On 18 May 2011, the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport released Our Cities, Our Future – A National Urban Policy for a productive, sustainable and liveable future. Our Cities, Our Future was developed by the Major Cities Unit; part of the Department of Infrastructure and Transport and is seen as a blueprint for making Australia’s 18 biggest cities and regional centres more productive, sustainable and liveable. The document considers ways to:
- better connect infrastructure with work and opportunity in cities to reduce people’s dependency on the car;
- develop high quality public transport and infrastructure systems to ease congestion and improve quality of life;
- reduce the carbon footprint of cities and adapt them to the consequences of climate change; and
- improve urban planning and design to better reflect increasingly diverse lifestyles.
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