Peter Newman, Curtin University, Author at The Fifth Estate

Infrastructure & transport

Nobody called this a bus after taking a ride! The trackless tram experience and what they said

by Peter Newman, Curtin University 28 November 202330 November 2023

Aerial view of Homebush Bay, Sydney, Australia.

Embracing density – here is a planning model that could work

by Peter Newman, Curtin University 14 August 202314 August 2023

Metro West train wreck: what can we learn and should we be on a different track altogether?

by Peter Newman, Curtin University 31 July 20231 August 2023

The Melbourne Apartments Project home ownership

Affordable, well-located housing – how? Time for a new Better Cities

by Peter Newman, Curtin University 20 June 202320 June 2023

Trackless trams, land development and integrated urban futures

by Peter Newman, Curtin University 1 June 20236 June 2023

You’re wrong Matt Canavan. Especially on lithium. Here’s a Western Australian response

by Peter Newman, Curtin University 3 May 20224 May 2022

Books: How to inject new life into outdated suburbs

by Peter Newman, Curtin University, Peter Newton, Swinburne University of Technology, Stephen Glackin, Swinburne University of Technology and Giles Thomson, Curtin University 1 February 202222 February 2022

Fast-tracked planning for the coronavirus recovery: Can triage help?

by Peter Newman, Curtin University 27 April 2020

Infrastructure & transport

High-speed rail? At $200 billion we’d better get it right

by Peter Newman, Curtin University 19 July 20163 May 2022

“The 30-minute city”: how do we put the political rhetoric into practice?

by Peter Newman, Curtin University 21 March 2016

Infrastructure & transport

Defying the “one-hour rule” for city travel, traffic modelling drives policy madness

by Peter Newman, Curtin University 19 January 201621 January 2016

Infrastructure & transport

Want to build better cities? Get the private sector involved in rail projects

by Peter Newman, Curtin University 16 December 2015

Engineering/Technology

Going down the same old road: driverless cars aren’t a fix for our transport woes

by Peter Newman, Curtin University 2 December 2015

Infrastructure & transport

The light rail genie is out of the bottle, but how many cities will get their wish?

by Peter Newman, Curtin University 8 October 2015

Don’t panic! Traffic congestion is not coming for our cities

by Peter Newman, Curtin University 27 July 201527 July 2015

Infrastructure & transport

How to build light rail in our cities without emptying the public purse

by Peter Newman, Curtin University 20 April 201520 April 2015

Perth could become a model for 21st-century urban planning

by Peter Newman, Curtin University 10 February 2015

Infrastructure & transport

The East-West Link is dead – a victory for 21st-century thinking

by Peter Newman, Curtin University 3 December 2014

Peter Newman: the top 10 myths about high density

by Peter Newman, Curtin University 20 August 201419 September 2016

Peter Newman: Why climate whingers and climate deniers need to get real

by Peter Newman, Curtin University 19 December 201326 August 2014