Planning transport infrastructure: examining the politics of transport planning in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth

Australian cities have observed a “consensus turn” expressed as broad public support of greater accessibility and public transport provision as revealed in metropolitan strategic plans. In contrast large-scale road projects proposed to traverse the inner-city of three major Australian cities reveals...

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Main Authors: Legacy, C., Curtis, Carey, Scheurer, J.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Routledge 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/51073
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description Australian cities have observed a “consensus turn” expressed as broad public support of greater accessibility and public transport provision as revealed in metropolitan strategic plans. In contrast large-scale road projects proposed to traverse the inner-city of three major Australian cities reveals an ongoing and deep-seated attachment by some to car-based travel in Australian urban transport planning. Comparative case studies of these three road projects in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth explores the impact that an antagonistic relationship between the state and community has on the culture of transport planning. Through observational insights, policy and media analysis and interviews with community groups, we show that this antagonistic planning culture arises when there is a fracture between metropolitan strategic plan-making and project planning, and when clear channels of communication and deliberation are undermined.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-510732017-09-13T15:41:22Z Planning transport infrastructure: examining the politics of transport planning in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth Legacy, C. Curtis, Carey Scheurer, J. Australian cities have observed a “consensus turn” expressed as broad public support of greater accessibility and public transport provision as revealed in metropolitan strategic plans. In contrast large-scale road projects proposed to traverse the inner-city of three major Australian cities reveals an ongoing and deep-seated attachment by some to car-based travel in Australian urban transport planning. Comparative case studies of these three road projects in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth explores the impact that an antagonistic relationship between the state and community has on the culture of transport planning. Through observational insights, policy and media analysis and interviews with community groups, we show that this antagonistic planning culture arises when there is a fracture between metropolitan strategic plan-making and project planning, and when clear channels of communication and deliberation are undermined. 2017 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/51073 10.1080/08111146.2016.1272448 Routledge restricted
spellingShingle Legacy, C.
Curtis, Carey
Scheurer, J.
Planning transport infrastructure: examining the politics of transport planning in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth
title Planning transport infrastructure: examining the politics of transport planning in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth
title_full Planning transport infrastructure: examining the politics of transport planning in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth
title_fullStr Planning transport infrastructure: examining the politics of transport planning in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth
title_full_unstemmed Planning transport infrastructure: examining the politics of transport planning in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth
title_short Planning transport infrastructure: examining the politics of transport planning in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth
title_sort planning transport infrastructure: examining the politics of transport planning in melbourne, sydney and perth
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/51073