Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Melbourne
Crystal Legacy is the coordinator of the new subject Urban Transport Politics at the University of Melbourne. Her research interests are in the area of urban policy and conflict, urban governance, democratic planning and urban infrastructure politics in Australian and Canadian cities.
Will the population freeze allow our big cities to catch up on infrastructure?
Oct 29, 2020 10:01 am UTC| Economy
The 2020 federal budget forecasts Australias population growth will slow to almost zero over several years because of COVID-19 and related restrictions. This leads to the question: will this period allow the big cities to...
We're still fighting city freeways after half a century
Dec 11, 2019 11:59 am UTC| Insights & Views
This is the third article in a series to mark the 50th anniversary of the landmark Melbourne Transportation Plan. Like the modernist plans of its time, the 1969 Melbourne Metropolitan Transportation Plan was bold in...
Market-led infrastructure may sound good but not if it short-changes the public
Dec 03, 2019 03:42 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The privatisation of services in Australian cities has weakened public control of key infrastructure. This is likely to accelerate as governments look to market-led proposals to provide infrastructure. For nearly three...
$500m for station car parks? Other transport solutions could do much more for the money
Apr 08, 2019 05:18 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Half a billion dollars sounds like a lot of money, but that really depends on what youre spending it on. In Tuesdays federal budget, the Coalition government announced its Commuter Car Park Fund, a A$500 million package...
There’s an extra $1 billion on the table for NT schools. This could change lives if spent well
Political donations rules are finally in the spotlight – here’s what the government should do