COVID impacts demand a change of plan: funding a shift from commuting to living locally

Benjamin Kaufman, Griffith University Long-term planning has delivered mass transit systems to cater for high-patronage, hub-and-spoke transport systems. Unfortunately, this has left many city residents without basic access to public transport services. And we could never have planned for the impacts of COVID-19. Our previous plans were based on the best available data at the

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Climate explained: does building and expanding motorways really reduce congestion and emissions?

Simon Kingham, University of Canterbury Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, please send it to climate.change@stuff.co.nz Q: Does building and expanding motorways really reduce congestion and emissions,

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How might COVID-19 change what Australians want from their homes?

Wendy M Stone, Swinburne University of Technology; Amity James, Curtin University; Sharon Parkinson, Swinburne University of Technology, and Steven Rowley, Curtin University New research released today asked Australians how well current housing met their needs and their ideals, both in the short and longer-term. We found safety and security was the main aspiration of householders

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What are manufactured home estates and why are they so problematic for retirees?

Lois Towart, University of Technology Sydney and Kristian Ruming, Macquarie University Some operators have predicted manufactured home estates will be the most popular type of retirement living in the near future, surpassing retirement villages. But enthusiastic development of manufactured home estates as retirement communities is creating future problems for the older Australians who call them

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