Social, economic and environmental factors will fundamentally change the nature of urban transport systems and the way we use them. Demographic change, aging population, peak oil, reliance on fossil fuels, climate change and technological changes will be imposed as a consequence

1. URBAN PROCESS RESEARCH TOPIC : TRANSPORT Hantao Wei

4. ADELAIDE TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT IN PAST CENTURY Road Railway Horsedraw Motorbus Tramway Development Strategy : A comprehensive transport plan released in 1968 examining the then-current and future needs of transport for the city of Adelaide – The Metropolitan Adelaide Transport Study, or "M.A.T.S. Plan“ ⇒ 98 kilometers of Freeways ⇒ 34 kilometers of Expressway ⇒ the widening of 386 kilometers of existing Arterial road ⇒ new arterial roads, a new bridge over the Port River ⇒ 20 rail grade separations and Heavy Rail improvements including a subway under King William Street. The total cost of the recommended plan was $436 million dollars in 1965, which equates to approximately 4 billion in 2006 with inflation. Unfortunately none of the plans recommendations were brought to fruition due to political and public opposition.

5. TRANSPORTATION IN ADELAIDE NOW Transport System Now: Adelaide is served by a wide variety of transport, being centrally located on the Australian mainland and forms a hub for east-west and north-south routes. ⇒ the road network includes the Southern Expressway and a reversible one way freeway ⇒ the public transport system managed by Adelaide Metro, consisting of a contracted bus system including the O-Bahn Busway (a guided busway) ⇒ the metropolitan railways, and the historic Adelaide to Glenelg Tram. The social, economic and environmental factors that will, fundamentally change the nature of urban transport systems and the way we use them, within a generation. Amongst these factors are demographic change and our aging population , ‘peak oil’ and the diminishing availability of liquid fossil fuels , and the imperative of climate change adaptation and the economic and technological changes that will be imposed as a consequence.

6. TRANSPORTATION IN ADELAIDE NOW