Is the growing trend in e-bike and e-scooter use the key to reducing congestion on our roads - or a menace for unsuspecting pedestrians, drivers, and riders themselves? Reports of accidents are filling the airwaves as experts question how governments can best manage the rapid growth in sales of electric bikes and scooters. So, how... Continue Reading →

Australia is in the midst of a housing crisis. But amidst the political and media debate about the fixes to our housing woes, public housing has slipped from view. There's concern that funding commitments are a far cry from the broad based approach to public rental housing which has supported so many Australians in the... Continue Reading →

What is ‘public’ about our urban and regional transport systems - and how public should they be? Are our leaders actually serving public interests and values around public transport? Should a stick in the ground really count as a bus stop? And what the heck is a 'beg button'? In this episode of City Road... Continue Reading →

Has Australia’s housing debate turned toxic? On the one side, politicians, industry groups and free marketeers insist that relaxing planning rules will deliver more homes, lowering prices and rents. Others contend that unfair tax settings have pitted property investors against first home buyers, condemning younger generations and middle income workers to a precarious private rental... Continue Reading →

Innovation in how cities are governed is seen as providing solutions for the many challenges facing cities: climate change, housing affordability, livability, inclusion, equity and access to services and more. But how and why are novel approaches to governance becoming increasingly popular? What do they involve? Who do they involve? How do they work? Indeed,... Continue Reading →

Join us for a series of fascinating conversations about some of the most interesting books about cities and urban life. In keeping with the 2023 Festival of Urbanism theme of 'Contested Urbanism,' Dallas Rogers and Adam David Morton in Sydney, Jamie Peck in Vancouver, and Joe Penny in London interview authors about some of the most contested... Continue Reading →

Join us for a series of conversations about transforming infrastructure governance. Our shared futures and community well-being are shaped by urban infrastructure such as for transport, green space, water, social, and digital services. While many public discussions revolve around which infrastructure projects should be prioritised, there is growing recognition that questions of governance are critical... Continue Reading →