There's an election coming up. A community group wants to make some noise. They come up with a campaign name, set up a website and hold an event. There they get some well-regarded academics or experts to speak.
The event may be recorded and the speech placed on YouTube. The election comes and goes, the website is left and, in a good month the uploaded videos gets a handful of views. People soon forget they even exist.
Yet the content is often good and the issues from 10 or 20 years ago retain their resonance today. The minister is different, the project is different, but the themes are the same. Who was it who said that history doesn't exactly repeat but it rhymes?
Anyway grab a drink and watch these presentations from transport experts and activists, past and present.
Prof Graham Currie
The late A/Prof Paul Mees
William McDougall
(William McDougall's blog is here)
Prof Nicholas Low
Dr Tony Morton
RACV
Various, including Ken Mathers
Found other interesting transport video presentations? If so please link to them in the comments below.
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