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Does driving matter for a city’s liveability?
Alan DaviesOct 18, 20175 Comments
Driving will inevitably continue to have a huge impact on the liveability of Australia's growing cities - policy-makers must stop ignoring the car and start "taming" it
Do the suburbs make you fat?
Alan DaviesOct 17, 20173 Comments
Suburbanites are fatter than inner city residents, but it might not be because the suburbs are more car-oriented; it might be because the two regions attract different types of people
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That was The week That was…
Alan DaviesOct 16, 20171 Comment
Tw3 provides a brief commentary on stories in the news over the week ending 15 October 2017 bearing on the delights and discontents of urbanism
Is Sydney really full to the brim?
Alan DaviesOct 11, 201714 Comments
It’ll make mistakes like it always has, but Sydney’s problem with growth isn’t about physical capacity. The issue is most existing home owners don’t want things to change
Congestion charging: are these criticisms fatal?
Alan DaviesOct 10, 201711 Comments
There are a number of key criticisms of congestion charging; they carry weight and must be addressed in implementation, but no, they're not fatal flaws
That was The week That was… w/e 8 October
Alan DaviesOct 8, 2017
Tw3 provides a brief commentary on stories in the news over the week ending 8 October 2017 bearing on the delights and discontents of urbanism
The Urbanist Digest, Vol 3, 2017
Alan DaviesOct 5, 20171 Comment
A digest of all the topics discussed by The Urbanist in the September quarter 2017, including airports, public transport, cars and traffic, heritage, cycling, planning, memorials