Behaviour Change and Transport Policy: Lessons from Successes in Bogata with Professor Juan Pablo Bocarejo
Presented by GAMUTand Bicycle Victoria
Free Admission, No Need to Book.
Juan Pablo Bocarejo is professor at Universidad de Los Andes in Bogota, Colombia in the transportation field and the director of the Research Centre on Urban and Regional Sustainability (SUR), which develops projects in road safety, transport economics, policy, transport and traffic modelling, equity issues related to mobility, environmental impacts as well as land use and mobility.
He is a civil engineer by training, with a PhD degree from University Paris Est. He has 15 years experience in urban transport and regional development projects. As a consultant he participated in the development of a range of projects leading to improvements in the transportation system and in Bogota and other Latin American cities, with a strong focus on sustainability. He has participated in projects such as improvements to public transport through BRT development, Bicycle Master Plans and cultural and behavioural change programs.
Date: Tuesday, 17th May, 2011
Time: 6.30pm start
Venue: E- Zone Theatre at The University of Melbourne
Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
Enquiries to Danielle Hearn dhearn@unimelb.edu.au