Burgess, Steven (7D)

ICTC Society Conference 2012 Transport – Why can’t we change and make better cities?

18 October 2012

Do we still love these?

Source: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/best-speccies/alexjesaulenko-jumps-into-legend-in-1970-grand-final-with-fifth-bestspeccie-of-all-time/story-fnfbpfgn-1226459680684

We certainly like … well, any car! 

Best Selling Brands in Australia

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Motor Vehicles per 1000 people*

2012 to date

1 - Monaco (908) 2 - United States (812) 3 - Liechtenstein (796) 4 - Luxembourg (749) 5 - Malta (743) 6 - Australia (730) 7 - Iceland (724) 8 - New Zealand (718) 9 - Brunei (696) 10 - Italy (690) 13 - Germany (634) “The first six months of this year saw more new vehicles roll off showroom floors than any other first half in Australia’s history. A record 112,566 vehicles found new homes in June, pushing Australia’s first-half tally to 547,854 – eclipsing the previous record of 542,695 in 2008”.

18 - Japan (589) 20 - France (575) 24 - Belgium (558) 31 - Netherlands (523) 101 - China (83)

* Includes all automobiles, SUVs, vans and commercial vehicles.

Source: http://www.caradvice.com.au/180834/car-sales-2012the-story-far/

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_vehicles_per_capita and http://blog.privatefleet.com.au/home/out-flanked-by-the-kiwis-no-not-again/

http://press.emerson.edu/imc/ 2011/12/22/flying-pigeon-istaking-wing-again/

http://www.brainsofchina.com/Brains%20of%20China.htm

The mobility dream.

Our suburban ideal.

Source: www.qantas.com.au

The housing we’d choose …

The housing we’d choose, Jane-Frances Kelly, Grattan Institute, June 2011, p 12

‌ and the reality.

The housing we’d choose, Jane-Frances Kelly, Grattan Institute, June 2011, p2 9, 37

Challenges in moving forward 

Community capacity to embrace change

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Market re-tooling •

Planning;

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Designing;

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Building

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Financing

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Marketing – position position position

Will good or better planning help? ďƒŽ

Not without starting a new conversation to build capacity;

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People have to understand the opportunities created by change

What about design/build? 

Good design?

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Well researched?

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Well built?

Finance? ďƒŽ

The great Australian dream

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The great Australian bankers dream?

Marketing? 

Who wants a house where they cannot survive without a car?

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Apparently everybody…

What to do? 

Reward change – don’t penalise proponents of future reference sites.

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It is not a bad outcome if word gets out that you built or approved a landmark innovative development.

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Why mandate car infrastructure oversupply which severely restricts the markets ability to diversify?

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Make good places easy to build – make bad places hard to build.