We need a smarter approach to congestion than building more roads

Editor's note

Traffic congestion costs billions of dollars each year and, as new Grattan Institute research reveals, the problem in Sydney and Melbourne – Australia’s two largest cities – is only getting worse. Rethinking how we pay for roads and public transport, and not simply building more roads, might provide a way to ease drivers’ current road rage.

Michael Courts

Editor

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Traffic congestion is concentrated along particular routes, such as the Eastern Freeway/Hoddle Street corridor in Melbourne. Julian Smith/AAP

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