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June 8, 2021

Towards the 30‑minute city — how Australians’ commutes compare with cities overseas

Hao Wu, University of Sydney and David Levinson, University of Sydney

A global study of 117 cities finds Australian capitals have fairly poor access by car. Public transport, cycling and walking access is better than in the US, but not as good as in Europe and China.

Perth has the most jobs and workers reachable by car within 30 minutes because of the speed of travel on its road network. bmphotographer/Shutterstock

June 27, 2019

Access across Australia: mapping 30‑minute cities, how do our capitals compare?

David Levinson, University of Sydney and Hao Wu, University of Sydney

How many opportunities you can reach depends on where you live and how you travel. A new report maps accessibility for our eight capital cities by car, public transport, cycling and walking.

Sydney CBD is highly accessible and remains clearly the dominant centre in the metropolitan region. Holli/Shutterstock

May 21, 2019

How close is Sydney to the vision of creating three 30‑minute cities?

Somwrita Sarkar, University of Sydney; David Levinson, University of Sydney, and Hao Wu, University of Sydney

When a city gets to a certain size, it starts to make sense to have multiple centres of activity, and three are planned for Sydney. So what needs to be done to bring the city closer to this goal?

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