It's not hard to imagine what life in one of Australia's big cities in 2020 would be like if we keep going with the roads obsession of successive governments. With peak oil and carbon pricing driving petrol costs through the roof, battling worse air pollution and worse congestion, there would still be no real alternative for those who want to get off the oil addiction and get out of their cars.
But, just for a minute, imagine if the State, Federal and local governments decided to change direction.
Picture living in a thriving community, a clean city, with regular, fast, safe trams, buses and trains running around a well-constructed network, planned around community needs and desires. A city of 5 million people or more running smoothly, cleanly and happily!
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