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Tunnel vision: the claim that more roads equals less congestion fails to see the wider picture. AAP Image/Dean Lewins

Do more roads really mean less congestion for commuters?

Matthew Beck, University of Sydney and Michiel Bliemer, University of Sydney

A new road may provide motorists with some level of respite from congestion in the short term. But almost all of the benefit from the road will be lost in the longer term.
The federal and NSW governments have thrown their support behind the WestConnex toll road, but are they looking at the wrong numbers on projected usage? AAP Image/Paul Miller

Why fewer drivers are likely to use WestConnex than predicted

Michiel Bliemer, University of Sydney

Australia has a history of over-predicting the usage of roads, a fact worth remembering when you hear the NSW government say 120,000 cars a day will use Stage 3 of the WestConnex.
Professor Ian Harper, chair of the competition review, has surprised some with the review panel’s recommendations. Julian Smith/AAP

Harper competition review seeks widespread change: experts react

Bruce Baer Arnold, University of Canberra; Caron Beaton-Wells, The University of Melbourne; Elizabeth Savage, University of Technology Sydney; Emma Rowe, Monash University; Jim Gillespie, University of Sydney; Michiel Bliemer, University of Sydney; Philip Clarke, The University of Melbourne, and Russell Miller, Australian National University

Restrictions on retail trading hours, taxis, pharmacies and parallel imports should be lifted according to a far-reaching draft report by the Competition Policy Review. Professor Ian Harper’s new report…
Roads are the way to go for the 2014 federal budget. tim rich and lesley katon/Flickr

Federal budget 2014: infrastructure experts react

Michiel Bliemer, University of Sydney; Christopher Standen, University of Sydney; Graham Currie, Monash University; Jemma Green, Curtin University, and Phillip O'Neill, Western Sydney University

The Abbott government has committed an additional A$11.6 billion for an “infrastructure growth package” that is heavy on roads, but aimed at fast-tracking what it considers critical infrastructure. The…
A proposal to remove registration and petrol taxes and replace them with distance charges should get the green light. AAP/Lukas Coch

Making road users pay could clear infrastructure gridlock

Michiel Bliemer, University of Sydney

This week, Australian motoring groups decided to back road user charges, arguing that it would be a fairer system. At the same time, the groups said the change to user charges would secure sufficient funding…

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