Posts with the tag Sydney. http://greatergreaterwashington.org/tag/Sydney/ en-us http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/11131/australia-literally-paying-for-sprawl/ by <a href="http://greatergreaterwashington.org/ericfidler/" style="color: black"><span class="byline_name">Eric Fidler</span></a> <p style="margin-top: 1em">Following decades of a housing supply unable to meet demand, Sydney has thrown in the beach towel and will <a target="_blank" onClick="return countClick('http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/29/sydney-pays-people-to-leave', '11131')" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/29/sydney-pays-people-to-leave" style="color: black">pay residents $7,500 to move to the exurbs</a>. No joke. (Guardian, Andrew S.) <p style="margin-top: 1em"><a href="http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/11131/australia-literally-paying-for-sprawl/#comments">Comment</a></p><div><span class="related_posts_title">Related posts:</span><ul style="margin: 0"><li><a href=http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/10284/the-sprawl-lobby-girds-for-another-assault/ style="color: black">The sprawl lobby girds for another assault</a> <span class="nw">(Jun 9, 2011)</span><li><a href=http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/1107/the-era-of-big-commute-is-over/ style="color: black">The era of big commute is over</a> <span class="nw">(Aug 5, 2008)</span><li><a href=http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/493/soaring-gas-prices-are-slowing-sprawl/ style="color: black">Soaring gas prices are slowing sprawl</a> <span class="nw">(Nov 13, 2007)</span><li><a href=http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/1721/encourage-renting-and-mobility-to-reduce-sprawl/ style="color: black">Encourage renting and mobility to reduce sprawl</a> <span class="nw">(Feb 24, 2009)</span></ul></div> http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post.cgi?id=11131 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 11:57:00 EDT http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/7111/slowdown-in-sydney/ by <a href="http://greatergreaterwashington.org/erikw/" style="color: black"><span class="byline_name">Erik Weber</span></a> <p style="margin-top: 1em">The re-balancing of streets continues worldwide as Sydney, Australia <a target="_blank" onClick="return countClick('http://smh.drive.com.au/roads-and-traffic/pedestrians-rule-in-big-city-slowdown-20100912-156zc.html', '7111')" href="http://smh.drive.com.au/roads-and-traffic/pedestrians-rule-in-big-city-slowdown-20100912-156zc.html" style="color: black">plans on giving pedestrians more space in the downtown core</a>, reducing speed limits to 40 km/h and introducing some shared streets with limits of 10 km/h. (Sydney Morning Herald, Chris R.)<p style="margin-top: 1em"><a href="http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/7111/slowdown-in-sydney/#comments">Comment</a></p> http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post.cgi?id=7111 Sun, 12 Sep 2010 03:35:00 EDT