The model can help state governments to avoid huge upfront spending and shift some risks onto private firms. But taxpayers often pick up the bill in other ways.
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NSW could buy the private operator Transurban and then charge lower tolls over a greater number of roads.
Politicians oppose toll roads on Johannesburg’s highways, yet they are textbook example of progressive taxation that favours the poor.
Busting congestion requires some creativity - and evidence-based methods. Here are four of these.
Recent decisions to proceed with major road projects have not considered viable alternatives, despite this being a legal requirement.
Australia's transport infrastructure needs urgent upgrades. But with governments willing to fund only one or two major projects, how do we decide which infrastructure project to prioritise?
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.
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.
Australia spends more on infrastructure today than at any stage in its history. Yet governments are unable to meet demand and don’t expect ever to do so. What can governments do to keep up with escalating…
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