In Price Tags 93, the seond in a recent series on Australian cities, this time: Melbourne.
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Like Vancouver (with which it shares the status of world’s most livable city), the Melbourne region is an overlapping mix of walking core, transit corridor and car-dependent suburb. But Melbourne has become an even better city than it was, at least in its central area.
This issue also takes a closer look at the pedestrian and cycling bridges that have been built in Melbourne and Brisbane (in part because they are river cities). But in this case, Brisbane is an even better example than Melbourne.
Gordon – congratulations on your Melbourne issue. As a Melbournian born and bred, I think you have portrayed the city in your usual pithy and elegant style, and given a fair assessment of Melbourne. The public transport system can certainly be improved – at the moment the intermodal connections are often missing or poor. Now Docklands – that’s a story firstly of politicians not listening to good professional advice from the Melbourne City Council, an organisation that had been creating a more liveable downtown for twenty years.
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Sean Ruthen, an architectural intern, sends along a newsletter from AIBC with a report on his trip to Melbourne. (Click here: http://www.aibc.ca/pdf/April_2007_Intern_Update.pdf)