Join us for an online forum with community leaders, transport specialists and a representative from our Sustainable Cities campaign to discuss the future of Public Transport in Victoria post Covid-19, and the benefits of Melbourne Metro 2 (MM2).
This pandemic has given us the opportunity to re-imagine how we live. Whilst the Andrews government continues to frame our economic recovery on the Big Build, we must ensure that these major transport infrastructure projects are ones that will benefit our communities, not destroy them.
Public transport is an essential service, key to making cities more accessible, liveable, and resilient to pandemics and climate change.
We want to ensure that the Victorian government moves away from its fixation on mega toll roads, and towards a sustainable city that’s good for our physical and mental health, as well as the planet.
This means building safer bike paths, wider footpaths, accessible public transport, and more transport infrastructure including MM2.
We'll discuss what we want to see from the Victorian government in regards to public transport in Victoria, including potential of MM2 and the benefits of its development.
Speakers:
Jodie Valpied is a community member and activist from Moorabool Environment Group- Bacchus Marsh, whose community will benefit from the MM2.
Peter Newman AO is the Professor of Sustainability at Curtin University in Perth, Australia. Peter is an academic who has written 20 books and over 350 papers on sustainable cities with a global reputation and has worked to deliver his ideas in all levels of government.
Dr. Crystal Legacy is a Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning at the University of Melbourne. Crystal has published widely on the topics of urban transport, strategic planning and urban policy. Her current research examines the governance and policy challenges of planning future urban transport, and the politics of citizen participation in infrastructure planning.
Daniel Bowen has been a PTUA campaigner for more years than he'd care to mention, and normally is commuter on the Frankston line. He regularly blogs and provides media commentary on transport issues, and has a fascination with the way cities work.
WHEN: July 15, 2020 at 6pm - 7:30pm
