Eric Keys

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August 14, 2025

Australia, why are you still obsessed with freeways – when they’re driving us away from net zero?

Crystal Legacy, The University of Melbourne; Anna Hurlimann, The University of Melbourne, and Eric Keys, RMIT University

Expanding freeway networks undermines climate action. It points to a deep-seated flaw in Australia’s urban planning systems which must be solved.

When politicians use selected modelling results to justify their decisions on contentious projects like Melbourne’s North East Link, the credibility of transport models suffers by association. Vic Govt/AAP

December 9, 2019

The problem with transport models is political abuse, not their use in planning

Eric Keys, RMIT University; Chris De Gruyter, RMIT University, and Graham Currie, Monash University

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.

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Australia, why are you still obsessed with freeways – when they’re driving us away from net zero?

The problem with transport models is political abuse, not their use in planning

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