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Reader contributions

Your views: on traffic policy, city bikeways, and a large novelty cheque

Today, readers comment on traffic congestion and infrastructure planning, get into gear about the city’s east-west bikeway, and offer their two cents about a Liberal candidate’s novelty cheque

Opinion

Our traffic congestion 'problem' is overblown

Instead of spending ever more on roads, we can learn from overseas experience in using congestion as a ‘friend’ to manage the development of transport networks and of the city itself, writes Brian Feeney.

Local

Council to consider Adelaide CBD congestion tax

The Adelaide City Council will consider the merits of a congestion tax to reduce traffic woes in the CBD – but the State Government says it’s “vehemently opposed” to the proposal.

Opinion

Multi-billion-dollar road spending based on flawed model

Flawed traffic modelling is being used to justify billions of dollars of spending on roads that will destroy Australia’s urban fabric, argues Peter Newman.