Webinar: Lessons to be Learnt in Transport Safety
A webinar aimed at getting the profession to reflect on what can be learnt from some of the failures that have occurred within the industry – today’s topic: road safety
Decarbonising Transport Conference 2021
Transportation 2021 is New Zealand’s premier forum for the transportation and public space design, integrated planning, transport safety and transport engineering community. The Conference is intended to stimulate debate and provide problem-solving and thought-leadership amongst peers both within the transportation sector and related professions. The conference has been running for more than 40 years and is hosted annually throughout different regions in New Zealand. In May next year the conference returns to Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland. Auckland is a diverse and multicultural city with a population of over 1.6 million, is home to the second largest seaport in New Zealand and the main international gateway for visitors from abroad. The demand for transport in the city causes major congestion issues on a day to day basis. Reshaping transport is vital to elevate Auckland and other metropolitan areas in New Zealand to be more liveable and sustainable.
Theme: Decarbonising Transport
The topic for this year’s conference is ‘Decarbonising Transport’, and we will be unpacking what that really means for our transportation system and the profession as a whole.
Scientific consensus tells us that the world is facing a significant environmental and climate challenge. In New Zealand, several local authorities declared a ‘climate emergency’ and have called for ambitious climate change mitigation measures. The transport sector is a large contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, and it will have to make changes to significantly reduce emissions to align with New Zealand’s goal of being carbon-neutral by 2050. Increasingly we recognise that we cannot achieve this working with old policies and practices that do not encourage change. To be effective, we need to act fast and adapt quickly to ensure targets are being met, have the difficult conversations, hold sectors accountable and see carbon emissions as an integrated system. One of the first steps on reducing carbon emissions in any sector is to understand how much we are emitting. Measurements and information are key to understanding any problem and assess performance. What we measure, how we measure it and who undertakes the measurement for how long, are just as important as how we reduce emissions. Information is key, not only to determine how we are tracking but can be used for public corporation of this global issue. How can we distribute this information in a constructive manner?
Shendi Mani
2021 Conference Convenor
Waka Kotahi Webinar: Sparking Transitions to Zero Carbon Cities
You’re invited to join NZTA for a webinar and discussion on Transition Planning. As always, please feel free to send this on to your colleagues.
Transportation underpins our society, connecting people, cities, economies and fostering growth and employment. Yet as millions of us move within and between cities and countries every single day, transport is the fastest growing source of greenhouse gas emissions in Aotearoa.
Given transport’s tangible role in modern society, and the changes we know we need to make, is transport our trojan horse for sparking a wider transition to sustainability? How best to reimagine our approach to transport and mobility in this moment, to stretch beyond traditional silos and help energise our efforts across cities, urban spaces and thriving communities as we co-create a 21st century society?
When: 13 August, 8.30 – 10am
Where: Online
Cost: Free
Join us in welcoming Professor Jan Rotmans and Professor Susan Krumdieck for a discussion on enabling and accelerating transportation transition.
Sustainable Transition expert Professor Jan Rotmans is virtually touring New Zealand with the Aotearoa Transition Launchpad Series. Professor Rotmans was a lead member in the Netherlands’ 2016 society-wide process to craft a transformational living vision and plan, called Roadmap Next Economy (RNE), for Rotterdam-The Hauge. Together, we will be learning about the process of how to ‘plan’, enable, and support transition thinking and evolution; Transport/Urban Transitions & also some of the insights into how to spark/maintain momentum and navigate the organic process of transition.
Professor Susan Krumdieck is focused on defining wicked problems using the InTIME methodology to deal with them, with a focus on accelerating transport transition by working from the ground up.
We’ll have an opportunity to hear from our guest speakers, with some time for questions and discussion after.
This session is part of the Aotearoa Transition Launchpad Series: `Stretch the possible – how to empower and accelerate the shift to a low-carbon, just society and next economy’. Are you a change maker keen to help with developing this series? Get in touch!