6 - 21 february 2010 | melbourne australia
How Car Dependence Is Turning The Suburban Dream To Nightmare
Using never before published data, the Institute for Sensible Transport has mapped the level of oil vulnerability across Melbourne's local government areas. Dramatic differences in income and travel distances were found, with the inner city earning more and driving less, while the outer suburbs drove over four times the distance, with considerably less income. Should the CSIRO prediction of $8 per litre be seen (or even half that), Melburnians will have great difficulty meeting their mobility needs. PresenterElliot Fishman is one of Australia’s leading experts on sustainable transport and oil vulnerability. He has worked both internationally and around Australia on a variety of transport issues with a special interest in bicycle planning. He acted as Expert Witness on Canberra’s Senate Inquiry into Australia’s Fuel Supply and Alternatives in May 2006, and advised the Prime Minister’s Office on petrol prices.
In September 2009 he was lead author on Australia’s first Peak Oil Contingency Plan.
He has written numerous articles for The Age, the Herald Sun and industry journals on transport, energy and sustainability.
Elliot is currently the Director of the Institute for Sensible Transport. This role requires him to develop sustainable transport and land use solutions for government and the private sector.
Institute for Sensible Transport
The Institute for Sensible Transport has developed a reputation as a specialist consultancy for government and organisations looking to increase their resilience and reduce their vulnerability to contemporary transport challenges.
We specialise in providing advice, strategies and action plans focused on responding to the following challenges:
Transport energy constraints and rising fuel costs;
Transport related greenhouse gas emissions and climate change;
Increasing the use of sustainable transport through the development of integrated transport strategies, green travel plans and specific advice on walking, cycling, public transport and work from home issues;
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