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Cars killing community

September 19, 2008 · Filed under commentary · Tagged , ,

A UK study has found – or perhaps, confirmed – that cars kill local communities (as well as, literally, killing a large number of people every year). People living on streets with high volumes of traffic are less likely to consider their neighbours as friends, had less of a sense of pride in their street, and had more mental and physical health problems than people living on streets with little traffic.

 

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Mad Max comes to west Sydney

May 1, 2008 · Filed under commentary · Tagged , , ,

An interesting piece in today’s Daily Telegraph quotes Curtin University Professor Peter Newman, speaking at a conference examining western Sydney’s future. Prof Newman warns that with oil prices rising, areas of Sydney’s car-dependent west could turn into isolated crime-ridden wastelands, while those who can afford it will continue to move back to inner-city “eco-claves” in the eastern suburbs and inner west, close to jobs and public transport.

“There will be wealthy eco-claves surrounded by Mad Max suburbs,” Prof Newman said, adding that an improved rail network is the only thing that can save western Sydney.

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