Melbourne city planner reckons that bigger cities are better cities: Rob Adams at TEDxSydney

As Director of Design & Urban Environment for the City of Melbourne with nearly 40 years experience as a practising architect and urban designer, Rob has produced a large number of strategic urban design solutions and projects in addition to design-research based urban projects and strategies, and has attracted over 100 state and national awards for excellence. A champion of both the arts and environmental sustainability he has worked to ensure that good urban design is established as a platform for city development into the 21st Century.
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TEDxSydney 2010 was organised by General Thinking and took place on Saturday 22 May 2010 at CarriageWorks. Almost 2,000 people enjoyed the day live, over 700 in the theatre and the rest via big screen simulcast in The Forum. Thousands more watched the lives webstream. It was a grand day.
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[@keaedz]

Unfortunately Australia's population will never understand this. Instead we will keep building new sprawling estates and freeways...
Apparently that is what people want? Living a two 2 hour drive from work, 30 minute drive from school and 20 minute drive from the closest shopping center. Living in a poorly designed house, far too large and expensive to cool/heat. No footpaths, no street lights, underutilized parks, no community, no main street, no anything. Just people living in their giant McMansions, getting in their car, parking in an underground car park, going to work, getting back in the car, going home and repeat.
Id take the shoe box apartment in the city any day of the week.

[@kieranmorris7315]

keaedz the fact that you already think this is a good idea is a pretty good sign a lot of other think it is too.
Also most people who would not want to live in these areas are in older generations, while younger generations are more open to these ideas, they are also the largest proportion of new buyers, so providing these spaces for them would be successful

[@leoheng7676]

Hahah Quarantine classes be like:

[@ians6219]

Wow. This is what urban planning needs; less ridiculous red tape and more planning for the future that respects the urban and rural environments. Great video and smart presenter!

[@kaveensilva3451]

Friking geo

[@matthewathanasiou1184]

ped

[@omiraabayadeera3628]

@@matthewathanasiou1184 agreed

[@anthonyle2749]

funny funny

[@kalanapitigala6937]

Big Man

[@hashealperera7483]

@@matthewathanasiou1184 shush shmuck

[@xlynx9]

5 million by 2022 was pretty accurate - we actually hit in in 2021, despite pandemic governance related slow growth.

[@itzybite99]

Wow needed this for school !!

[@jocconsulting]

Great video!

[@shallen2008]

Where be is the transcript for this talk

[@AdiRudi]

@jdtbruck I think you have to do both with Sydney. Follow the principles Rob's outlined, but also increase transport services.

[@harryb3456]

Hello comment that is 10 years old! 🥰

[@guirk_master2118]

such an interesting video!

[@danielferraro6115]

Great call guirk great call

[@harryhartney8610]

GUIRK_MASTER21 yeah man cool man doz

[@jdtbruck]

favourite talk of the day! I wonder what we could do with Sydney? Unfortunately Sydney doesn't have that nice grid-like structure that he refers to. Our major highways are already completely clogged, so the issue of increasing population might be less of a location problem but a transport problem? More buses, more train infrastructure...

[@kieranmorris7315]

Jonathan Bruck ah but location of the population influences the burden on transport systems.
By building more were the public transport is, you encourage people to use that.
At the same time you expand said public transport, to make it a viable alternative to driving, lowering traffic.
Also, these new areas need to be designed with community, environment, and aesthetic appeal, so that people actually want to move there.
It's about centralising around train stations, bus routes and light rail. While still keeping the suburban feel that a lot of people enjoy.

[@themasonexperience6844]

U can’t build skyscrapers

[@Tebbe1997]

Malmö is where in Sweden you should live if you want low income.

[@apleknight411]

wait waitaiawitiawtiawitaitiata holdup, he works in Dubai and is a city planner?

[@danbarr3639]

no thanks. i'm not an ant. And did he just say to put all the old people in boxes? an ant pile at 17:01

[@kieranmorris7315]

Dan Barr when did he say putting old people in boxes?

[@pierre3215]

That was an example of things NOT to do. Did you even listen to the man?

[@Melbcity]

Rob Adams, expensive and extravagant. "Melbourne Turning Basin" costing Millions of dollars that boats can not access. He capitulated to move Museum out of city centre compromising Melbourne's World Heritage site and diminished Melbourne's appeal to children. He proposed to build balconies over Victorian heritage verandas in Lygon Street. A bridge half completed. Every project paid top dollar. Swanston Street costing 100 of Millons of dollars does not work. Bicycle paths engineering congestion

[@simon_patterson]

He's described places that we'd prefer other people to live in, not ourselves. I bet his children are not bringing up his grandchildren in such places.

[@xd5195]

bruh

[@sgtporkchops7453]

bruh

[@brians6401]

@@sgtporkchops7453 omg its lester's homeboy