Will Melbourne run dry in a decade?
Posted: July 24, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentThe mainstream media likes to frame news to convey a sense of impending disaster – like Melbourne’s running out of water – but in this case it’s out of its depth
Will Melbourne run dry in a decade?
Is popular support for city growth disappearing?
Posted: July 24, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentNo matter what experts think, slowing population growth – and hence immigration – seems to be a very powerful political idea winning support across the demographic board
Is popular support for city growth disappearing?
Is Melbourne Metro being built too fast?
Posted: July 11, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentThe Sunday Age reckons the Andrews Government has cynically chosen to use an inferior tunnelling method so it can get the Melbourne Metro rail project finished faster
Is Melbourne Metro being built too fast?
Should corridors be protected for HSR?
Posted: July 10, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentInfrastructure Australia reckons protecting corridors for East Coast High Speed Rail would save billions, but the case hasn’t been made that the project makes sense
Should corridors be protected for HSR?
Are outer growth suburbs dystopian?
Posted: July 5, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentThe media loves to portray fringe growth suburbs as hell on earth and suggest they should be done away with. But they’re neither optional nor dystopian
Are outer growth suburbs dystopian?
Is faux heritage the future?
Posted: July 4, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentMelbourne City Council requires the facade of this old pub to be retained when redeveloped even though the building has no demonstrated heritage value
Is immigration ruining our cities?
Posted: July 3, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentThe Age ran a set of stories on the weekend geared around the idea that immigration-fuelled population growth is seriously damaging Melbourne’s “celebrated liveability”
Is immigration ruining our cities?
The Urbanist Digest, vol 2, 2017
Posted: June 30, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentA digest of all the topics discussed by The Urbanist in the June quarter 2017, including airports, transport, heritage, cycling, planning, health, infrastructure, housing, regions
The Urbanist Digest, vol 2, 2017
Has Albo really found a hollow log?
Posted: June 27, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentAnthony Albanese gets it wrong on traffic congestion. Australian cities need politicians who’ll tell us what’s really going on and what really needs to be done
Has Albo really found a hollow log?
Can security bollards be done better?
Posted: June 26, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentIt’s regrettable it seems necessary to install heavy bollards in Australian cities to protect against vehicle attacks. But it could be a way to improve public spaces
Can security bollards be done better?
Could the average trip to work nearly double by 2030? Really?
Posted: June 22, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentThe average Melbourne one-way commute could increase by 28 minutes by 2030 according to this newspaper report. Sounds horrendous but it’s scary tabloid journalism
Could the average trip to work nearly double by 2030? Really?
Are towers inherently wrong for public housing?
Posted: June 21, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentSt Louis’ famously demolished Pruitt-Igoe public housing project has a lesson for the debate over high-rise stemming from the Grenfell Tower fire; it’s not really about the architecture
Are towers inherently wrong for public housing?
What are the prospects for dockless bike share in Australian cities?
Posted: June 20, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentDockless bike share faces a much bigger challenge in Australia than in countries like China, especially given new entrant oBike has to make it work commercially
What are the prospects for dockless bike share in Australian cities?
Does the Grenfell Tower fire mean we should stop building residential towers?
Posted: June 19, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized 1 CommentThe Grenfell Tower fire was the result of flawed policy on public housing, not some inherent flaw in the high-rise residential building type
Does the Grenfell Tower fire mean we should stop building residential towers?
Should Doncaster Bus Rapid Transit be a priority?
Posted: June 13, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentA private proposal to build and operate a Bus Rapid Transit system in Doncaster looks promising but taxpayers will ultimately pay for it; so it’s vital to make sure it’s a high priority
Should Doncaster Bus Rapid Transit be a priority?
A fantasy cycling map for inner Melbourne
Posted: May 22, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentHere’s master mapmaker Adam Mattinson’s vision of what a high quality cycling network could look like in an Australian city. At present, unfortunately, it’s sheer fantasy
A fantasy cycling map for inner Melbourne
The Melbourne Subway Map (a rail fantasy)
Posted: May 17, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized 1 CommentA fantastical vision from mapmaker Adam Mattinson of what a subway underneath Melbourne’s inner suburbs could look like if it were as connected as Tokyo’s famous system
The Melbourne Subway Map (a rail fantasy)
Is an airport train to the CBD the whole story?
Posted: May 16, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized 1 CommentThe Victorian and Federal governments have different strategies for Melbourne Airport rail but there’s a lot more to the transport task than a train to the CBD
Is an airport train to the CBD the whole story?
Where’s the toilet?
Posted: May 15, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentThe location of a humble toilet block in a park might seem a minor issue, but it’s big news in inner suburban Melbourne and highlights some larger issues
The outlook for infrastructure is improving
Posted: May 11, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentGuest writer Dr Garry Glazebrook reckons the federal budget shows the Coalition is at last heading in the right direction on infrastructure funding
The outlook for infrastructure is improving
The Melbourne Urbanist 