Dr Jan Scheurer

Dr Jan Scheurer is a Senior Research Associate at the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute-RMIT Research Centre and a Senior Lecturer (part-time) at the Curtin University Sustainability Policy Institute (CUSP). His areas of expertise are urban design, transport planning, sustainability policy and mobility culture. Jan teaches in the Environment and Planning and Landscape Architecture programs at RMIT, the Sustainability Studies and Urban and Regional Planning programs at Curtin University, and at the Urban Design Centre of Western Australia.

A 21st century public transport system for Melbourne will require action beyond incremental service improvements or fragmented pieces of infrastructure. Public transport networks, not roads, must define city-shaping agendas, argue John Stone and Jan Scheurer. Image: Fairfax