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The Future of Transport and Building Cities that Work

I was lucky enough to attend the Australian Transport Summit (ATS) in Sydney on 18 August. The fifth ATS was jointly presented by the Tourism and Transport Forum and the UITP. The organisers brought together a mix of ‘transport types’ from Australia and around the world. The international speakers included people from the USA, Singapore, France and the UK. The key theme of the event was the future: traditionally transport has been characterized by a focus on infrastructure and vehicles…

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Bursting Your Own Information Bubble

Last week, Donald Trump launched a new TrumpTV weekly news bulletin to combat “fake news” and ensure his version of events was being heard. The result was unsurprisingly an audio-visual version of a company media release. It was neither real, in terms of a comprehensive account of events, nor completely fake, in terms of being inaccurate. Whether you call the news real, fake, biased or targeted probably depends on whether you agree with what is being said or not. The…