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More People Will Cycle When Everyone Accepts Cyclists’ Right To Be On The Road

By Urban Melbourne on 15 Oct 2015 No Comments yet, your thoughts are very welcome

Do you recognise bicycle riders as legitimate road users? Cycling accounts for 1% of daily trips in Australia and the main barrier to greater uptake seems to be the widespread concern about safety. Urban Melbourne looks at the challenges of boosting the numbers of people travelling by bike. ...

Interim Central Melbourne Planning Controls: The Detail

By Urban Melbourne on 18 Sep 2015 No Comments yet, your thoughts are very welcome

What will the new planning controls mean for Melbourne’s CBD and Southbank? Urban Melbourne gives a comprehensive report on the Victorian Government’s new gazetted interim planning controls, including setbacks and plot ratios and discretionary height limits. ...

Tall Buildings And The Public Realm

By Urban Melbourne on 10 Sep 2014 No Comments yet, your thoughts are very welcome

The love affair with tall buildings is undeniable. Initially very much a western society symbol of power and progress that started in the late 19th century, the tall building love affair has well and truly infected developing nations throughout Asia and the Middle East, for many of the same reasons ...

Sydney Introduces Game-Changing Recycling Measure

By Urban Melbourne on 28 Aug 2014 No Comments yet, your thoughts are very welcome

Last month the City of Sydney implemented a scheme with the potential to deliver multiple positive social and environmental outcomes. Two new recycling machines capable of holding 2,000 empty deposited plastic bottles or cans are now available for use, and in return the user will be rewarded with a small donation to charity ...

Observing the Current Melbourne-Sydney Development Dynamic

By Urban Melbourne on 17 Jul 2014 No Comments yet, your thoughts are very welcome

There has been a concerted media push recently to stoke the Melbourne versus Sydney rivalry, in light of Melbourne's booming apartment sector. All in all, these articles have been written well and are quite informative, with a pinch of "Yeah we're better than you" from either side for good measure ...

Getting Public Transport Right Means Less Emphasis on Rail

By Urban Melbourne on 16 Jul 2014 No Comments yet, your thoughts are very welcome

News of a new bus route is usually greeted with indifference, but lobbying for a new train line can keep thousands of potential commuters busy for years. In Australian cities, the answer to the question “how do we improve public transport?” is almost invariably, “with a rail project". But why? ...

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