Australia

Beauty Queen's Day-Job is Town Planner

A town planner from Brisbane, Australia, has been crowned the beauty-queen face of an annual open-air motor racing event.
28 November 2008 - 11:00am
Gold Coast Bulletin

TOD Down Under

Transit-oriented development is catching on in Australia, as several projects spring up around Brisbane. The article is accompanied by a photo gallery of recent developments.
21 November 2008 - 8:00am
Brisbane Times

Sydney Facing Significant Risk From Climate Change

A new study warns that climate change will bring significant changes to weather patterns and coastlines, with serious planning implications for Sydney, Australia.
1 November 2008 - 1:00pm
Sydney Morning Herald

Desperate Commuters Cheating in Carpool Lanes

Commuters in Sydney, Australia are risking fines rather than waiting in traffic. Along one stretch of highway, over 1000 cheaters were documented in just one hour.
6 October 2008 - 2:00pm
The Daily Telegraph

Friday Funny: Mayor Urges Ugly Women to Move to Town

Facing what he sees as an extreme gender imbalance, the mayor of an Australian town has urged ugly women to move into town, assuring them they'll be able to find a man.
22 August 2008 - 2:00pm
AFP

Unique Wayfinding in Parking Lot

Boing Boing reports on Axel Peemoeller's award-winning parking lot design, which has giant words that snap into focus when you stand (or drive) in the right position.
6 August 2008 - 10:00am
Boing Boing

The City-Suburb Commute is Not What it Used to Be

Wendell Cox looks at commuting patterns, and finds that the old supposition that most commuters are going from suburban housing to urban jobs no longer holds water.
5 August 2008 - 9:00am
newgeography

Kids Afraid to Play in Public

A recent report by The Australian Commission of Children and Young People reveals that kids in Sydney are too afraid to play outside or ride the bus.
28 July 2008 - 1:00pm
The Daily Telegraph, Sydney

Sprawl Can Work, It Just Needs Fixing

If jobs and services are reoriented and public transport rethought, sprawling cities like Melbourne can mitigate the consequences of dwindling energy supplies, argues a recent column.
15 May 2008 - 10:00am
The Age

Curing Ills in Suburban Melbourne

Melbourne, Australia, has its own brand of suburban sprawl: suburbia without the space. A new comprehensive plan aims to address the woes of suburban Melbourne, but some say it doesn't go far enough.
12 May 2008 - 7:00am
The Age

Melbourne, Australia: A Pedestrian Paradise

After a decade spent redesigning the public realm, Melbourne, Australia is a haven of people-oriented development and mobility.
11 May 2008 - 5:00am
Streetsblog

Planning System Needs to Look at the 'Big Picture'

Officials in Melbourne, Australia, are so frustrated with the city's lackluster planning process that they are pushing for the creation of a new planning authority -- one they hope will look at the "big picture".
6 May 2008 - 1:00pm
The Age

Sydney Contemplating Tearing Down Freeway

Sydney Mayor Clover Moore has suggested that the road be demolished, and a recent report from planning experts indicates the plan would not bring the city's traffic to a halt.
2 April 2008 - 11:00am
The Sydney Morning Herald

Funding Remains Uncertain for Sydney's 'Grand Project'

A major plan to improve Sydney's walkability, urban design and public transit system have been applauded throughout the city. The only problem is figuring out how to pay for it.
27 March 2008 - 8:00am
The Sydney Morning Herald

Locals Apprehensively Excited About Sydney's Big Transit Plans

A recently announced $12.5 billion metropolitan rail system plan for Sydney has many in the region excited about finally getting a good mass transit system. But they are also wary, as many other proposals promising similar services were never kept.
24 March 2008 - 7:00am
The Sydney Morning Herald

Traffic Calmed

This video from StreetFilm shows the extensive traffic calming efforts taken by one beach community in Australia.
19 March 2008 - 2:00pm
Streetsblog

Drought Hurts Global Wheat Supplies

A severe drought in Australia has cut into the country's wheat production -- and pushed prices up all over the world.
15 March 2008 - 5:00am
BBC

Australia's 'White Flight' and the Rise of the Aborigines

The Aborigine population in Australia is on the rise, and the shift in demographics is posing problems for the country's school system.
13 March 2008 - 9:00am
The Sydney Morning Herald

City's 'Lungs' Paved Over

Urban projects have resulted in the paving over of significant chunks of parkland in Melbourne, Australia -- land set aside more than 150 years ago to act as the city's lungs.
11 March 2008 - 10:00am
The Age

Is Now the Time for an MPO in Melbourne?

With government plans to increase the amount of land used for affordable housing in Melbourne, Australia, some say it's time for a regional planning entity.
8 March 2008 - 9:00am
The Age
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