Talk Moving - "My Grandma Owned a Car": Short Film

Date: Friday 31st Aug 2007 to Friday 21st Sep 2007
Venue: The Big Screen at Federation Square. Cnr. Swanston and Flinders Streets, Melbourne

Description
Screeing on the big screen in Federation Square during August and September "My Grandma Owned a Car", is a documentary showcasing how leading transport and urban development thinkers envisage we might be living and working in a post- peak oil and climate change future.

• Where will we live when petrol is too expensive for average income earners to buy? Will the electric car mean business as usual? Will our nature strips be filled with vegetable patches?
• Will we just have to travel less? More working from home? Will we all be living in dense suburbs or apartments and relying on our feet, pedals and telecommuting to transport us?
• Will our future grandchildren laugh at the absurdity of us having once owned a car?

Download My Grandma Owned a Car
Didn't make it to Federation Square? Instead watch My Grandma Owned a Car now! Note: this Windows Media Player file is a large (21MB) and may take some time to download Alternatively, you can read the transcript here.

Featuring

• Dr Patrick Moriarty, Monash University/GAMUT
• Prof. Chris Ryan, Australian Centre for Science, Innovation and Society
• Dr Jan Scheurer, RMIT University
• Prof Bill Russel and Prof Nicholas Low, GAMUT
• Mr Ray Kinnear, Department of Infrastructure
• Prof Dimity Reed AM, Mr Daniel Khong and Mr Martin Williams, VicUrban
• Mr David Teller, Committee for Melbourne
• Mr William McDougal, Sinclair Knight Merz
• Ms Jess Fritze, Victorian Council of Social Services
• Mr Bernie Carolan, Metlink
• Mr Chris Loader, Bus Association of Victoria
• Mr Kevin Luten, UrbanTrans
• Ms Kerry McConnell, VicRoads
• Cr Janet Rice, Metropolitan Transport Forum, City of Maribyrnong

Note: The views represented by individuals in the film 'My Grandma Owned a Car' do not necessarily reflect the views of any organisation.

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