How can we create safe, healthy and prosperous cities by reducing speeds? Join our panel of industry experts and community leaders as they offer unique insights in the management of city transport systems from both a global and local perspective with a focus on creating safe, healthy and prosperous cities by reducing speeds.

Speakers

Dr. Paul Tranter

Honorary Associate Professor, School of Science UNSW Canberra

Paul’s research in human geography has made a pioneering contribution to understanding the complex links between city transport and health and sustainability. He has researched children’s independent mobility and active travel, child-friendly environments, road safety and the impacts of speed on sustainability and health at scales from local to global. These themes are brought together in Slow Cities: Conquering our speed addiction for health and sustainability by Paul Tranter and Rodney Tolley, Elsevier, 2020. This demonstrates that the pursuit of speed in city transport may be a central obstacle to an effective response to our current global challenges.

Dr Soames Job

Principal, Global Road Safety Solutions Pty Ltd

Dr Soames Job is CEO and Principal of Global Road Safety Solutions. Soames has successfully headed government lead organisations delivering major road safety gains, consulted for many leading global organizations, and provided road safety guidance to over 90 countries. Previous roles include Head of the Global Road Safety Facility, and Global Lead Road Safety with the World Bank, Executive Director of the National Road Safety Council of Australia, and Executive Director of the New South Wales Centre for Road Safety. Mainly in teams, Soames has won many national and international awards, and has over 500 scientific publications.

Lena Huda

Founder, Safe-Streets-To-School.org

Lena Huda is the co-founder of 30Please.org and safe-streets-to-school.org. She grew up on a residential street in Germany, where 30km/h speed limits were implemented in the 80’s. Inspired by the successful “20 [mph] is Plenty for Us” campaign from the UK, Lena started grass root campaigns aiming to change the narrative around lower speed limits for Australia to promote healthier, walkable neighbourhoods. 30km/h limits are an evidence-backed, low-cost measure that would enable more walking and cycling, save lives, prevent injuries, promote stronger communities and thus reduce health inequalities, obesity, air pollution and CO2 emissions. Lena lives with her Australian husband and four children in Wollongong.