Public protests eventually forced the scrapping of some proposed freeways in 1973. Today, we have another round of projects and people are protesting again, with good reason. Government should listen.
Articles on Melbourne Transportation Plan
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Transport modelling has been tarnished by its use to justify the predetermined projects politicians favour. But, if used more transparently, it’s a valuable tool for planning our future cities.
While called a transportation plan,
it was heavily skewed towards roads. We need the type of city-shaping thinking that underpinned the plan, but today’s plans must match 21st-century priorities.
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Senior Lecturer in Urbanism, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
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Professor of Public Transport, Director Public Transport Research Group, Monash University
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Associate Professor of Urban Planning, The University of Melbourne
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Director, McLoughlin Archtiect & Urban Designer, B,Arch (Hon) RMIT, MA (Plan & Des) Melb, PhD Swinburne, Swinburne University of Technology
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Associate Professor in Sustainability and Urban Planning, RMIT University
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Lecturer in Sustainability and Urban Planning, RMIT University
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Research Advisor, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University