In Portswood, bus users enjoyed reliable journeys and a calmer high street. But some residents faced longer and less convenient car journeys.
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As cities grow, it would be better to have more efficient, higher-capacity transport than more vehicles on the road.
The Big Cypress fox squirrel is losing its habitat to urban and suburban development. But a few design changes could help to save this and other species.
People want technology that supports them and eases their struggles. The technology must be controlled by the community and enhance people’s daily lives.
Australians deserve comfortable, energy efficient homes. New research reveals 5 reasons why that’s been so hard to achieve and ways to overcome these issues.
Cities seeking to create greener, more liveable neighbourhoods can revitalise disused spaces in various ways. Encouraging and supporting communities is key.
Health, infrastructure and AI are among the key themes being tackled.
Hot sunny days can make footpaths, bike lanes and city streets unbearable. If we want people to ditch the car, we’re going to need more trees, research shows.
The best net zero solutions galvanise people and make policy relatable. By giving communities a sense of agency, successful transformation is more likely.
So many cities with densely populated communities living in flats without gardens struggle to find sustainable solutions to food waste.
Plans to knock down and rebuild 44 public housing towers are flawed. Retrofitting and upgrading is feasible, cheaper and better for people and the planet.
New research highlights the need for a broader approach to attracting fairy-wrens and other beloved birds to our gardens.
When Australia faced a housing crisis 80 years ago, the government was urged to promote the building of more climate-responsive homes. So why are so many homes today still not made for our climate?
Have you heard of the 3+30+300 rule for urban forestry? See how Melbourne and Sydney compare to New York, Denver, Seattle, Buenos Aires, Amsterdam and Singapore on trees, canopy and park proximity.
The rapid growth of our capital cities is creating all sorts of problems. Dispersing growth across regional city networks could ease these growth pains and make our cities more sustainable.
The terrain ahead is full of challenges. But, glimmers of a better world are already here.
We examined how households in Victoria cope with, adapt to and endure summer heatwaves. Most took a short-term view. A more sophisticated, long-term approach to managing heatwaves is needed.
Brisbane is aiming to be the first Olympic Games host to make carbon savings greater than the emissions the event produces. That’s easier said than done, so what’s the plan to achieve this goal?
The term stroad is portmanteau of street and road. Stroads try to be both a thoroughfare for vehicles, and a place for people. Typically they fail at both, and the result is unpleasant for everyone.
A traffic engineer argues that, contrary to his profession’s view, ‘human error’ is not the main cause of deaths in car crashes in the US.
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John Rennie Short is a Friend of The Conversation.Professor Emeritus of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Assistant Professor of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, Colorado State University
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Honorary Associate Professor, ANU College of Science, Australian National University
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Professor of Urban Policy and Director, Urban Futures Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University
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Emeritus Professor in Sustainable Urbanism, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor Sustainability and Urban Governance, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer in Transport, Urban and Regional Planning, Adelaide University
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Professor of Planning, School of Built Environment, UNSW
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Academic Director, School for International Training, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Director, Supply Chain Transportation and Logistics Center, University of Washington
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Lecturer in Urban Agriculture, Boston University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Swinburne Business School, Swinburne University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer – Environmental Health, James Cook University
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Assistant Professor, Political Science, Boston University
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Professor of Mobile Media and Games., RMIT University