‘Road Engineering Post-Covid: Technologies and Practices for the Zero Carbon-Zero Poverty Agenda’
Presenter: Peter Newman AO, Professor of Sustainability at Curtin University
OCTOBER 2020
Wednesday 14th October, 3.00 - 4.00pm
The global economic collapse is mainstreaming the zero carbon-zero poverty agenda from Paris and the SDG’s and evidence of this will be presented to show how critical it will be for all professions and sectors to respond in our cities and regions. Renewables-batteries-EV’s-smart technology systems in cities and hydrogen in regional industry are leading this charge, but what do they mean for how we make road systems? The role of new mid-tier transit and micro-mobility, recharge hubs and urban regeneration along corridors will be outlined as well as the special role of regional ports.