1. The GAMUT Agenda Nicholas Low Director: Australasian Centre for Governance and Management of Urban Transport (GAMUT) www.gamutcentre.org

2. What is GAMUT?  A collaborative research centre dedicated to promoting and supporting sustainable urban transport in Australia and the Asia Pacific region.  An emphasis on active and collective urban passenger transport.

3. Organization of GAMUT  A hub at the University of Melbourne (in the Urban Planning Program).  Two outlying Australian foci at Curtin University in Perth, and Griffith University in Brisbane,  Two Asian foci at Hitotsubashi University, and Tokyo, Tongji University, Shanghai.  Joint research with the OMEGA (VREF) Centre, University College London.  Connections with Singapore with Prof. Sun Sheng Han.  Growing links with the China Urban Sustainable Transport Research Centre in Beijing

4. The GAMUT Program 1.Developing a new ideal model of sustainable urban transport. 2.Understanding future environmental and resource constraints. 3.Preparing an approach that could work within the constraints. 4.Finding ‘best practice’ examples. 5.Understanding and overcoming barriers to change. 6.Finding better ways of planning and resourcing solutions.

5. A Zurich transport interchange

6. Some Research  Tapping Production Value in Cities to Fund Public Transport.  Investigating The Capacity of State and Local Government to Deliver Sustainable and Integrated Transport: A case study investigation in Perth and Melbourne.  Developing a Modular Urban Land Use and Transport Tool for Predicting Transport Need.  Institutional Enablers of Children’s Independent Mobility.  Competition versus Integration: a case study of urban rail transit in Melbourne.  Determinants of Transport Policy in Federations: An Australian Case Study.  Investigation of the Assessment of Urban Mega-Transport Projects, An International Comparison Covering Ten Countries.

7. Advocacy  Advocating public transport network planning.  Seeking a more transparent and rational approach to national infrastructure planning.  Promoting A bicycle infrastructure plan for Melbourne.  Promoting walkable streets in central Melbourne.

8. Thank you