What does the future of transport look like?

In August 2017, the Institute for Sensible Transport held seminars in Sydney and Melbourne with leading Australian and Dutch transport and policy experts on disruptive transport innovation and road user pricing.

Scroll down to watch the videos from the Melbourne presentations.

Speakers & Panelists

Peter Harris AO, Chairman, Productivity Commission

The Hon John Brumby AO, Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne and Monash University

Professor Ian Harper, Reserve Bank Board Member and Senior Advisor to Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu

Professor John Quiggin, Australian Laureate Fellow in Economics, University of Queensland

Marion Terrill, Grattan Institute

Dr Tim Williams, CEO, Committee for Sydney

Professor Bert van Wee, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

Professor Michiel Bliemer, Professor of Transport, Planning and Modelling, University of Sydney

Dr Elizabeth Taylor, VC Research Fellow, RMIT University

Ms Nicole Spencer, Commonwealth Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development

Dr Jennifer Kent, Research Fellow, University of Sydney

Alyssa Serafim, Principal Infrastructure Advisor, Infrastructure Victoria

Professor Graham Currie, Monash University

Dr Elliot Fishman, Institute for Sensible Transport

These seminars addressed key areas of concern for all three levels of government, such as:

How might a distance and time based price on car use influence transport choice?

Could a per km fee be calibrated to reduce rat running on local streets?

Should local governments receive a proportion of the revenue generated?

How should future revenue be invested? Back into roads, or better public transport and safer streets for walking and cycling?

Will a future of shared transport reduce local government car parking revenue, and what strategies can help mitigate this budget threat?

How might low income, outer suburban households deal with a road user price, and what mechanisms can be embedded to make it fair?

What is the political acceptability of road user pricing and how might it be enhanced?

Watch several recordings of addresses from the recent seminar organised by the Institute for Sensible Transport at which disruptive transport technology was considered - “What does the future of transport look like?”