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.
