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Ross Lowrey
Jul 152 min read
An abundant supply of affordable housing
Decentralisation into regional centres connected by high speed rail will provide an abundant supply of affordable housing for many...
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Ross Lowrey
Jul 102 min read
High Speed Planning
It's been a busy time for us with the mini-conference in Sydney and Andrew McNaughton's visit to Melbourne. So I missed out on telling...
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Ross Lowrey
Jul 22 min read
Take-outs from our mini-conference
Last week we helped the Australian High Speed Association (AuHSR) hold its inaugral mini-conference with the British expert, Andrew...
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Ross Lowrey
Jun 233 min read
Establish Joint State and Federal Government Governance
The final difference between our approach and the 2013 HSR Study is to establish a joint governance structure for both high speed and...
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Ross Lowrey
Jun 161 min read
First positive signs from HSRA
In case you missed it, there is a good very good article from The Guardian interviewing Tim Parker, the recently appointed CEO of the...
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Ross Lowrey
Jun 162 min read
Minimise the cost to future generations
In addition to maximising the growth and development opportunities I outlined in my last blog, governments should also seek to capture...
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Ross Lowrey
Jun 92 min read
Maximise growth and development opportunities
In this series of blogs, I have been focussing on the differences between our approach compared with the 2013 HSR Study. In addition to...
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Ross Lowrey
Jun 22 min read
Optimise the flow of people and goods
In my last blog, I highlighted the first of five differences in our approach with the 2013 HSR Study. This time I will address our...
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Ross Lowrey
May 242 min read
Shift growth to regional cities
How is it that Australia, with one of the lowest population densities in the world, has some of the highest housing prices? Could it be...
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Ross Lowrey
May 182 min read
Getting high speed rail right
Last time I told you that Andrew McNaughton supports our approach to implement high speed rail. So I thought I should give a quick...
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Ross Lowrey
May 122 min read
Copy of McNaughton backs Fastrack's approach
(RESEND: the link to reserve a place is now the correct one) The Australian High Speed Rail Association is organising a mini-conference...
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Ross Lowrey
May 101 min read
McNaughton backs Fastrack's approach
The Australian High Speed Rail Association is organising a mini-conference in late June with Prof. Andrew McNaughton as the key speaker. ...
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Ross Lowrey
Mar 311 min read
Like Us Please
We are proud to release our first video to promote high speed rail in Australia. You can find it on our home page Or go to Youtube to see...
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Ross Lowrey
Mar 191 min read
Integrated Rail Design for Newcastle Corridor
The HSRA has just released tenders for a range of companies to assist them build the Business Case for high speed rail in the...
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Ross Lowrey
Mar 61 min read
No wonder we don't have high speed trains
Is it any wonder why we don't have high speed trains in Australia when the Chair of Australia's peak railways body lauds the train from...
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Ross Lowrey
Jan 292 min read
Get HSR moving faster
We have joined with the Australian High Speed Rail Association to submit 10 budget recommendations to speed up the implementation of high...
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Ross Lowrey
Dec 19, 20232 min read
The year in review
Hello all This has been an eventful year for us. We started with the objective of producing our recommendations for the yet-to-be...
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Syd Herron
Nov 1, 20232 min read
Fastrack Australia - What have we been doing?
Hello to all Apologies for the long silence without any updates. Although Garry and Ross have been overseas, around that, a lot has been...
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Syd Herron
Jul 7, 20231 min read
Fastrack Welcomes Prof. Howard Dick as a Team Member
Fastrack Australia is pleased to announce that Prof. Howard Dick has joined our team. Howard is an Honorary Professorial Fellow in the...
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