Jonathan Nolan's substack

How to measure the impact of zoning on housing in your city

and why "zoned capacity" is a bad way to do it

May 6, 2024 • 

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April 2024

Designing bedrooms in cities for a better night's sleep

We need to start building apartments for a breath of fresh air

Apr 1, 2024 • 

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March 2024

The importance of measuring population density properly

No, parts of Melbourne are not more crowded than Manhattan

Mar 30, 2024 • 

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How dense is your city?

You’ve almost certainly been lied to about how big the world’s cities are.

Mar 3, 2024 • 

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September 2023

Mapping bicycle safety on Australia's roads

Over the period 2019 to 2024, James Sinclair and I have been working with the Transport Accident Commission in Victoria, Australia to create the most…

Sep 9, 2023 • 

Jonathan Nolan

May 2023

COVID-19 epidemic modelling for policy decision support in Victoria, Australia 2020–2021

Modelling what might happen with various policies was essential to getting Victoria out of lock-downs during 2020 and 2021.

May 27, 2023 • 

Jonathan Nolan

September 2021

Are bicycle lanes effective?

Results from the world's largest study on how drivers respond to bike lanes

Sep 9, 2021 • 

Jonathan Nolan

July 2020

How to get both JobKeeper and JobSeeker

At A$1,500 a fortnight, JobKeeper has been nothing but a help to the people on it.

Jul 22, 2020 • 

Jonathan Nolan

Tackling homelessness in Australia

Homelessness is getting worse in Australia.

Jul 7, 2020 • 

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April 2020

Australia should join New Zealand and shoot for eliminating coronavirus

New Zealand is beating coronavirus.

Apr 12, 2020 • 

Jonathan Nolan

March 2020

COVID-19: Giving people early access to their super is the right move

The Prime Minister has announced that people who lose their jobs or have their hours cut because of the COVID-19 crisis will be able to take up to…

Mar 25, 2020 • 

Jonathan Nolan

COVID-19: We’re running out of time to use Endgame C

The New South Wales and Victorian governments showed foresight on Sunday by announcing a shut-down of all non-essential activity.

Mar 24, 2020 • 

Jonathan Nolan