Cash grab or fair deal? Paid parking is coming to these popular day-trip areas

Cash grab or fair deal? Paid parking is coming to these popular day-trip areas

Tourists are facing parking fees in busy spots that have been traditionally free,as councils seek to raise revenue from day trippers.

  • byBenjamin Preiss

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Sydney’s traffic paradox:More cars,less traffic
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Traffic

Sydney’s traffic paradox:More cars,less traffic

Many congested roads have less peak hour traffic than five years ago,despite record car and driver registrations and millions fewer public transport trips.

  • byNigel Gladstone
The $15m roundabout that ended a popular local brewery

The $15m roundabout that ended a popular local brewery

The craft brewer is closing down after losing almost $1 million in trade during roadworks after failing to secure compensation from the state government.

  • byCatherine Naylor
Black spots revealed:Where you’re most likely to crash in Brisbane

Black spots revealed:Where you’re most likely to crash in Brisbane

Two major roads on either side of the Brisbane River have been identified as the city’s worst traffic accident black spots.

  • byMarissa Calligeros
NSW drivers to be tracked in average speed camera plan

NSW drivers to be tracked in average speed camera plan

A trial of point-to-point speed cameras in NSW has triggered an angry response from regional MPs who have derided it as a cash grab.

  • byChristopher Harris andMax Maddison
These SUV bro-blingers look prepped for the apocalypse. Shame they never leave the suburbs
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Cars

These SUV bro-blingers look prepped for the apocalypse. Shame they never leave the suburbs

Forget about treading lightly,or escalating environmental concerns,4WD-ers are following the current Ford exhortation to “go big”.

  • byMarish Mackowiak
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Bayside council fights state plans to choke main road

Bayside council fights state plans to choke main road

A nondescript underpass has become a lightning rod for a collision of big ideas about high-density housing,population boom,and a future built on rail. But in Cheltenham,the car is king.

  • byAdam Carey
Winners and losers from opening of the new motorway to Sydney Airport

Winners and losers from opening of the new motorway to Sydney Airport

The ribbon will be cut on the final section of the $2.6 billion motorway on Friday ahead of its opening to motorists early on Sunday.

  • byMatt O'Sullivan
Crackdowns and bans:How the world’s cities are dealing with e-scooters
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Europe

Crackdowns and bans:How the world’s cities are dealing with e-scooters

As Melbourne announces a ban on the controversial shared scooters,let’s take a look at how other cities,from London to New York,have addressed the issue.

  • byMichael Gebicki
The invisible barrier facing workers in building Sydney Airport’s new motorway

The invisible barrier facing workers in building Sydney Airport’s new motorway

Construction workers on the $2.6 billion motorway project faced a raft of hurdles,but one was more challenging than most.

  • byMatt O'Sullivan
Major Brisbane road artery to close for 17 days for repairs

Major Brisbane road artery to close for 17 days for repairs

One of Brisbane’s earliest toll bridges – a major traffic bottleneck – will close for most of September,but has sparked questions why sudden repairs were needed.

  • byTony Moore