PhD Candidate, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, University of Melbourne
Rebecca Clements is an urban planning PhD candidate at the Melbourne School of Design, University of Melbourne, examining car parking policy in Japanese cities. Her work more broadly focuses on transport justice and accessibility, as well as urban governance and social equity, particularly concerning the conflicts between urban transitions and car dominance, and the role of planning in inequality and public wealth.
She has previously worked as a research assistant at the University of Melbourne on projects concerning affordable housing, disaster risk resilience and level crossing removal, as well as teaching in a range of areas from strategic and transport planning, urban history and transport politics. She also works as a cartoonist and illustrator.
$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...
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