[LINK] Prime Minister Needs to Consider the Internet in City Planning

[Tom Worthington]

The latest edition of "On Line Opinion: Australia's free Internet
journal of social and political opinion" has an article on "Cities in
planning spotlight". I was surprised to find the author is "Kevin Rudd", 
the Prime Minister:
<http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9634>.

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"Around the world, nations are grappling with the challenge of planning
for the cities of the future. The forces of the global economy are
driving rapid urban growth and requiring governments to rethink their
approach to the planning and development of cities. ..."
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I agree with most of the PM's article, but have suggested that the
Internet needs to be incorporated in city planning. Projects such as
the NBN will change the shape of cities. The Internet can be used to 
improve public transport and combat climate change, but this needs to be 
incorporated into city planning to have the maximum benefit.

Examples of the Internet effecting cities are the use of WiFi on public 
transport increasing the acceptable journey time for commuters and the 
use of web booking for car share services. These are examples of changes 
which can be made to transport system much quicker and cheaper than 
building a metro or a hybrid car factory.

My and others comments on the article are at:
<http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=9634&page=0#154462>


ps: I am on On Line Opinion's Editorial Advisory Board, along with Mrs.
Turnbull: <http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/display.asp?page=eab>.


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