Dr Kerry Nice

Research Fellow, Transport Health and Urban Design Research Lab, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, University of Melbourne

Environment

It’s time to put Australia’s car dependency in reverse

Repurposing our streets away from a focus on cars is crucial to creating more accessible and sustainable cities

Walkable cities are gaining traction. Our Map of the Month shows which Melbourne suburbs are walking distance to childcare, pharmacies and GPs

Environment

Global COVID-19 pandemic restrictions provided a natural experiment in understanding the relationship between transport and air pollution

Environment

Good urban design can help enhance our health; new research uses ‘big data’ to explore how Australian cities compare globally