Session: 1
Room: Yarra Room
Session Title: Congestion Pricing
Format: Discussion
Presenter Name: Harry Barber
What is congestion? How & where congestion should be priced?
Car parking can have congestion prices.
Congestion should be priced when vehicle load is within acceptable limits of the road capacity
Data is a critical factor for analysing congestion and the optimum level needs to be established.
Session: 2
Room: Yarra Room
Session Title: Better Buses: The Future Frequent Network
Format: Presentation
Presenter Name: Peter Parker (Melbourne on Transit)
Better Bus Network: Sustainable Cities Campaign, better buses for Melbourne's West with a particular focus on the West. We need a top-level service. Perth was looked at as a precedent, noting most other states have a much higher frequency.
Why is bus advocacy so challenging? The goal for 2030, is how can we shift the focus away from the high-income areas within Melbourne's southeast. The community is interested and political instability provides an opportunity for change.
After the recent election, there may no longer be any safe seats. https://melbourneontransit.blogspot.com/2022/07/un-135-future-frequent-network.html This will not only support the suburban rail loop but will serve more people. Every ten minutes and seven days of the week.
The Principle Public transport Network: Gave birth to smart bus routes, these run every 15 minutes. However these smart services are in the East (10) only one of these services is in the inner west, in Sunshine.
The Useful Network: Every 20min service. Blog by Peter Parker. https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1eIBtYp3YqK7VDYkbcJW-XanMUHUIl2NE&ll=-37.8103655796008%2C145.02267822356933&z=9
Laura: Images and maps are helpful. But to advocate consider how people may not need to own multiple cars, these messages are important. Improving people's lives. The future frequent network connects people to jobs. Local community benefit is integral.
Route alignment has been discussed. How will this be branded?
Question: How will these services align with the existing services? Ten-minute service to align with trains and trams. Look at the network coordination framework, this has not been applied to buses but there is an opportunity to apply this theoretical understanding.
Focus on a small number of routes, done well.
Session: 3
Room: Yarra Room
Session Title: Victoria Transportation Integration Plan
Format: Presentation
Presenter Name: Catherine McNaughton
Call on the Victorian government to work with councils and communities to develop metro and Victoria regional transport and land use plans.
Create the places communities want.
Assess infrastructure proposal to demonstrate maximum community and environmental benefits.
Prioritize equity and people.
Achieve net zero greenhouse gas emission transport and land systems.
Include traditional owners’ perspectives, knowledge and country plans.
Include full community engagement. As required under the transport integration act 2010 and climate change act 2017.
Ad hoc projects have demonstrated limited community benefits, lack of integration, and limited linked benefits.
Consider the scales of challenges that arise with population growth; changing commuting and living patterns, technology, climate and biodiversity emergencies.
Session: 4
Room: Yarra Room
Session Title: How can we reduce parking with car sharing?
Format: Discussion
Presenter Name: Josh (Infrastructure Victoria)
Good data will be received if the service is simple.
Ticketing data is very difficult to use as fewer touch on and off in Victoria.
Train myki data is much better for touch on and off in Victoria compared to the other states.
Queensland trip data is complete and open to the agencies.
VISTA data is scarce and time-dependent.
Session: 6
Room: Supper Room
Session Title: Shark Tank
Format: Discussion and Q&A
Presenter Name: Multiple
(Photograph by Phillip Mallis, 2022).
First: Peter Parker The Future Frequent Network The Future Frequent Network (Interactive map: www.melbourneontransit.blogstop.com). Transformed Transit for Melbourne Every 10 minutes every day. Long-term network vision.
Second: Demand Responsive Transit Three: Free Public Transportation Funded by Paid Parking.
Session: 6
Room: Portico Room
Session Title: Reducing Carbon Emissions
Format: Discussion
Presenter Name: William McDougall
North East Link, emissions saved only account for 3% of total emissions over 30 years of running the road.
Coal exports are not being taken into account in our 'net zero' goals.
Transport solutions: Currently planning for a sharp decline in emissions rather than linear descent. Where is the electricity coming from for electric transport?
There is a lack of implementation ideas and no actual plan for emissions reduction.
The AGL early closing of coal plants was an early win.
Consider, Carbon pricing, and greater transparency in scope in emissions and materials (how they travel, where they come from). Onsets vs offsets. Incremental timelines rather than just 30 years.
We need to encourage people and behaviour change and actively work towards emissions reduction. E.g. taxes and disincentives for driving SUVs in Norway or France.
Educate about where super is investing in. Tangible and teaching people how they are affecting emissions. Small personal education campaigns. Who do you bank with etc.
Private enterprise is likely to drive innovation more than government.
Repurposing of EV batteries once reached the end of their ability to power vehicles.
Priority should be making public transport the first choice.
No money in behavioural change and a decrease in consumption is needed, that is where government needs to step in.
Session: 6
Room: Melbourne Room
Session Title: Parking Minimums
Format: Discussion
Presenter Name: Lachlan Burke (Movement and Place Consulting)
Parking minimums are set by the council and are resisted by the business owner.
Parking is most of the time provided more than requirements.
Making people use active transport would make parking opportunities for the people with issues.
We need some kind of management if accessibility is being impacted by the lack of parking. The car parking minimums have also made some businesses apply for waivers to their complexity and expense for small businesses.
Session: 6
Room: Regent Room
Session Title: Pick a Lane Melbourne
Format: Creative Workshop
Presenter Name: Pick a Lane Melbourne
Consider this, Melbourne is now a communist city, in the year 2021-2022 a mode must be selected for the best prosperity and happiness of the city. Two themes were created: Mass Transit vs Micro Mobility.
Team Micro mobility: Challenges are suburban sprawl, the distance between destinations, limited safe infrastructure, wide roads, cultural influence, Neo-liberalism, MAAS for profit, education, and capitalism.
Goals: Tax the rich, no new roads, slow down our lives, diverse range to suit a variety of access needs and trip purposes.
Team Macro mobility: Goal for high-speed rail. Highways are now of no use, re-purpose public space.
Consider multi-CBD Cities, connected via macro PTV.
