With over half a million people, the Gold Coast is currently the sixth largest city in Australia and one of the most rapidly developing urban areas in the country. Unfortunately, it is also highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and has been hard hit by storms, flooding, heatwaves, and droughts in recent years...

Light rail as a means for inner-city transit is undergoing a renaissance across Australia. Introducing a new mode of public transport, light rail projects can become catalytic agents for urban renewal. Unable or reluctant to deliver light rail infrastructure, Australian governments have turned to the private sector; entering performance-based public-private partnerships (PPPs) to design, construct...

Encouraging greater levels of physical activity is a key policy focus in many urban areas, given the link between this and improved physical and mental health outcomes. The majority of previous studies on walkability however, have focussed on walking for transport; and generally consisted of creating desktop based walkability indices using variables such as residential...

This report sets out initiatives that seek to position the Gold Coast to retain its competitive advantage.

The Draft Transport Operations Plan for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018) has been released for public comment until 28 February 2017. In the Draft Transport Operations Plan, you will find Games-time travel options for spectators, Games workforce, visitors, residents, businesses and freight transporters.