The document announces an upcoming business and policy dialogue in Sydney on future cities from September 30 to October 3, 2013. It will include discussions on meeting sustainability challenges and feature presentations from Rick Sawers of National Australia Bank, Nick Greiner of Infrastructure NSW, and Professor Nick Tyler of University College London. The dialogue aims to explore aspirations, needs, and visions for cities in 1909, 2013, and 2113 with regards to transportation, movement, mobility, and accessibility in relation to well-being. It will also discuss themes of developing courteous, evolving, healthy, and active cities with public space. The document presents concepts for people-oriented land use planning and transport systems focused on reducing the need to travel, shifting to high

1. ENDORSING PARTNERS
Future cities: Meeting the
Brundtland challenge
The following are confirmed contributors to the business and policy dialogue in Sydney:
•
Rick Sawers (National Australia Bank)
•
Nick Greiner (Chairman (Infrastructure NSW)
Monday, 30th September 2013: Business & policy Dialogue
Tuesday 1 October to Thursday,
Dialogue
3rd
October: Academic and Policy
Presented by: Professor Nick Tyler CBE, Chadwick Professor, Civil
Engineering, University College London, United Kingdom
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3. 1909 needs
2013 reality
2113 vision?

5. How de we think about our city?

13. Aspirations
People
Transport
Transport
Transport
Movement
Movement
Mobility
Mobility
Accessibility
Accessibility
WELLBEING
Activities

16. The courteous city
• Behaviour change
• Improve equity
• Design to improve
courtesy
The evolving city
• What will be the
needs in the
future?
• Adaptive and
flexible design
Courteous
city
Evolving
city
The healthy city
• Positive impact on
health
• Minimise the need to
use motorised
vehicles
• Clean technologies
Healthy
city
Ideal
city
The active city
• Has activities and
opportunities
• Encourage nonmotorised
transport
Active
city
City as
public
space
The city as public
space
• Public spaces are
open, available and
accessible
• Green spaces
• Public space is safe

18. Let’s start by thinking of wellbeing as the
achievement of an improved quality of life
– a function of ‘activities’

20. The primary function
= “to hold coffee”
A cup …
… holds coffee
A secondary function … to be food

21. Value = Functionality
Cost
Engineering
Satisfaction
=
Use of resources
Achievement
Satisfaction =
Aspiration
Achievement
Value =
Psychology
Aspiration x Use of resources
Anthropology
Aspiration is the first step on the path to
Wellbeing – so it is at least constant

28. Lima demonstrator project
Mixed-use
zone
Integrated Transport
System
‘People centres’

31. People
Aspirations
Activities
Wellbeing

33. Land Use Planning
Adaptive
Planning
• Location of activities
People-oriented Transport
• Planning to ensure people need to travel less
Reduce
Smart
Operations
Exchange
Decarbonise
Energy
management
systems
Move from low capacity modes
Move from High Carbon Impact modes
• Discourage private car use
• Improve energy efficiency
Move to high capacity modes
Move to Low Carbon Impact modes
• Encourage public transport use
• Favour modes using hydro electricity

37. Public Transport
LOV
Pedestrians
Peds
Public
Transport
Freight
Transport
Bicycles
Freight
Transport
Bicycles
Bicycles
LOV
Pedestrians
Public Transport
Freight Transport
LOV
Put people at the apex of the solution

38. Peds
Bicycles
Public Transport
Freight Transport
LOV

45. Change the perspective …
… to change the future