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Inspiring cities #1 - Curitiba Brazil

June 9th, 2008 at 11:30pm |

An SBS Lateline program about Curitiba, Brazil.
Mayor Jaime Lerner was elected in the 70s and faced a proposal to demolish buildings on his main street to east traffic congestion. Instead he did the opposite, he turned the city’s main spine over to a pedestrian mall and busway. Most inspiring though is his problem [...]

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MCC committee rejects tunnel

June 4th, 2008 at 2:48am |

Hundreds of The Greens’ “No Road Tunnel” triangles made their way to Melbourne City Council’s Planning Committee meeting last night, in the hands of angry Kensington, North Melbourne, Carlton and Parkville residents. (Above: residents in the council chambers building foyer queuing to get into the meeting)
The Planning Committee met in the packed-out Yarra room at [...]

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Authorised by Greg Barber, 377 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne. greg.barber@vic.greens.org.au