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Defying the 'one-hour rule' for city travel, traffic modelling drives policy madness

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imageAccording to all the data, urban car use has peaked, but official traffic modelling forecasts a remarkable reversal.AAP/Julian Smith

Most mathematical modelling used to guide our economy is simplified and only modified when it becomes so out of touch that it is dangerous. When the Atlantic cod fishery collapsed the model being used to set fishing...

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