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Grr. State government could sort this now by converting bus lanes to transit lanes to prioritise high occupancy vehicles and banning commercial ride sharing from Uber, Ola and Didi. Ride sharing is crippling the environment, our health and our pockets.

WA motorists face years of gridlock as $8 billion worth of road and rail projects kick off, the staggering and unprecedented amount of funds raised for bushfire relief revealed and how 'wine o'clock' is having a significant impact on Aussie mums. All that and more in today's Sunday Times.

We think ride sharing taxis are contributing to global warming. Do you agree? (Hint: Yes).

Ride-hailing apps are making the developing world's traffic problems worse Services like Uber and Lyft have revolutionized transportation, but in the developing world's highly congested cities they are only adding to the problem. Could a transportation system based on mass transit solutions be the answer?

$600bn of spending needed over next 15 years, Infrastructure Australia say.
Use roads cleverly, we say.
Turning bus lanes into Transit Lanes for carpoolers would reduce the number of cars on the roads, and is a lot lot cheaper than building more roads, or widening them. It much cheaper than silly electronic information signs and traffic lights on on ramps, which appears to be WA Labors answer. Real change, real solutions takes vision and courage.

Australia must become constant construction zone or risk collapse, advisory body says Infrastructure Australia says services are coming under unprecedented pressure and the current boom in construction projects needs to become the new normal to keep pace with population growth and changing consumer demands.