ABC Radio National: Integration

[#Metro]

http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/2010/04/nit_20100430_1845.mp3

[ozbob]

Dr Paul Mees, interesting chat ..  rough dot points ...

• Centralised control - planning


• Integrated tickets


• Transfers - free


• Feeders


• Spiderwebs compared to star (radial) Oz model


• Some European regions do match densities in Oz capitals, proper integration can work in our cities.  Density used as an excuse for failure. Canadian cities similar densities to Oz, do better with PT


• Design transport systems that are usable


• Pressure from all to change the 'status quo'

http://rmit.net.au/browse;ID=m6y24xgvy6as

Paul Mees teaches and researches in the areas of transport planning and statutory planning. Before starting at RMIT in 2008, he taught urban planning at the University of Melbourne for 10 years, and before that was a Research Fellow at the Australian National University's Urban Research Program. Prior to becoming an academic, he worked as a lawyer. Paul is one of Australia's leading experts on urban public transport, and his work is internationally influential: for example, it provided the basis for the European Union's 2005 HiTrans project on improving public transport in medium-sized cities and towns (www.hitrans.org).

[ozbob]

Why we need to act ...

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traffic troubles all over the city! Park the car and try again later!!

about 1 hour ago via web


It would be funny if it wasn't so pathetic ....   failed state!!

[Derwan]

Spiderwebs compared to star (radial) Oz model

Well there ya go.  Figured it would've been done before.