[bikeqld] SE Qld transport coping with Peak Oil and Climate Change

[Scott Rowan]

My impression was that there are a lot of people within government who are
passionate about sustainable transport who are doing the best they can with
the limited resources available for sustainable transport initiatives. The
car still is very much the focus of a lot of the funding though and I would
characterise the mode-share targets as conservative. BCC's mode share target
was a 17% reduction I think and Barry Broe's argument for this was that the
Lord Mayor's focus was on congestion reduction not on getting cars off the
road. One example of this policy direction was the synchronization of lights
on Moggill Rd to achieve a 15%? reduction in congestion.

Still, while government policy is obviously important and I don't think it
is the be all and end all. As critical mass builds and the public realises
that sustainable transport methods can be both cost-effective and
convenient, I'm optimistic that the switch from a car-based transport system
to a public transport-based system will happen sooner rather than later.

Cheers,

Scott


2009/6/7 Anthony Lee <doctorw1963 at yahoo.com.au>

> Thanks Scott. Do you get the sense that the government has the strategy to
> cope with the problem?
>
> Anthony
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> Anthony Lee
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> *From:* Scott Rowan <scott.rowan at gmail.com>
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> *Sent:* Sunday, 7 June, 2009 7:13:43 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [bikeqld] SE Qld transport coping with Peak Oil and Climate
> Change
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> I went along. Definitely very much a pro-sustainable transport crowd and
> some good presentations. Barry Broe mentioned that cycle use was up 75% in
> Brisbane last year. He didn't seem to make any distinction between
> recreational cycling and commuting though.
>
> Video of all the presentations and slides can be viewed at the links below
> (Windows media player format required).
>
> Part 1: http://eaq.mediavisionz.com.au/090519-p28a/fHI.htm
> Part 2: http://eaq.mediavisionz.com.au/090519-p28b/fHI.htm
>
> Cheers,
>
> Scott
>
>
> 2009/6/6 Anthony Lee <doctorw1963 at yahoo.com.au>
>
>> Hi Mich,
>>
>> I wish I did go. Do you want to tell us more? Interesting, there is a
>> mention that by 2015, we will be
>> importing 2/3 of our oil! But I wondered how many of could afford to drive
>> by 2015!
>>
>> Anthony Lee
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>> *From:* mich rolling <xdollarfuel at yahoo.com.au>
>> *To:* bikeqld at bikeqld.org.au
>> *Sent:* Saturday, 6 June, 2009 1:03:04 AM
>> *Subject:* [bikeqld] SE Qld transport coping with Peak Oil and Climate
>> Change
>>
>>
>> Did anyone go to this sustainable transport forum at the Irish Club on 17
>> May?
>>
>> Half a dozen professionals talking up how their
>> planning/designing/building is helping make Brisbane transport able to
>> function in the coming post-peak-oil era.
>>
>> If they were serious Barry Broe (Divisional Manager Brisbane
>> Infrastructure, Brisbane City Council) would have announced the switch on
>> date for bus priority traffic light signalling in Brisbane, currently nearly
>> a decade late..
>>
>>
>> http://qld.engineersaustralia.org.au/jetspeed/static/headlines/items/5441/20090519SSEE.pdf
>>
>> South East Queensland’s Transport Systemin the Peak Oil and Climate Change
>> Era
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