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Presented by the Institute for Sensible Transport, this seminar will take place on Thursday 19 April 2012 at the Melbourne Town Hall, Yarra Room.

9.30 am – 4.30 pm
Cost: $395.00

Tom Vanderbilt is a Visiting Scholar at New York University's Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management. Tom Vanderbilt writes on design, technology, science, and culture, among other subjects, for many publications, including Wired, Outside, The London Review of Books, The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times Magazine, and Popular Science.

Seminar Topics by Tom Vanderbilt
*  From 'Forgiving Roads' to 'Complete Streets": Changing the Road Safety Paradigm
*  The Windshield View: Understanding How Drivers See the World Around Them
*  'Modal Bias' - Relations Between Different Road Users
*  Behavioural Economics & What It Means for Transport
*  The Future of Driving: Smaller, Shared, & Semi-Autonomous
*  Travel Behaviour Change and Travel Demand Management

And featuring;
*  The Psychology of Public Transport - from the planners and passengers perspective (Professor Graham Currie)
*  Understanding Melbourne transport patterns: Perceptions and reality (Chris Loader)


Visit the website for more information. Registration closes 20 February 2012.

This three day conference will take place on Monday 27th – Wednesday 29th February 2012 at Swissotel, Sydney.

The 4th Annual Urban Transport World Australia 2012 event is considered the premier multimodal transport gathering for the Australian market. Urban Transport World Australia focuses on policy, strategy and innovation for urban transport planning and delivery. The leading international and local showcase of 60+ urban transport leaders, including case studies from Europe, USA, NZ & Asia will be presented over the three day conference.

For further information and registration visit the website.

Register by 20 January and save up to $450.

Please note: Metropolitan Transport Forum members are eligible for a discount as, via MTF membership, particpants are considered work colleagues of Cr Jackie Fristacky who is speaking at the conference.

Established in late 2008, the Disabled Persons Taxi Advisory Committee (DPTAC) gives taxi users with a disability, disability advocacy groups and others interested in taxi services for people with a disability an opportunity to provide advice and feedback to the Victorian Taxi Directorate (VTD) on policies and initiatives.

Nominations to become members of DPTAC for the next two years are now being sought.

The VTD is particularly interested in receiving applications from Multi Purpose Taxi Program members, Wheelchair Accessible Taxi users, disability advocacy organisations and people representing peak bodies. Existing members are welcome to re-nominate.

To express your interest, you can complete the Expression of Interest form and return to the VTD by 5pm, 10 February 2012.

For further information please contact the Victorian Taxi Directorate on 1800 638 802 (toll-free) or mptp [dot] taxitransport [dot] vic [dot] gov [dot] au (email).

Published by the Department of Transport, the Transport Research and Policy Analysis Bulletin profiles the work being undertaken by the Policy and Communications Division of the department, and shares information of interest to the transport sector and broader community.

The summer 2011 edition (issue 16) is available for download via the DoT website to catch up on:

• The Australasian Transport Research Forum (ATRF) 2011
• Federal report on jobs growth and commuting flows in Melbourne
• Journey to work patterns in Regional Victoria: analysis of census data 1996-2006
• VISTA fast facts: using cars more efficiently


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