Chair: Professor Stephen Ison
Rapporteur: Lake Sagaris Public transpor
t systems have been slow to address the dilemmas inherent in making their s
ystems comfortable, direct, reliable and door-to-door, all key characterist
ics of "automobility", the socio-technological phenomenon they seek to repl
ace. Yet the future of public transport requires truly intermodal systems,
with appropriate land use decisions and seamless transfers between the mode
appropriate for a specific traveller, trip type, purpose or distance. Inte
rmodal transport requires planning public space to optimize walkability and
cycle-inclusion, which involves private bicycles, bike-share, bicycle rick
shaws, clean-running (usually electric or CNG) two- and three-wheelers, sha
red taxis and car sharing, in addition to traditional modes of public trans
it. It also requires different scales of governance and private operation,
including micro and small businesses, cooperatives and other business model
s. Different owners and operators of specific modes can foster or limit the
development and cooperation needed for multi-modal planning and intermodal
service delivery. This workshop will examine the social, political, instit
utional, regulatory, and operational challenges to providing inter-modal tr
ansport. Is current thinking about "social sustainability" and transport su
fficient? What are our definitions of "sustainability" missing, when it com
es to scale, inclusion, health, resilience? |