Abstract: Six major issues (originally divergent but now converging) provide an important framework for future transport and urban planning decisions in Australian cities. These are: economics of urban infrastructure provision (the costs of sprawl) / local environment / transport fuel situation / greenhouse reduction strategy / human element / economic vitality and international competitiveness (including freight movement). Melbourne's inner urban councils, through the Inner Metropolitan Regional Association, have developed a detailed public transport strategy for their region. This represents a watershed in urban transport planning, being the first such initiative by a group of councils in Victoria and possible Australia and as a 'bottom up' approach to regional planning as distinct from the traditional 'top down' approach. The strategy shows that Melbourne is caught between the competing directions of car based dispersal and transit based concentration and has little time left to make a real commitment towards a more transit based concentrated and liveable city. Public transport in Melbourne is not performing to its full potential relative to the excellent infrastructure it possesses and the positive land use features which can be exploited. If present trends continue, the scales are tipped in favour of Melbourne moving towards a much more car dependent model which would have serious implications. The paper includes a case study of St Kilda.
Publication Year: 1992
Publication Date: 1992-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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