Urban Transport: Looking Ahead

Publication Subject(s)
cities
forecasting
Publication Type
Information Sheet
ISSN
1440-9593
Release date

Australian cities have been transformed from fairly tightly knit core-and-spoke configurations, to sprawling suburban low-density configurations. This transformation of urban land use has been accompanied and made possible by a rapid improvement and spread of the road system, and an even more rapid expansion in per person car ownership.