Public Forum

Fixing Melbourne's Transport

24th August 2018
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
60 Leicester Street
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We tend to think of transport fixes in terms of infrastructure – we have congestion so we need to build more and more of it. But is the problem really congestion or is it one of excessive mobility and travel created by the way we have developed our city and the way we operate our transport system?

This forum will examine the systemic problems confronting Melbourne’s transport and the legacy business as usual will leave in the future. It will also present ideas on how to change the system and present a framework for change. The final session will be conducted as a workshop in which members of the audience will be invited to participate and contribute their ideas.

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Professor Graham Currie

CHAIR OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT AND DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH (TRANSPORT AND ENGINEERING), MONASH UNIVERSITY

William McDougall

TRANSPORT PLANNER, ENGINEER AND ECONOMIST WITH OVER 40 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THE UK, AUSTRALASIA, ASIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST

Roger Taylor

CHAIR, TRANSPORT FOR MELBOURNE

Professor Michael Buxton

FORMER PROFESSOR OF ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING, RMIT SCHOOL OF GLOBAL, URBAN AND SOCIAL STUDIES
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  • Melbourne’s transport – current situation, where we are heading, analysis of systemic problems and the legacy government is leaving us for the future
  • System change and a new framework for a plan and assessment and ranking of priorities
  • Planning for the future, some future scenarios

  • The Ways Forward workshop

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