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A CHANGING FUTURE FOR CARS?
AS well as an important means of travel, cars have long been to varying degrees a status symbol, a cause of death and injury and serious pollution. But will it always be so? A series of trends identified in the latest edition of TransScan suggest the car's role in the future could be in for a profound makeover. Pollution will go, travel will become only part of the car's functions and perhaps of growing importance will be the role the car might play in earning its owner money while forming a small but vital role on a city's electricity grid. You can learn more by downloading a copy of Transscan journal.
Highlights from the journal
- Will more public transport help future cities thrive?
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Using tax to change people's travel habits - Cutting speed for the good of the planet?
- Why doctors want a say in city design
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Staff find an edible side to 'greening' an office - Victoria's urban planners told their role will be critical
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How old paintings can help track coastal evolution - Is an 'inland retreat' on the horizon?
- Getting into deep water to save money
- Can wind power stabilise transport costs?
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- Transport options dictate disposable income
- Expensive travel
- Designing cars to better protect pedestrians
- Children risk more than accidents from traffic
- Studies in tailgating
Greening the Nullabor- Indigenous people at greater risk on the roads
- Decentralisation: Who benefits from a big move?
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How climate change impacts an aging population -
Fresh water - but is it toxic? - Commuters start leaving their cars behind
- Trikes deliver as oil prices soar
- Japan goes underground for bike parking space
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The face behind the safety clip - A rule-breaking epidemic?
- Women hurt most by whiplash - and posture is blamed
- Gauging broader impacts of road pricing
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A flying solution to fuel efficiency - Indigenous housing: Building 'a shelter to conduct the business of living'
- Setting parameters for the next generation of housing
