Toronto

Conference paper

Scale, territory, and the organisation of the state in transport planning in Melbourne, Australia, and Toronto, Canada

Transport planning is the set of state-led practices that seek to improve (using) mobility, with reference to an idealised future imaginary. This research characterises how scale is deployed in practices of transport planning, with a focus on the Melbourne (Australia) and Toronto (Canada) urban regions...
Conference paper

Google’s Quayside, Cisco’s Panyu District development and the possible Australian future of Smart Cities investment

Smart Cities is a planning movement that uses information technology to develop cities of ‘intelligent’ sense and response. This paper looks at two of the highest profile Smart City initiatives under this new model; explores the spatial strategies being employed, and explores possible futures for...
Conference paper

Valuing public transport customer amenities: A survey of practice across Australasian and international transit agencies

Public transport customer amenities cover a range of ancillary improvements which are not directly related to operations or service quantity but can enhance the quality of the passenger experience. Examples include information provision, passenger facilities, station/stop quality and personal security measures. While much research has...
Conference paper

Partnerships for affordable housing: lessons from Melbourne, Portland, Vancouver and Toronto

This paper examines how key actors in the affordable housing industry work together in affordable housing partnerships.
Working paper

Do public choice and public transport mix? An Australian-Canadian comparison

This paper explores the causes of, and evaluates possible remedies for, the decline of public transport in Melbourne.