Australia

The mayor of Sydney calls for investment in a new light rail network to combat congestion and improve public transport in the city.

While a London-style congestion charge is unpopular with voters, experts agree that a congestion pricing scheme for major arterial roads is the only way to solve the city's traffic problems.

After touring Seaside, Florida, a New Zealand developer is taking inspiration back home and developing two master-planned communities with garden parks and communal areas. Plans are underway to bring New Urbanism to New Zealand.

Architects, artists, urban planners, developers, designers and historians comment on the world's formerly most livable city, why it's lost the title and how to can reclaim it.

Six years and millions of dollars later, Sydney's public transit users are still without a universal fare card system.

Globalization and suburbanization have boosted Sydney's economy, despite the protests of "enemies" of such trends.

Many people think, and some research shows, that life in the suburbs make you fat. Now comes new research from Australia that the suburbs actually make you thin.

Columnist Michael Duffy argues that new planning techniques and leadership in Sydney are discouraging sprawl and forcing density into the cities and towns that can least support the growth.

Michael Duffy, host of 'Counterpoint' on Australia's Radio National, interviews Joel Kotkin about Richard Florida's creative class theory and Kotkin's new book, "The City: A Global History."

Dense, arty neighborhoods have failed to attract talent and capital, writes Joel Kotkin. What people really want is affordable space.

New South Wales Sustainability Commissioner Peter Newman is fired as the state's sustainability commissioner.

The Planning Institute of Australia (PIA) disagrees with Demographia's recent study on housing affordability.

A report by the Australia government warns that climate change could make large swaths of the continent uninhabitable.

The Melbourne Docklands project is recognized as Australia's most significant urban design achievement for 2004.

Koalas face threat of extinction due to coastal urban sprawl in Australia.

The Federal Government in Australia has no specific road responsibilities, but holds a large share of the purse strings and sets priorities in this area.

Latest population, household and labor statistics from Australia.

Sydney, Australia lacks land and infrastructure at its fringes.

A new railway across the continent's unforgiving center -- a dream of Australians for generations -- has been completed linking southern Australia to Darwin.

Rapid spread of urban development into forested areas in one of the most fire-prone regions of the world has created a dangerous situation.