Don't abandon plans for high-speed rail in Australia – just look at all the benefits
- Written by Marcus Luigi Spiller, Associate Professor of Urban Planning (honorary), University of Melbourne
Thomas Nord/ShutterstockThe Grattan Institute’s call to “abandon” plans for any high-speed rail network in Australia fails to look at the wider benefits such a project can bring by way of more productive economies and more sustainable towns and cities.
The study authors argue the development of any bullet train network linking...





