Posts Tagged ‘transport’
Australia Post Electric Bikes: ATA EV Interest Group
Posted in Events by Kate Archdeacon on June 17th, 2011
| 22 June , 2011 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 8:30 pm |
Photo: Simon O’Dwyer
ATA Electric Vehicle Interest Group June Meeting: Scott Dickason, Electric Vehicles Pty Ltd.
Electric Vehicles Pty Ltd are attending to the assembly & delivery (& continued development) of electric bicycles & tricycles for Australia Post Delivery Centres throughout Australia. Scott will discuss the new Australia Post/Electric Vehicles Pty Ltd delivery initiative & outline current developments in the electric bicycle/tricycle industry.
Wednesday 22nd June at 7pm
Room EN615, The Engineering Faculty, Swinburne University, Hawthorn Campus
Visit the EVIG website for more.
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From the March 2011 article by Deborah Gough:
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Australia Post this year will bring back the bike for posties with 1000 new push and electrically assisted bicycles and tricycles after trials in Victoria and New South Wales. Victoria will get about 430 bicycles, mostly to inner suburban areas, where postal rounds are often flatter and more densely populated. The service has also signed up for an electric van in the Victorian Department of Transport’s electric vehicles pilot program. Nationally there are 378 bicycle rounds now and the new figures will nearly triple that number but will still be dwarfed by motorcycle rounds, which sit at about 6300. Andy Trott, Australia Post’s head of sustainability, said it was too early to determine how many rounds would be converted from motorcycle to bicycle but expected it to cut carbon dioxide-equivalent emissions by more than 1000 tonnes each year. “As one of the nation’s largest employers . . . Australia Post is in a unique position to introduce improvements to our operations that will have a real impact on reducing our environmental footprint,” Mr Trott said.
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Local Council Transport Strategies: Open for Comment
Posted in Movements, Research, Seeking by Kate Archdeacon on June 2nd, 2011
Via Victoria Walks
Image: Looking Glass via flickr CC
City of Melbourne, City of Port Phillip and Hume City Council all have transport strategies open for residents’ input – if you live there, make sure you have a say!
City of Melbourne Transport Strategy Update:
Moving People and Freight 2006 – 2020 is the City of Melbourne’s transport strategy. On 10 May, Council’s Future Melbourne Committee endorsed the draft update.
The five key directions of the draft update are:
- Improve inner Melbourne’s public transport to allow us to conveniently go anywhere anytime;
- Manage inner Melbourne’s roads to produce the best transport result;
- Create pedestrian friendly high-mobility public transport streets for inner Melbourne;
- Make Melbourne a cycling city;
- Foster innovative, low-impact freight and delivery in central Melbourne.
Council is now seeking the community’s views on the draft update and will present the results of community consultation with a final draft of the updated strategy to the Future Melbourne Committee in September. Download and read the draft Transport Strategy Update 2011 from the City of Melbourne website
Creating Transport Choices : Hume Integrated Land Use & Transport Strategy
Hume is a municipality that has a convenient, equitable and sustainable transport system that offers a range of transport choices for residents, workers, visitors and businesses. Employment and industry are supported by high quality and direct transport routes that link vibrant activity centres and communities, where housing, jobs and key attractions can be accessed by walking, cycling or public transport.
The Draft Strategy is a response to this vision and covers public transport, walking, cycling, traffic and parking management initiatives in order to provide improved transport options for Hume residents, and reduce car dependence. It aims to create more accessible, liveable and sustainable communities, giving residents full access to jobs, education, and shopping and community facilities by expanding the range of transport choices and modes.
You can view the full strategy or the summary document. Six key themes have emerged each supported by a key objective to help achieve the overall vision. Please visit each of the themes below [on the website] for an overview, and comment on the Strategic Policy Directions.
A City Where You Can Live Car Free? Sustainable Transport in the City of Port Phillip
Council has a vision for Port Phillip to be a connected and liveable city where residents, visitors and workers can live and travel car free by improving the convenience, safety, accessibility and range of sustainable travel choices across our City. Council has developed a suite of new sustainable transport documents focused on achieving this vision. These take the form of a draft Sustainable Transport Strategy, and new draft Walk and Bike Plans. Their development follows community consultation on walking and bike riding in 2010. We are now seeking your feedback on these documents.
- Sustainable Transport Strategy – provides a unifying vision for sustainable transport and guides decision making in the City of Port Phillip
- Bike Plan – sets out strategies and actions to improve bike riding in the City of Port Phillip over the timeframe 2011-2020
- Walk Plan – sets out strategies and actions to improve bike riding in the City of Port Phillip over the timeframe 2011-2020
The strategy and plans will help Council and the community take action on climate change by encouraging the use of sustainable transport modes that minimise energy use. The Walk and Bike Plans also set our aims to enhance liveability by improving our streets and public spaces for walking and cycling. Have Your Say The consultation period for the documents will take place from 21 May to 20 June 2011. During this time there is a range of opportunities to tell us what you think.
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Electric Vehicles: Local Manufacturer Seeks Survey Participants
Posted in Seeking by Kate Archdeacon on May 16th, 2011
Image: jurvetson via flickr CC
“Do you think Electric Vehicles the future of our daily lives? Do you have thoughts to share about this important topic? This is your opportunity to participate in a private online forum sponsored by a major vehicle manufacturer about the future role of Electric Vehicles in every day life. Your opinions will directly influence the makers of business decisions within the motoring industry. This is genuine research, not a sales pitch. Click here (http://webq11.researchnow.co.uk/wix/p501345723.aspx?src=90) if you’re interested, we’d love to hear from you.”
Background Information from the Market Research Agency:
Latitude Insights is a market research agency who on behalf of a major vehicle manufacturer has been asked to run a short 6 week online community to offer [Sustainable Melbourne] site visitors the chance to have a critical impact in helping to make important business decisions for the manufacturer. We believe that this is a unique opportunity for your visitors to be directly involved in having their opinions and thoughts heard directly by a leading vehicle manufacturer in Australia.
Please be assured that in no way are we trying to sell you or your members anything at all at any stage both in the survey or in the community itself. The client who has commissioned this research is launching an electric vehicle to the market and is requesting feedback from those who would be interested in purchasing such a vehicle to ensure that they are best placed to make this a commercially viable launch. They see the importance that EV’s will have in the future and see this as their first step in ensuring that the public is informed about these cars both now and in the future.
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Regarding the image above – as far as I know, Castrol has nothing to do with this survey – I just thought the poster was too good to miss. KA
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Behaviour Change and Transport Policy: Lessons from Successes in Bogota
Posted in Events by Kate Archdeacon on May 13th, 2011
| 17 May , 2011 | ||
| 6:30 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
Source: GAMUT
Image: josef.stuefer via flickr CC
Behaviour Change and Transport Policy: Lessons from Successes in Bogata with Professor Juan Pablo Bocarejo
Professor Juan Pablo Bocarejo is professor at Universidad de Los Andes in Bogota, Colombia in the transportation field and the director of the Research Centre on Urban and Regional Sustainability (SUR), which develops projects in road safety, transport economics, policy, transport and traffic modelling, equity issues related to mobility, environmental impacts as well as land use and mobility. He is a civil engineer by training, with a PhD degree from University Paris Est. He has 15 years experience in urban transport and regional development projects. As a consultant he participated in the development of a range of projects leading to improvements in the transportation system and in Bogota and other Latin American cities, with a strong focus on sustainability. He has participated in projects such as improvements to public transport through BRT development, Bicycle Master Plans and cultural and behavioural change programs.
Tuesday, 17th May; 6.30pm start
Venue: E- Zone Theatre at The University of Melbourne
http://www.abp.unimelb.edu.au/gamut/events/lecturesseminarsforums/bocarejo.html
Presented by GAMUT and Bicycle Victoria
Free Admission, No Need to Book.
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Increasing Access to Public Transport: Melbourne Medical Companion Project
Posted in Models, Movements by Kate Archdeacon on March 30th, 2011
Source: Victoria Walks
It is believed that the new Melbourne Medical Companion Project will improve access for many people who live in rural Victoria, who are frail, disabled, ill, or anxious about their journey, and will encourage many people to consider using public transport to attend their health care appointments instead of using the family car.
Volunteer companions are now available to accompany people from the Flinders Street Station and the Southern Cross Station train and bus terminals to health care appointments in central Melbourne.
As part of the Melbourne Medical Companion Project, Travellers Aid volunteers will meet passengers at the Flinders Street Station and the Southern Cross Station train and bus platforms, and accompany them to their Melbourne health care appointments and back again. Passengers will have the choice of using taxis, trams or buses whilst in Melbourne, and the volunteer companions will be experienced in using all three modes of transport. It is believed that the new Melbourne Medical Companion Project will improve access for many people who live in rural Victoria, who are frail, disabled, ill, or anxious about their journey, and will encourage many people to consider using public transport to attend their health care appointments instead of using the family car.
It is Free
Mr Robert Bulmer (Chief Executive Officer, Cohuna District Hospital) said that “the new volunteer service will be free throughout the trial period, with the program designed to take the worry out of travelling to Melbourne for health care”. Ms Thorson (Executive Officer, Southern Mallee Transport Connections Partnership) added that “it was hoped that the program would be extended beyond its initial trial period of March – December, 2011, however this was dependent upon further funding”.
Help Is Only A Phone Call Away
People interested in accessing the new volunteer-assisted service when travelling to Melbourne should telephone Travellers Aid on 1300 700 399 at least 24 hours prior to their expected travel date.
Regional Assistance
If travellers also need a volunteer to accompany them on the bus or train from their rural town to Melbourne, then a small number of rural volunteers from the Buloke, Gannawarra and Swan Hill municipalities will be available from April, 2011. For more information, please refer to the Regional Companions tab on the Melbourne Medical Companion Project webpage.
About the Project
Thirteen transport connections projects from across Victoria have formed a partnership to develop this new trial service. The Cohuna District Hospital has undertaken a lead agency role in the new project (on behalf of the Southern Mallee Transport Connections Partnership), and Travellers Aid Australia have been engaged to provide the day-to-day coordination and delivery of the project. Travellers Aid already provide a range of travel related assistance and information at the Flinders Street and Southern Cross Stations in Melbourne, and will now provide this additional volunteer service for people who are unfamiliar with Melbourne and its health and transport systems.
The new Melbourne Medical Companion Project is funded through the Victorian Government’s Transport Connections Program, which is a cross government initiative that helps communities work together to improve access and local transport options.
http://www.smtcp.com.au/medical-companions.html
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Employment, Mobility and Living in a Growing City: Melbourne Conversations
Posted in Events, Opinion by Kate Archdeacon on March 29th, 2011
| 30 March , 2011 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 7:30 pm |
Image: Hammarby Sjostad by La Citta Vita via flickr CC
Melbourne is expanding to the inner north and west and the notion and dominance of a CBD is changing. What type and proportions of living, working and playing places should be provided, and how will mobility in these renewed areas be facilitated? How do comparable cities cope and thrive? Join the conversation about jobs, dwellings, services, planning, and improved public transport, walking and cycling.
6.00pm to 7.30pm, entry from 5.30pm Wednesday 30 March 2011
BMW Edge, Federation Square, Corner Swanston and Flinders Streets, Melbourne
More details: http://www.thatsmelbourne.com.au/conversations
Panellists:
- Professor Graham Currie – Chair in Public Transport, Monash University
- Halvard Dalheim – Director State Strategy, Department of Planning & Community Development, Melbourne
- Professor Moura Quayle – UBC Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, Canada
- Dr Marcus Spiller – Director SGS Economics, Melbourne
Moderator: Peter Mares – Journalist and Presenter ABC Radio National.
Discussant: Dr Ruth Fincher – Professor of Geography University of Melbourne
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Achieving Sustainable Transport: ATA EV Meeting
Posted in Events, Movements by Kate Archdeacon on March 23rd, 2011
| 23 March , 2011 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
Image: Electric Bike On An Electric Train by Buddhabless via flickr CC
Speaker – Patrick Hearps of BZE (http://www.beyondzeroemissions.org/)
Convenor: Mario Giannattilio
- How can we achieve an emission free transport system?
- Where do bikes and e-bikes fit in?
- What do we do with freight deliveries?
- What about long distance travel?
- What are the problems that have to be overcome?
Patrick Hearps is a Chemical Engineer and is currently a Research Fellow in Energy & Transport Systems at the University of Melbourne Energy Research Institute. He was a lead author on the Zero Carbon Australia Stationary Energy Plan and is now co-ordinating the ZCA Transport Plan.
Patrick will give a brief overview of the Zero Carbon Australia Stationary Energy Plan, released in mid 2010 which details how Australia could be powered by 100% renewable energy in ten years. He will then talk about the progress to date on the Zero Carbon Australia Transport plan, currently underway, which will detail the requirements for a transport system compatible with a zero-emissions future. The main focus of this is electric vehicles in combination with upgraded and extended electric rail networks for freight & passenger transport, covering all aspects of intracity and inter-regional travel, which can be run of 100% renewable electricity.
Wednesday 23rd February at 7pm, in the Engineering Faculty, Swinburne University, Hawthorn Campus.
See the ATA EV website for more information.
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Cycle Wise Training: Moreland
Posted in Events by Kate Archdeacon on March 15th, 2011
| 26 March , 2011 | ||
| 10:00 am | to | 12:00 pm |
Date: Saturday 26th March, 2011
Time: 10am-12noon
Enrolments close: 18th March, 2011
Meeting place: Gilpin Park, Brunswick.
Cost: $25 / $10 special discounted fee for ZCM members (The ZCM campaign is free to join and open to all residents of Moreland. Participants may join at the workshop and receive the discount)
Group size: 4 – 8 people
Contact: Rosy on 0406 765 727 or email: info@bikesatwork.com.au
www.bikesatwork.com.au
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Fix & Ride: Bikes in Broadmeadows
Posted in Models by Kate Archdeacon on March 2nd, 2011
Then FIX AND RIDE is for you. We have old bikes that need to be fixed up. With the help of a skilled bike mechanic, you can fix one and keep it. We will even give you a helmet for free! We will provide all the tools and spare parts that you will need and you can even spray your bike any colour you want!
Every Wednesday 3pm-6pm, starts 2nd March 2011
Banksia Gardens Community Centre
71-81 Pearcedale Parade, Broadmeadows 3047
For more information email shiley@lct.org.au or contact Banksia Gardens Community Centre
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ATA Electric Vehicle Meeting
Posted in Events by Kate Archdeacon on February 22nd, 2011
| 23 February , 2011 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
Source: Alternative Technology Association (ATA)
“Converting a BMW” – Barry Murfett
“Capstone Microturbines” – Mark Aboud
Barry will talk on the decisions he made in converting his BMW and the trials and tribulations he encountered along the way. A great talk for those who are contemplating a conversion AND a good opportunity for those who have already converted a vehicle to compare notes.
Mark will talk on the Capstone range of Microturbines. These units can be used in Hybrid Electric Vehicles, Industrial, Educational, Wastewater Treatment Plants, Aquatic Centres and Data Centres where co-generation and tri-generation applications exist. They come in a range of 30kW to 1MW and can run on a variety of fuels including Low or High Pressure Natural Gas, Biogas (landfill, wastewater treatment centers, anaerobic), Flare gas, Diesel, Biodiesel etc.
For all of those people who cannot get to the meeting – we will again be webstreaming it. If you cannot get to the meeting and would like to watch it on your computer log in to it here. This webcast allows you to interact with us via “chat” sessions so you can ask us questions as you watch.
Wednesday 23rd February at 7pm
The Engineering Faculty, Swinburne University, Hawthorn Campus
Visit the ATA website for more information.
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