Professor at UNSW Law & Justice. Author of Owning the Street https://xitter.cf/t.co/Tg0T9gCHYx Working on law and cities, especially streets.
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How Musk broke Twitter and helped elect Trump
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Amazing response to QLD e-bike incentive scheme w xtra $1m! Response surpassed all expectations, over 860 applns for purchase incentives in 3 just days! WeRide modelling presented to QLD Govt showed that ROI is $7 for every $1 invested. More: weride.org.au/policy-plannin…
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🆕 Research Handbook on Property, Law and Theory, edited by @DurhamLawSchool's Chris Bevan
Over 30 contributors incl' @EzraRosser @jeremie_gilbert @JamesYStern @naameni @RAuchmuty + many more
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ALT This comprehensive Research Handbook interrogates and offers historical as well as contemporary understandings of property, property law and property theory. Chapters locate the role of property in key theoretical debates and examine property’s place in significant social contexts, covering topics such as Indigenous property, artificial intelligence, cryptoassets, property and the art world, environmentalism and climate change.
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Delighted to announce the call for academic participants for our interdisciplinary Summer Residence 2025 on "Conceptual Innovation, Methods & Law". Scholars at all career stages welcome. King's College London 16 June-3rd July.
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New study links car tires to cardiovascular disease:
People w/high levels of microplastics in their blood were more likely to have a stroke or heart attack.
Biggest source of US microplastic pollution: Tire erosion
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We are excited to announce that applications for JMI’s 2024 Policy Challenge Grants are now open to all researcher from our partner universities! This year’s thematic focus surrounds intergenerational equity across five key areas of public policy. Apply now and find out more about the opportunity here: jmi.org.au/jmi-policy-challe…
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BREAKING: Paris voters just won referendum 55% to TRIPLE parking charges for SUVs!
“We’re doing this to reduce pollution & to make our children safer because these cars are dangerous. Paris is transforming itself to allow people to breathe & live better.”
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“It is a form of social justice,” Anne Hidalgo announced on Friday of the plan to target SUV drivers to tackle the climate breakdown and air pollution. theguardian.com/world/2023/d…
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Melbourne council votes to drop speed limit to 30km/h to protect cyclists, pedestrians theage.com.au/national/victo…
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This new mid-rise in #Oulu 🇫🇮 has 80+ covered parking places for bicycles, easily accessible. There's another 80+ easily accessible warm indoor spots (not visible here). This is because of city bicycle parking minimums that regulate both the amount & quality of bike parking 👌 1/
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Austin Becomes The Largest U.S. City to Eliminate Parking Minimums usa.streetsblog.org/2023/11/…
We are seeking a program coordinator to join the fantastic team @shelternsw working toward a sustainable housing system and a secure home for all. Please share widely! seek.com.au/job/70643449
Come and work with us at UNSW! The Cities Institute is hiring an Associate Director First Nations and 2 x Scientia Fellows (focus areas: city infrastructure and city wellbeing).
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The August 2023 special issue (Vol. 60 Issue 11) of #UrbanStudies is out now: Municipalist Strategy in Crisis? Guest edited by Laura Roth, Bertie Russell (@alterurbanist) and Matthew Thompson
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A little bit of green can make a big change.
Observe the contrast on the same street when measuring the temperature. The asphalt road registered a high of 33 °C, while the newly installed semi-hardened parking lots showed a considerably lower temperature of 21 °C.
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People who commute by bike have:
- a 52% lower risk of death from heart disease;
- a 46% lower risk of developing heart disease;
- a 40% lower risk of death from cancer
- a 45% lower risk of developing cancer
#CityMakingMath British study in @bmj_latest: bmj.com/content/357/bmj.j145…
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Part 2 this morning! Tune in to @4zzzradio from 9-10 to hear from people who've thought more than you'd ever thought possible about the politics, problems, and possibilities of car parking -@kinokofry, @jonathan_sri, @ALCThorpe <3
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Chalk drawings on the road, bikes cutting laps & laughter in the air
Time to move school car drop off zones & create calmer streets permanently making it safe for children to bike to school.
Open Streets @bicycle_network partnerships with councils
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