Media Release
January 15 2007
Thinking on Two Wheels
In
response to international demand,
Thinking on Two
Wheels (TOTW07) - the world’s only cycling-centric conference with
academic peer-review opportunities – has grown to a two-day event in
2007 featuring guest speakers from interstate and overseas.
The conference, on today and tomorrow at the Hilton International, is part of the Tour Down Under program, and an initiative of the University of South Australia, proud sponsor of Team UniSA-Australia.
Convenor Dr Stuart Clement, of UniSA’s Transport Systems Centre, says TOTW07 has a strong community and industry focus.
“This year’s topics cover a really wide range of cycling issues,” Dr Clement says, “from how to make cycling safer, to cycling’s role in sustainable urban communities, cycle tourism and the many health benefits of cycling.
“And in addition to our interstate presenters, the conference will feature speakers from Germany, Denmark and the US.”
Dr Clement says TOTW07 has two “lively” keynote speakers in David Engwicht, “one of the world’s most innovative urban thinkers” (Beyond Design Fundamentalism: Psychology and Cycling) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Emeritus Professor David Gordon Wilson (War Stories - Battles for Safety with Bicycle Manufacturers and Do Good and Profit - Policy Incentives Rewarding Lifestyles that Benefit Society).
“David Engwicht really thinks quite differently to most of us. What he has to say about driver psychology and bike lanes could well change the way some drivers will think about sharing the road with cyclists,” Dr Clement says.
David Wilson will set the cat among the pigeons with his keynote address on the battle to get cycle manufacturers to improve rider safety through implementing some relatively simple and cheap design considerations.
“We are fortunate to be able to bring a person of such international standing as Professor Wilson to Thinking on Two Wheels,” Dr Clement says, “and his paper on how different public policy can steer travel behaviour towards a more sustainable and equitable transport system will at the very least, intrigue.”
Media contact
- Vincent Ciccarello office (08) 8302 0578 mobile 0434 603 457 email vincent.ciccarello@unisa.edu.au