Thomas (SMEC)
Session: 6
Room: Meeting Room 5
Format: Shark Tank
Summary: Should 1 Billion dollars be provided to subsidise transport infrastructure? Thomas explores the housing crisis: how can we counteract land banking, urban sprawl, and the housing crisis? The goal is to subsidise infrastructure to incentivise development increase within proximity to public transport. Can we support the relationship between high-density development and infrastructure? Thomas was asked, instead of a one billion subsidy, why don’t we direct this money directly into building social housing. This question raised an ideal situation, however, political pressures allow this proposal to be more palatable through a subsidiary approach. Who will build the social housing? On what land? This initiative explores how to deliver change on private land.
Rick Williams (Movement & Place Consulting)
Session: 6
Room: Meeting Room 7
Format: Open Data
Summary: Any data can be open if you work hard enough. While there is amazing data available, it may not be used very well. Many data sources could be improved/refined. Government agencies are now commissioning consultancies to do this. Dashboard summaries/outputs are useful as long as the raw data is readily identified. Third-party data sources limit what can be done with final products and distribution. Wide-ranging discussion covering current, past, and in-development data sets, who owns what, and what you can do with it.
Iain Barker (Meld Studios)
Session: 6
Room: Meeting Room 5
Format: Shark Tank
Summary: Would you commit 2.2 Billion dollars (au) to make Brisbane to be known as the greenest city in the world? In this proposal, Iain asks the Sharks what would it take to receive the funding to transform the entire transport system in favour of sustainable and active transport modes.