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More than 1,300 people died on Australia’s roads in the last year. New modelling identifies the people and regions most at risk of future tragedies unless there’s a more targeted approach to road safety.
Good roads, a reliable supply of electricity and proper water management are necessary for economic growth and job creation.
Africa’s used vehicle dependency is often attributed to low income and weak regulation.
What’s in store for South Africa’s agricultural sector.
Politicians have committed billions to projects without knowing if those projects are in the community’s interest.
Three experts explain a few aspects of American infrastructure that desperately need investment.
Government investment in roads, railroads and other public services has always involved social programming, both for good and for ill.
President Biden wants to use his $2.25 trillion infrastructure plan to shore up child and home care. A scholar explains why that kind of care is just as critical as roads and bridges.
A review of all public road and rail projects worth $20 million or more and completed since 2001 reveals a 21% cost overrun. Worryingly, costs of bigger projects blew out more often and by more.
The states are primarily responsible for providing infrastructure, but lack the budgets, especially since the pandemic hit revenues. Making up the shortfall depends very much on the Commonwealth.
Once again, the state looks intent on pressing ahead with a huge road project without releasing a business case. Among the many concerns is the failure to look at lower-emission alternatives.
Smaller projects are better for delivering broad, long-term value to communities across the country, reducing inequality and cutting emissions, as well as quickly providing jobs and economic stimulus.
After the ‘world’s biggest work-from-home experiment’, many people (and their employers) might decide they needn’t commute every day. If even a fraction do that, infrastructure needs will change.
States across Australia are increasingly using market-led proposals to build infrastructure. The emerging problems reflect the inherent risks of projects that bypass proper public planning processes.
Faced with the eye-watering costs of building infrastructure, it makes sense to turn to much more cost-effective smart technology to get traffic flowing.
Climate change science was driven by curiosity in the past. Now climate researchers need to focus on managing the risk of global warming’s ill effects.
Despite boasts of ‘record’ infrastructure spending, relative to GDP it’s comparable to previous budgets. What’s different is that Treasurer Frydenberg has chanced his arm more over the longer term.
The major parties are promising projects costing tens of billions of dollars, with a surprisingly large overlap between them. Yet only two have been endorsed by infrastructure authorities.
The NSW government will spend more than $23 billion on toll road, and recoup just $4 billion by selling it.
Top contributors
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Transport and Cities Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Transport Fellow, Grattan Institute
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Associate Professor of Urban Planning, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Associate, University of Oxford
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Honorary Associate Professor in Planning, University of Queensland, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of Sociology, UMass Lowell
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Applied Ecology, Lancaster University
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Professor of Environmental Geography, School of Biological Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW Sydney, UNSW
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Professor of History, Rice University
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Associate professor, Stockholm University
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Professor of Earth Sciences, Rutgers University
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Senior Lecturer, University of New England
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Professor, Director of the Centre for Robotics, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Earth Sciences and Executive Director, Environmental Resilience Institute, Indiana University
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Senior Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University