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Elliot Fishman

Director, Transport Innovation
Institute for Sensible Transport

Dr Elliot Fishman completed his PhD at the Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety - Queensland. He is a transport researcher and consultant who has specialised in bicycle planning and disruptive transport innovation for over a decade. He completed his PhD on bike share and has advised the OECD, the Australian Prime Minister’s Office and numerous government agencies on transport innovation and continues to work as a transport consultant as Director of the Institute for Sensible Transport.

Subjects: Built Environment, Consumer Psychology, Economics, Finance, Business & Industry, Environment and Sustainability, Geography , Urban Planning, Urban Studies

Biography

Dr Fishman began his career as a health professional. After noticing that many of his patients were presenting with diseases caused by a sedentary lifestyle, he enrolled in a post graduate qualification in transport planning and set up his own transport consultancy specialising in active and sustainable transport (Institute for Sensible Transport). The Institute is now almost 15 years old and he continues to work with mostly government clients to assist them in getting the most out of their transport system.

He lives in Melbourne with his wife and two children. He has several bikes, including a Dutch cargo bike.

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