Ian Woodcock

architecture won't save the planet, but it might provide a better setting for the final scene

[Ian Woodcock @Chinese_Lady]

Innovation without ethical purpose is merely novelty, or worse.

https://t.co/AWclOmPmjH

[Greg Marsden @DrGregMarsden]

Here's a thought. Lets put all the talk of MaaS and automation on one side until we have a reasonable number of rail carriages moving commuters in the morning peak to a timetable that works. I'm pretty sure the 80 odd standing people here would riot in a smart mobility conference

[Ian Woodcock @Chinese_Lady]

Indeed. Why spend $15bn on an express only accessible from 2 stations when we could have a direct train to the airport accessible from 38 stations!

[Tony Morton @tonybmorton]

Advocates are concerned this #AirportRail debate is being framed as a series of false dilemmas. Most popular airport rail lines around the world are not point-to-point expresses. The combination of RRL and MM1 buys us time to start services while planning a long term solution.

[Ian Woodcock @Chinese_Lady]

Why spend $15bn for a one-seat airport ride accessible from only two stations, with only in the central city, when we could have the same thing accessible from 38 stations, with 5 in the central city? https://t.co/KPLHOyrOMI

[Alan Davies @MelbUrbanist]

Ask Australians if they’d prefer the fastest option and of course they’ll say yes every time. They’re not thinking about the ratio of benefits to costs; and most will rarely use the line anyway https://t.co/JhKfHcgEqc

[Ian Woodcock @Chinese_Lady]

It’s purely commercial. If it became known that AVs were programmed with utilitarian ethics, that is, to behave in ways that benefited the greatest number of people, no-one would use them.

https://t.co/ttUroPV4S2

[Ian Woodcock @Chinese_Lady]

@jcgmurphy When those roads are advocated at the expense of alternatives, such as WGTP over MM2 and freight rail they’re more than ‘a few roads’ ...

[Ian Woodcock @Chinese_Lady]

You don’t think the likes of Transurban do comprehensive planning before they make their bids, direct their investments, lobby for what’s good for their shareholders?

[Ian Woodcock @Chinese_Lady]

@jcgmurphy There’s your post-doc right there ...

[Ian Woodcock @Chinese_Lady]

Isn’t there the option of putting the project out to tender and seeing how the market responds? Why does it have to be either an un-solicited private bid or something something else? We need more discussion about something something else here!

[Timna Jacks @TimnaJacks]

The Morrison government is considering ditching an airport rail tunnel in favour of a state government plan for an above-ground track in order to get the multibillion-dollar project done.
https://t.co/ZSPiAtIn08 via @theage

[Tony Morton @tonybmorton]

Perhaps we could have some attention to the factors that currently deter people from walking and cycling before reinventing the wheel?

[Ramp Capital @RampCapitalLLC]

Preview of the Cybertruck’s autopilot

[Ian Woodcock @Chinese_Lady]

This is a really interesting possibility.
https://t.co/rQwZmUhwFr

[Ian Woodcock @Chinese_Lady]

Come to RMIT’s Storey Hall today at 5:30 for an expert panel discussion on the legacy of Melbourne’s 1969 Transportation Plan! https://t.co/I4zAct7AqB

[Ian Woodcock @Chinese_Lady]

@jcgmurphy The question for you as the political scientist is: what needs to be done to get there?

[Ian Woodcock @Chinese_Lady]

We need a comprehensive metropolitan transport plan based on mode share targets linked to GHG reduction targets, that also meets minimum levels of service to guarantee adequate social inclusion. Model that, and put it to a vote! https://t.co/oaiwrnP3Eq

[Ian Woodcock @Chinese_Lady]

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results. Melbourne, still building mega roads, expecting congestion to get better. https://t.co/KdeTYZQFRr

[Ian Woodcock @Chinese_Lady]

We need a comprehensive metropolitan transport plan based on mode share targets linked to GHG reduction targets, that also meets minimum levels of service to guarantee adequate social inclusion. Model that, and put it to a vote!

[Guy Gibson @Guy_Gibson]

@urbanizationist @Chinese_Lady @RMIT_CUR Great initiative; there’s not enough review of previous plan performance in the development of new strategic plans: this applies to land use plans as well as transport plans.

[Ian Woodcock @Chinese_Lady]

Chair’s perks!

[MSSI @MSSIMelb]

Congratulations to our urban scholars who have taken home the Peter Harrison Memorial Prize for the best paper at #SOAC2019 in Perth this week! WELL DONE @CrystalLegacy1 @kinokofry @urban_JW @Chinese_Lady