Transport
Environment
If Australia wants high-speed rail, it must take regions along for the ride
Even after four decades of studies and debate, Australia is yet to develop a plan that integrates regional cities into a high-speed rail network
Environment
A Big Build or a big bet?
Melbourne’s Suburban Rail Loop aims to help the city become more equitable – but better integration of land use and transport could deliver more benefits for less money
Environment
Australia’s electric vehicle future must be priced right
Changing electricity and road use pricing could help deliver the electric vehicle uptake needed for a Net Zero future
Environment
Is Melbourne’s new bus proposal really faster and fairer?
Melbourne’s proposed bus program could change the city’s public transport system for the better, but it doesn’t quite go far enough
Environment
Decarbonising transport for our health
Transforming Australia’s carbon-intensive road transport system can also solve one of our most significant public health challenges
Sciences & Technology
Giving Australians ‘smart’ incentives to drive safe
Personalised driver feedback and financial incentives are part of innovative strategies to respond to Australia’s increasing rates of road trauma
Environment
Clear skies and longer lives
Global COVID-19 pandemic restrictions provided a natural experiment in understanding the relationship between transport and air pollution
Politics & Society
Book extract
The making and unmaking of the East-West Link
A new book explores how Melbourne’s multi-billion dollar East-West Link that promised to knit the city together was stymied from the start
Environment
Creating clean transport fuels from waste
By extracting biofuel from agricultural and urban waste, researchers hope to create a low-cost, zero emission transport fuel for the future
Sciences & Technology
Covid-19: A challenge and an opportunity for public transport
The pandemic has raised doubts over mass public transport, but connective technology offers a new way to keep everyone moving sustainably