Smart Cities Plan to deliver more rail to Australian cities and other top stories.

• Smart Cities Plan to deliver more rail to Australian cities

  

  PETER LLOYD: Mayors and urban planners are overjoyed that the Federal Government is showing so much interest in Australia's urban centres.They say for too long there's been an ad hoc approach planning. But how realistic is the notion of a 30 minute city? Lexi Metherell.LEXI METHERELL: It may surprise some commuters from Sydney's outer reaches, but according to research done at the University of New South Wales, on average it takes Sydneysiders nearly 30 minutes to get to work, one way.BILL RA..

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