for reform is ‘beyond doubt.’

Building more roads is not a long-term solution to solving congestion, writes Jake Whitehead, who outlines four alternative measures.

Coffs Harbour and Armidale in NSW will be the first regional areas in Australia to host a fully automated vehicle trial, while Tasmania announces an electric vehicle program in local government.

Proposals for an updated public transport strategy for Melbourne, which is leading the country in population growth, have come in for sharp criticism.  

Assertive outreach services and a new social impact investment are among the elements of a $1 billion homelessness package to be included in NSW’s budget today.

Consistent, evidence-based policies across state and local governments are essential to creating healthy communities, new research shows.