Talk Moving - Public Transport Growth in Melbourne: Opportunities in the expiry of the Connex and Yarra Trams franchises?

Date: Thursday 23rd Aug 2007
Time: 10:00am - 3:30pm
Venue: Auditorium, Bio21 Institute, 30 Flemington Rd Parkville

Speakers

• Dr Ian McPhail, Victorian Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability
• Dr Gustav Nielsen, Chief Research Planner, Oslo Institute of Transport Economics
• John Stone, GAMUT Project Officer, University of Melbourne

Debate
Participants:

• Paul Mees, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, University of Melbourne
• Richard Allsop, Research Fellow, Institute of Public Affairs
• John Stanley, Executive Director, Bus Association of Victoria
• Debate moderated by Jon Faine, Presenter ABC Radio Melbourne

Description
Can Melbourne meet the challenges of climate change and rising petrol prices with strong and sustained public transport growth? The expiry of the Connex and Yarra Trams franchises at the end of 2008 provide an opportunity to rethink the approach to public transport in Melbourne. At the heart of the decisions about the future of the Connex and Yarra Trams franchises are vital questions about the public transport management in Melbourne:

• Is the ‘20% by 2020’ public transport mode share target really just an aspiration?
• Must we wait 10 years for even the most modest rail extensions?
• Why do our buses and trains still not connect?

The speakers, including world leader in public transport planning, Dr Gustav Nielsen, discussed and debated the choices facing Melbourne.

This event was presented by the Australasian Centre for the Governance and Management of Urban Transport (GAMUT) in association with Future Melbourne and Victorian Local Government Association.

Further information

• Kristen Sharp, GAMUT, 03 8344 7475
• John Stone, GAMUT, 03 8344 6453

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