Low Carbon Transport for our Cities
Symposium held on November 10th - 13th 2008
Day One - Overview
What does 'low carbon' urban transport mean? What policies are needed, and what issues arise from the objective of an urban transport system with greatly reduced climate impact?
Speaker presentations
- Professor Nicholas Low - Federal Initiatives on Emissions Reduction, and the Garnaut Review
- Chris Loader - Policy Interventions to Reduce Transport Emissions
Speaker podcasts
Day Two - Slow Transport
What is necessary to provide for the shorter journeys people can make by active or small motor transport: journeys on foot or pedal bike, electric and other smalled powered bikes? Walking and cycling needs are not the same! What infrastructure do people need, and what will help them adopt 'slow transport' modes?
Speaker presentations
- Sheridan Blunt - Transport Greenhouse Footprint
- Dr Michael Kennedy - Low Carbon Transport for our Cities Symposium
- Professor Chris Ryan - EBD
Speaker podcasts
Day Three - Public Transport
What roles can advanced, integrated public transport systems play in reducing carbon emissions? What is 'best practice' public transport management and how can it be implemented in Australian cities? What role can land use change (transit oriented development) play in supporting public transport use to reduce carbon emissions?
Speaker presentations
- Stephen Ingrouille - ESD
- Tony Morton - Low Carbon Public Transport
- Professor Bill Russell - Low Carbon Public Transport
- Dr John Stone - Why Change Happens
Speaker podcasts
Day Four - Behaviour Change
Whose behaviour needs to change and what sort of change is needed? Will low carbon transport require a change of lifestyle, and will the quality of life be better or worse? Are transport cultures unchangeable? Are institutional structures and dependencies blocking the change? What might unblock mindsets shaped by a car-borne future?
Speaker presentations
- Professor Nicholas Low and Associate Professor Carey Curtis - Path Dependence in Transport Policy
- Jenny Donovan - Achieving Walkability
- Dr Patrick Moriarty - Changing the Car Culture
- Wendy Morris - An Overview of the Emerging Melbourne Alliance for Sustainable Transport and Urbanism