Do the suburbs make you fat?

Suburbanites are fatter than inner city residents, but it might not be because the suburbs are more car-oriented; it might be because the two regions attract different types of people

Do the suburbs make you fat?

That was The week That was…

Tw3 provides a brief commentary on stories in the news over the week ending 15 October 2017 bearing on the delights and discontents of urbanism. In this week’s Tw3 The Urbanist comments on:

• ‘It was always going to happen’: Sydney’s disappearing freestanding homes
• Old and in the way: Built in 1882, wreckers to level ‘beautiful’ building in days
• $11b Metro Rail project fails to fix ‘utterly inadequate’ station in its path
• The 100 Most Influential Urbanists
• Paris to ban all petrol and diesel cars by 2030
• Few cities are as photogenic as Barcelona from above
• What liveability? Melbourne not as good as it’s made out to be
• Three things to ask yourself before doing community engagement
• Self-driving cars, talking bins and mag-lev train: vision for Sydney in 20 years
• The Housing and Transportation (H+T®) Affordability Index
• The Toll to Drive Into Manhattan Should Be $100

That was The week That was…

Is Sydney really full?

It’ll make mistakes like it always has, but Sydney’s problem with growth isn’t about physical capacity. The issue is most existing home owners don’t want things to change

Is Sydney really full?

Congestion charging: are these criticisms fatal?

There are a number of key criticisms of congestion charging; they carry weight and must be addressed in implementation, but no, they’re not killers

Congestion charging: are these criticisms fatal?

That was The week That was…

Tw3 provides a brief commentary on stories in the news over the week ending 8 October 2017 bearing on the delights and discontents of urbanism

That was The week That was…

The Urbanist Digest, September Qtr, 2017

A digest of all the topics discussed by The Urbanist in the September quarter 2017, including airports, public transport, cars and traffic, heritage, cycling, planning, memorials

The Urbanist Digest, Vol 3, 2017

Is congestion charging too inequitable?

Congestion charging shouldn’t be peremptorily written off as inequitable without examining closely how it would work and who the likely winners and losers would be

Is congestion charging too inequitable?

Is this the end for Bus Rapid Transit in Doncaster?

The Victorian Government won’t say why it’s turned down a proposal from a private company to build a $500 million Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system from Doncaster to the city centre

Is this the end for BRT in Doncaster?

That was The week That was…

Tw3 provides a brief commentary on stories in the news over the week ending 1 October 2017 bearing on the delights and discontents of urbanism

That was The week That was…

Is subsidising airport train fares the way to go?

The fare travellers will pay – whether less than $5 or more than $25 – is a key issue in planning for a mass transit connection between Melbourne Airport and the city centre

Is subsidising airport train fares the way to go?

Should airport trains also serve metro passengers?

One of the key issues that needs to be worked through in planning mass transit access to airports is integration with the existing rail network

Should airport trains also serve metro passengers?

That was The week That was…

Tw3 provides a brief commentary on stories bearing on the delights and discontents of urbanism that were in the news over the week ending 24 September 2017.

In this week’s Tw3, The Urbanist comments on:

• Is Melbourne already bigger than Sydney?
• Bigger is better – small businesses once employed over half of private sector workers but no longer
• Public transport is always greener on the other side
• Doncaster hill’s next major apartment project verges on approval
• Council wants toll for $5.5b West Gate Tunnel to be set by minister, not operator
• Sydney park to be named after Green Ban-era community leader Nita McCrae

That was The week That was…

Weekend reading

Weekend reading 

What are the issues with Melbourne Airport rail?

The solution is seen as a single rail line, but it should be conceived as the package of infrastructure and policies that will best promote the accessibility of Melbourne Airport

What are the issues with Melbourne Airport rail?

How safe is cycling on city roads?

The likelihood of suffering a serious injury while cycling on the road is extremely low, but it seems our tolerance for risk is even lower

How safe is cycling on city roads?

That was The week That was…

Tw3 provides a brief commentary on stories in the news over the week ending 17 September 2017 that bear on the delights and discontents of urbanism

That was The week That was…

All stops to ‘Winterfell Station’?

Winterfell is leading the public nominations for names for the five new Melbourne Metro underground rail stations. Melbourne can do much better

All stops to ‘Winterfell Station’?

Is Daniel Andrews selling out public transport?

Victoria’s Andrews Government has decided to continue with franchised management of Melbourne’s trains and trams rather than bring them back under direct government control

Is Daniel Andrews selling out public transport?

That was The week That was…

Tw3 is a short commentary on stories in the news over the week ending 10 September 2017 bearing on the delights and discontents of urbanism

That was The week That was…

Should public works be named after politicians?

No matter how worthy they are, we should be very cautious about naming public works after people, but most especially after politicians

Should public works be named after politicians?