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Cahill Expressway, Sydney. Photo: Corey Farwell
Planning & policy

Infrastructure Australia’s narrow remit is distorting cities

by Brian Feeney—February 9, 2022

Model of high density cityscape
Planning & policy

How city planning privileges the (in)vested few

by Brian Feeney, Mark Limb—September 22, 2021

Free car parking doesn't build on the strengths of Melbourne's CBD, and might actually detract from them. Image: Berenice Melis
Planning & policy

Melbourne, it’s time to go big on a car-free recovery

by Vaughn Allan—December 2, 2020

Like many divisions in our society, road rage towards cyclists is underpinned by history and values. Image: TH Chia
Transport

Road rage runs deep: How can we overcome the motorist-cyclist divide?

by Andrew Dawson, Jennifer Day—June 11, 2020

2019 is the international year of indigenous languages. A favourite story this month suggests we learn the original names of Australian trees.
Agriculture & environment

Foreground reads: our pick from around the web in March

by Foreground—April 4, 2019

Between May - August, Foreground will explore 'The Street', to better understand what the future holds.
Parks & places

The Street

by Foreground—May 3, 2018

Once the garage for the ‘Mad Max’ film franchise, Melbourne University's underground carpark now services inner Melbourne's traffic.
Planning & policy

Car parking is choking our cities, and we’re paying for the privilege

by Rebecca Clements and Alan March—February 8, 2018

CSIRO grassfire experiment. Image courtesy of the CSIRO.
Agriculture & environment

Survival of the ‘ecologically literate’

by Jared Green—May 23, 2017

Construction in Sydney's inner west.
Planning & policy

Budget 2017: The good, the bad and the murky

by Philip O'Neill and Marion Terrill—May 10, 2017

Infrastructure Australia sees a car-bound future ahead.
Transport

Landscape and energy missing from Infrastructure Australia’s national priority list

by Eisha Gupta—March 1, 2017

Take a good look before the station loses its mustard facade, its fifth colour over the building's long history.
Transport

Flinders Street Station ‘major restoration’ commences with a facelift

by Foreground Editors—February 2, 2017

Parramatta is powering a shift in public investment to the West
Planning & policy

Western Sydney key to healing a divided city

by Eisha Gupta—February 2, 2017

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