Planned Spatial Restructuring of Australian Cities: Are The Transport Benefits Of Employment Decentralisation Policies Greater Than Those Of Transit-Oriented Development?

摘要: Perth and Brisbane are both subject to new state government office decentralisation policies. Unlike residential Transit-Oriented Development (TOD), which is proving difficult achieve in practice, moving workplaces out of Australia’s highly centralised city centres easier for governments enact. Urban restructuring via employment thought offer specific transport benefits risks, yet these mostly unexplored the contemporary Australian context. This paper explores whether planned policies greater than those TOD, help gauge planners should give support agenda. The efficacy TOD as a means change travel behaviour summarised from systematic review previous studies. Modelling an idealised scenario year 2031 was produced generate set likely changes. Methods doing comparative developed. results suggest that can improve systems sustainability, particularly by reducing vehicle times, albeit after short-term dislocations workplace moves resolved. research brings into question overwhelming continued focus much planning profession on main (and sometime only) land use intervention being harnessed alleviate traffic congestions sustainable behaviour. A broader urban structure metropolitan policy appears warranted.