How might we think about transport and climate adaptation?
Rachel Bucknall
Session: 6
Room: Yarra Room
Format: Presentation
Summary:
Climate Change Symptoms
Highlighting consequences in Greater Melbourne: temperature rise, bush fires, flooding, air pollution, heatwaves, reduced rainfall, and rising sea levels.
Example from France: rising temperatures causing mosquito-borne sickness with pandemic potential.
Impact and Opportunities
Investment in high-quality, reliable infrastructure.
Emphasis on the relationship between movement and place (Street tree polices- trees' vital shade role in extreme weather protection)
More resilient and People-centered planning, as well as the need to rethink and retrofit existing infrastructure.
Goal and Principles
Clarity on goals and priorities for effective governance.
Advocacy for good governance, risk mitigation, and preventative infrastructure reinforcement.
Keep creating & innovation part of the consideration, for example, the innovative mushroom industry.
Climate Justice
''On The Frontline, From the Sidelines"-Daphne Frias- Climate justice activist
Discussed the vulnerability of disabled communities and prioritized disadvantaged communities in climate-related solutions.
Large trust in transport & government.
Impact on access to services, health, recreation, well-being, and education.
Self efficiency-strong resilience& adaption skill
Local adaption & resilience.
Reclaim the Streets
Will McDougall
Session: 6
Room: Melbourne Room
Format: Presentation
Summary:
Speed, Safety, SUVs, Silence, Space.
Creating safer environments for all.
Car-dependent neighbourhoods can lack a sense of community.
We have to move at a lower speed in order to make roads safer.
There has been a strong marketing effort to sell these big SUVs to us as consumers.
Safety is very important when choosing the mode of transportation.
There is a massive gap in the market in order to show people that they can choose other modes of transportation other than cars.
There is no government promotion of public transport.
What if your vehicle had a health star rating?
In the UK the price of registration varies depending on how much CO2 it produces.
Reclaim the Streets
Will McDougall
Session: 6
Room: Melbourne Room
Format: Presentation
Summary: In a city where we don’t get out from home and talk to our neighbours to a place where we have our cities back. Some of the concepts discussed within the session were speed, safety, SUVs, silence, and space, providing a framework of which things need to be further analysed and perhaps improved. Government plays an important role in providing options and backing up public and active transport legitimacy and promotion and considering property prices and the housing market. Additionally, safety has been a subjective topic, as women vs. male perspectives are different and this can lead to different decisions upon which ways of transport to use. The impact of a day without using public transport or car were displayed as imaginaries that could give revolutionary and unexpected outcomes and reactions. So, what can you do over the weekend to reclaim your street? Hosting a street party? Watching TV out of your house? Planting flowers? Playing in the streets with your children?
