High-Speed Rail Necessary as Airport Patronage Increases
Significant growth in domestic patronage at Melbourne’s Tullamarine Airport underscores the need for a high-speed rail (HSR) link between Australia’s largest cities, Melbourne and Sydney. New figures...
View Articlesmh: Peak oil: it's closer than you think
Peak oil is forcing its way to the top of the agenda with stark warnings from the International Energy Agency and others repeated on ABC radio and television this week, after an investigation by the...
View ArticleDr Sakdirat Kaewunruen from RailCorp talks about electrified rail in Australia
Beyond Zero Emissions' Matthew Wright speaks to Dr Sakdirat Kaewunruen, from Rail Corp, about innovations in electrified rail with a focus on Japan and how these innovations can be implemented in...
View ArticleZero Carbon transport: what might it look like?
On the world stage Australia has one of the highest concentrations of private cars per head of population, and we drive very high numbers of kilometres per person.This behaviour has been long supported...
View ArticlePooran Desai OBE, BioRegional & BedZED eco-village
Pooran Desai OBE is Co-founder of BioRegional and International Director of One Planet Communities, not-for-profit organisations creating an initiative of practical projects and partnerships that...
View ArticleElection Edition
Welcome to Beyond Zero's Election Edition, where Vivien Langford talks to the three major political parties about their policies on climate change.Greg Hunt, Liberal MP, Shadow Minister for...
View ArticleDavid Feng talks High Speed Rail (HSR) in China
David Feng is an academic, blogger, radio personality and a train buff who has clocked in more than 45,000 kilometers to around 20 Chinese provinces in the...
View ArticleWhat does urban rail really cost to build?
The official estimate of the cost to build the Melbourne Metro rail tunnel is $9 billion but some advocates claim it’s only $3 billion. What explains the huge difference in these two claims?By Alan...
View ArticleRegular investment key to upgrading PT and curing Melbourne transport woes
Media release, 20 November 2013A budgeted annual investment of $1.74 billion would build the comprehensive rail network upgrade and expansion proposed by Public Transport Victoria, according to a study...
View ArticleScrap East-West Link, build public transport
Narendra Kommalapoti, Green Left WeeklyCommunities in the firing line of the East-West Link road in Melbourne have been agitating not merely against the tunnel, but for a shift of transport priorities...
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