Chris Loader
Bus Association of Victoria

• 'behaviour change can happen now!'
• 'road dieting'
• increasing fuel efficiency in vehicles doesn't deal with congestion
• increase fuel efficiency and people drive more
• transport is not about cars, trains. Its about mobility and accessibility
• increase car occupancy
• 2 kms is highly walkable

Sustainable Living Festival

21/02/2009

Post summer observations from Life Saving Victoria

Nigel Taylor
CEO Life Saving Victoria

• all beaches have experienced a rise in visitation
• increased use of facilities
• increased drownings - 'there are so many ways to drown' - people seldom drown in the same circumstances. Makes it hard to have a 'one size fits all' response
• water activity is up around the Bay

Life Saving Victoria

19/02/2009

Peter Durkin

DSE

• natural buffers are the most cost effective

[see 15.08 of the SPFF and practice note on location and design]

GAMUT

• transport disadvantage/forced car ownership (VCOSS)
• affordable living rather than affordable housing
• walking - largely the domain of councils
• liveability the measure rather than the project

Arguments for lowering speeds in local streets

John Whitelegg

Safe Speed Forum

• quality of life is savaged by excessive speed
• speed increases trip length. 'If you can go faster, you go further'
• 40% of trips taken by car are less than 2 km
• Portsmouth, UK, has adopted a 30 kph speed limit
• lower speeds mean there is no need for expensive engineering solutions in local streets
• its wrong to go 'bitty bitty' - a whole system of consistently lowered speed limits is required
• 'its unethical to compromise safety for other benefits'
• In Sweden the desired urban character has been defined as providing accessibility, security, safety and environment
• each death costs the state $1m

Governance

The process by which people collectively deal with issues using whole of government as instrument.

Peter Johnstone

Michael Haines

Westgate Ports

Metropolitan Transport Forum

• advocate for inland ports at Altona and Lyndhurst
• we have moved from manufacturing to trade
• the population is growing
• shopping patterns have changed especially with the use of the internet
• objective should be lower emissions per ton for more freight vehicles
• fuel costs are going up

He listed the impediments to rail as being

• freight needs to be moved in batches
• the broad and the standard guage question
• conflict with passenger services
• level crossings
• fixed windows during which rail can run
• 19th century signalling
• limited access and delivery points
• need a high volume to justify

He argued for developing hubs next to freeway and rail

• freight movement from 10 pm to 5 am @ 80 kph on dedicated lanes with no braking or gear change noise
• that freight corridors were more important than the technology viz truck or train