James Hansen

The 30 minute city; a metric, not a destination

8:30 pm

The 30 minute city is not a place. It is not a CBD or a downtown centre that can be somehow reached within 30 minutes. It is, however, a powerful and insightful metric of how a city functions. For planners and urban policy experts the 30 minute city should be simply defined as, “what can I access in...

Cities 101: Strategic Planning

3:32 pm

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Cities 101: Infrastructure Shapes Cities

3:27 pm

How transport capacity, speed, and frequency shapes land use ...

Cities 101: Funding Infrastructure

3:12 pm

Where, When, Who, How The livability and economic prosperity of our cities is underpinned by an array of social and economic infrastructure, and while the social and economic benefits of infrastructure are well known and understood, finding the money to build, operate and maintain this infrastructure can be a daunting task. This post briefly explains some of the key elements...

Cities 101: Roads and Streets

9:47 am

Roads and are for going places, Streets are places All too often I hear the words roads and streets used interchangeably, these words describe two very different things, and the distinction is important. Roads are the critical arteries of our towns and cities. They form networks of mobility for moving people and goods within and between our cities....

Response to:Public Transport’s Biggest Problem: The Public

4:25 pm

In response to Ross Elliott's article Public Transport’s Biggest Problem: The Public Sorry Ross, but you've missed the mark on this one. The future of work, life and play are increasingly concentrated in higher density compact urban environments, and the infrastructure we need to support productivity and liveability in those environments is increasingly high capacity public transport networks. The suburbanisation of...

Raise the Tank Stream

6:27 pm

At the heart of Sydney's story is a little creek call the Tank Stream. The original fresh water source of the colonial settlement, the tank stream was a dominate feature of life and the landscape of Sydney. However, with "progress" we've covered and all but forgotten this central character in Sydney's history. I thnk it's time we corrected...