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Sir Rod Eddington Visits Preston Girls’ Transport Forum
Thursday 10 September saw the conduct of our Transport Forum chaired by The College Environment Captain Ahliah with special guest Sir Rod Eddington author of the Victorian Government East West Transport Strategy Plan. Guests attending the forum included Council president Julia Tilley, Jason McLeod and Matt Wilson from JP Morgan, Krys Hendrickson ARD Northern Metropolitan Region and Che Sutherland Sustainable Transport Officer, Darebin Council.
The audience and contributors to the forum were the Year 10 Living in the City class and the SRC members. Sir Rod spoke about his report and its findings. Two groups of girls from the Living in the City class then made a presentation on various travel modes and issues especially in and around the Northern suburbs. The forum then opened to a Q&A session with Sir Rod responding to questions and issues identified by the students with respect to transport in the Melbourne & metropolitan area. At the conclusion of the forum Sir Rod congratulated the students and Mr Pattichis their teacher on the work and preparation which they had done and their well informed knowledge of the issues.
SIR ROD EDDINGTON V PRESTON GIRLS
Delivering on his plan, Sir Rod Eddington caught an early train from The City, along the Epping Line, to meet his challengers, The Living in the City class, who had studied his West-East Link proposal and The Victorian Government’s Transport Plan and were sparring for a fight.
For Sir Rod Eddington, urban planning guru, the transport system of a city was at the heart of what made any city liveable. In his work at JP Morgan, he had realised that many of the workers were within bicycle access of the City. This prompted them to install showers and bicycle racks at the JP Morgan offices. READ MORE...ONE WAY TRAFFIC EDDINGTON V PRESTON GIRLS
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