Melbourne ‘fantasy rail map 2070’
Posted: May 10, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized 1 CommentAdam Mattinson’s 2070 fantasy map for Melbourne incorporates almost every rail line ever proposed, as well as historic lines decommissioned during the 1950s and 60s
Melbourne ‘fantasy rail map 2070’
Do residents of green places live longer?
Posted: May 9, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized 1 CommentIt’s arguable whether greener residential areas reduce mortality but there are plenty of other good reasons to promote planting more trees, especially along streets
Does living in green places extend lifespans?
A Bicycle Boulevard for Melbourne?
Posted: May 8, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentThere’s an opportunity for the Victorian Government to recognise the key role Yarra Boulevard plays in supporting cycling in Melbourne by giving more of it to riders
A Bicycle Boulevard for Melbourne?
The alternative to Fairfax – Saturday links
Posted: May 6, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentAvoiding the Fairfax papers? Here’s some interesting, useful, sometimes discombobulating, occasionally contrarian and at times amusing alternative reading, with an urbanist bent
The alternative to Fairfax – Saturday links
What are the public health benefits of riding to work?
Posted: May 1, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentThose who cycle to work have better health prospects than those who commute by car or transit, but it’s unlikely all the public health benefits would scale up if a lot more of us cycled
What are the public health benefits of riding to work?
Is this suburban motorway a good idea?
Posted: April 27, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized 1 CommentThe Andrews Government’s decision to build Melbourne’s North East Link lacks transparency and analysis, but the idea of suburban motorways shouldn’t be dismissed out of hand
Is this suburban motorway a good idea?
Is all-night public transport on weekends value for money?
Posted: April 25, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentMelbourne’s move to all-night public transport on weekends is certainly appealing but there are many other ways such a huge sum of money could be spent
Is all-night public transport on weekends value for money?
Should walking and cycling trails be like freeways?
Posted: April 24, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentMelbourne’s new Darebin-Yarra Link will be more like a freeway than a shared walking and cycling trail; it’ll be hard – and unsafe – for nearby residents to get access to it
Should walking and cycling trails be like freeways?
Does Sydney Airport levy train travellers $7.96?
Posted: April 19, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentThe assertion that rail travellers pay a $7.96 access fee to Sydney Airport on top of the Opal fare is wrong and lets the NSW Government off the hook
Does Sydney Airport levy train travellers $7.96?
Western Sydney: proposed metro/light rail network
Posted: April 17, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentGuest writer Dr Garry Glazebrook describes what a comprehensive plan for a metro rail network supported by feeder light rail services in Western Sydney should look like
Western Sydney: proposed metro/light rail network
What’s the heritage value of this modernist office block?
Posted: April 12, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentAnother fashionably handsome modernist building with debatable claims to social and architectural significance is the subject of a heritage battle in Melbourne
What’s the heritage value of this modernist office block?
Why has walking to school stumbled so badly?
Posted: April 11, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentThe proportion of children driven to primary school has raced ahead over the last 30 to 40 years. The standard solutions won’t change that by much, but there’s hope
Why has walking to school stumbled so badly?
What’s Turnbull’s Melbourne Airport rail adventure all about?
Posted: April 10, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentThe funding the Turnbull Government says it will provide to Victoria in next month’s budget for a rail line from the CBD to Melbourne Airport is motivated by politics
What’s Turnbull’s airport rail adventure all about?
The Urbanist Digest, Vol 1, 2017
Posted: April 7, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentA digest of all the topics discussed by The Urbanist in the first quarter of 2017, including transport, heritage, planning, infrastructure, design, housing, economics, cycling
The Urbanist Digest, Vol 1, 2017
If it’s not OK to walk it, why is it OK to cycle it?
Posted: April 6, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentA simple but shocking image show how infrastructure purportedly provided for the benefit of cyclists, expects them to ride in situations they feel are dangerous
If it’s not OK to walk it, why is it OK to cycle it?
Is a cycling “freeway” the way to go?
Posted: April 5, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentThe schematic proposal for a veloway the Andrews government says it’s going to build as part of the Western Distributor looks good but there’s room for improvement
Is a cycling “freeway” the way to go?
Is Sydney the new New York?
Posted: April 4, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentThe Sydney Morning Herald’s comparison of small parts of Sydney with leading world metropolises might grab the attention of readers, but its rubbish
Have the Premiers finally gotten New Urbanism?
Posted: April 1, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized 1 CommentA visiting Canadian expert appears to have done what the locals couldn’t: inspired state Premiers to improve the health of city dwellers through better urban planning
Have the Premiers finally gotten New Urbanism?
City vs sprawl: is this a useful comparison?
Posted: March 30, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentThis comparison by ABC News of living in the city centre versus living in the fringe suburbs is big but unconvincing; it doesn’t compare apples with apples
City vs sprawl: is this a useful comparison?
Can design make cities safe for women?
Posted: March 28, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentA new project shows the urban geography of harrassment and assault suffered by women at the hands of men. The scope for design to mitigate offensive male behaviour is limited
Can design make cities safe for women?
The Melbourne Urbanist 