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New 'Food for Thought' opinion pieces from Professor David Hensher in ABC Magazine: The need for a set of effective performance measures and A Community of 'Experts' - The Citizen Panel
01 Feb 2012Hensher, D. (2007-2011) Opinion pieces for the Australasian Bus and Coach magazine
Associate Professor Stephen Greaves interviewed on ABC Radio National on road transport and road freight options
28 Jan 2012Road transport and road freight options
Saturday Extra, ABC Radio National
New ITLS Working Papers
17 Dec 2011- ITLS-WP-11-21
- A maritime security framework for fighting piracy.
- Ada Suk Fung Ng
- Key words: Maritime security; piracy; Straits of Malacca; Somalia.
- Ada Suk Fung Ng
- ITLS-WP-11-22
- Improved information for better land transport in our cities.
- John Stanley
- Key words: Climate change; COAG Reform Council; traffic congestion; liveability performance indicators; social exclusion.
- John Stanley
- ITLS-WP-11-23
- Random regret minimization or random utility maximization: An exploratory analysis in the context of automobile fuel choice.
- David Hensher, William H. Greene and Caspar G. Chorus
- Key words: Random regret; random utility; automobile choice; stated choice experiment; elasticities.
- David Hensher, William H. Greene and Caspar G. Chorus
- ITLS-WP-11-24
- The impact of discontinuity in governance: How transport planning went off the rails in Sydney.
- Rhonda Daniels
- Key words: Governance; institutions; transport planning; public transport.
- Rhonda Daniels
- ITLS-WP-11-21
Professors David Hensher and Corinne Mulley appointed to the NSW Long Term Transport Master Plan Transport Specialists Advisory Group
13 Dec 2011Professor David Hensher, Director of ITLS and Professor Corinne Mulley, Chair in Public Transport have been appointed to the NSW Long Term Transport Master Plan Transport Specialists Advisory Group, a group directly advising Transport for NSW on the creation of the NSW Long Term Transport Master Plan.
Australians prefer investment in urban rail over high speed services - latest results from the ITLS-Interfleet Transport Opinion Survey (TOPS)
07 Dec 2011Rail projects pushed into a siding - The Australian
26 Nov 2011Rail projects pushed into a siding
Imre Salusinszky, The Australian
Slice of London living as city transport begins to see double - Professor Corinne Mulley, Chair in Public Transport, talks to Sydney Morning Herald about double-decker plan
13 Nov 2011Slice of London living as city transport begins to see double
ITLS researchers win two ARC Discovery Project Grants
01 Nov 2011ITLS congratulates Professors David Hensher, John Rose and Peter Stopher on winning a total of $544k in the ARC's 2011 Discovery Project funding round for projects commencing in 2012. This funding is extremely competitive with a national success rate for 2011 applications of only 21.95%. The two grants awarded to ITLS are two of only three projects funded nationally in the area of Transportation and Freight Services. This funding represents almost 50% of the total Discovery Project funding awarded to The University of Sydney Business School in the 2011 round. The research funded is on Valuation of service reliability and crowding under risk and uncertainty: neglected drivers of demand for public transport (Professors David Hensher and John Rose) and Travel time budget analysis from multi-day and multi-year data (Professor Peter Stopher); projects summaries are provided below. ITLS now holds a total of three Discovery Project awards, the earlier award funds research in Assessment of the commuter's willingness to pay a congestion charge under alternative pricing regimes and revenue disbursement plans (Professor David Hensher).
Professor David Hensher, Professor John Rose
Valuation of service reliability and crowding under risk and uncertainty: neglected drivers of demand for public transport
The reliability of public transport services, and the amount of crowding at stations and also on trains and on buses, have come under strong criticism. This study identifies the role that improved service reliability and reduced crowding play in influencing the switch from car to public transport for the commute.
Professor Peter Stopher
Travel time budget analysis from multi-day and multi-year data
This research will investigate whether people have stable budgets for daily travel time and travel cost expenditure. Stable budgets have enormous implications for how various transport policies and investments are likely to affect the way people choose to travel and will likely change various policy and investment decisions related to transport.ITLS researchers and visiting scholar win best paper award at the International Association of Maritime Economists Conference
30 Oct 2011The best paper prize at the International Association of Maritime Economists Conference (Santiago, Chile, 25-28 October 2011) was awarded to the paper Understanding Mode Choice Decisions: A Study of Australian Freight Shippers co-authored by Mary Brooks (Dalhousie University, the paper was written while Mary was a Visiting Scholar at ITLS), ITLS' Professor David Hensher and Dr Sean Puckett, and Adrian Sammons (AMSTEC Design Pty Ltd).
Professor John Stanley appointed to the Board of Directors of the Urban Renewal Authority Victoria
27 Oct 2011The Victorian Planning Minister Matthew Guy has announced the establishment of the Urban Renewal Authority (URA) Victoria and the appointment of the Board of Directors: "I am pleased to announce the appointment of nine directors to the Board. The Board will lead the Authority in developing its business operations to deliver on its mandate to facilitate urban renewal outcomes across Victoria," Mr Guy said.
The Board will be led by Peter Clarke, who was the Chair of the former VicUrban and will be supported by Ken Fehily, as Deputy Chair. The newly appointed directors are William Bowness, Lorna Gelbert, Judith Nicholson, Graeme Parton, Timothy Shannon, Janet West and ITLS' Professor John Stanley.
Mr Guy said the new Board members have been selected for their diversity of commercial experience, skills and knowledge that will be "integral to leading the Authority and ensuring it delivers on its urban renewal mandate."
According to the government, the URA has a clear mandate to deliver urban change in strategic locations and has already earmarked sites for potential development including Fisherman's Bend, E-Gate (West Melbourne), the remainder of the Docklands precinct and Richmond railway station.
A key objective of the URA is to attract private sector investment to help to progress development and accommodate population growth and to carry out, or manage or coordinate the carrying out of, urban renewal projects.
DHL global open innovation competition on city logistics
22 Oct 2011DHL has launched an "Open Innovation" competition focusing on "City Logistics" - the process whereby private companies optimize logistics and transport activities in urban areas while considering the traffic environment, the traffic congestion and energy consumption within the framework of a market economy.
ITLS lecturers awarded Dean's Citations for Teaching for outstanding teaching performance
07 Oct 2011ITLS congratulates our lecturers who received Dean's Citations for Teaching for units of study taught in Semester 1, 2011:- Honorary Associate Professor Peter Lok for TPTM6260 International Logistics
- Associate Professor Stephen Greaves for TPTM6470 Sustainable Transport and Logistics Systems
- Professor Peter Stopher and Adjunct Professor John Stanley for TPTM6450 Transport Policy
- Matthew Beck and Dr Geoffrey Clifton for TPTM6495 Analysis Tools for Transport and Logistics
The Dean's Citation for Teaching is awarded to Unit of Study Coordinators / Teaching Teams on the basis of Unit of Study Evaluation (USE) feedback which provides evaluative data on the overall quality of the teaching in the Unit of Study as perceived by students. The three relevant USE items, which mirror the University and national Learning and Teaching Performance Fund key indicators of teaching performance, are good teaching, generic skills / graduate attributes, and overall satisfaction.
ITLS lecturers have been awarded several Dean's Citations for Teaching over the years across a number of units of study. Further details of all ITLS units of study may be found at: Transport and Logistics Graduate Program
Transport and logistics talent in hot demand says HAYS, reports Australasian Transportation News
06 Oct 2011Demand is hot for transport and logistics talent, according to the latest report from recruitment firm Hays, with some companies acting pre-emptively to secure the right employee.
In its latest quarterly report, Hays says there is high demand across Australia's logistics sector for skilled workers, including engineers, transport analysts and solutions architects.
Professor David Hensher, Director of ITLS, discusses charging motorists per peak kilometre and the North West Rail Link versus increasing bus networks, as a key speaker at the NSW Transport Infrastructure Summit
06 Oct 2011NSW Transport Infrastructure Summit
The 6th NSW Transport Infrastructure Summit was held on 5th and 6th October 2011 in Sydney. The summit provided an outlook for NSW's transport priorities, including passenger transport and freight transport strategies.
Media coverage:
Rail link's desperate grab for land
Rhys Haynes, The Daily Telegraph
Motorists should pay 'per peak kilometre'
Nine News MSNNew ITLS Working Papers: "A comparison of algorithms for generating efficient choice experiments" and "Understanding mode choice decisions: A study of Australian freight shippers"
06 Oct 2011- ITLS-WP-11-19
- A comparison of algorithms for generating efficient choice experiments.
- Wu Quan, John M. Rose, Andrew T. Collins and Michiel C.J. Bliemer
- Key words: Stated choice; efficient experimental designs; algorithms.
- ITLS-WP-11-20
- Understanding mode choice decisions: A study of Australian freight shippers.
- Mary R. Brooks, Sean M. Puckett, David A. Hensher and Adrian Sammons
- Key words: Mode choice; short sea shipping, Australia.
- View all ITLS Working Papers
- ITLS-WP-11-19
Professor David Hensher, Director of ITLS, talks about the tax summit and a congestion tax with ABC radio's Deborah Cameron
04 Oct 2011ABC 702 Sydney
Media covers latest results from Interfleet-ITLS Transport Opinion Survey
03 Oct 2011Survey shows strong rejection of carbon tax on bus fuel
Eco News October 03, 2011National Brief
Australian Financial Review September 30, 2011Interview with ITLS Director, Professor David Hensher
Curtin FM (Perth) September 28, 2011
Report: Australians reject carbon tax on bus fuel
Social Development Council News September 27, 2011Commuters want carbon tax exemption for buses
Australasian Bus and Coach September 27, 2011Australians reject carbon tax on bus fuel
Sector Connect Inc., Managers Network, News September 27, 2011ITLS researchers present papers at the 34th Australasian Transport Research Forum (ATRF), 28-30 September 2011, Adelaide
28 Sep 2011The following papers were presented by ITLS researchers at this year's ATRF:
Mass media and mass transit: a newspaper's campaign on public transport planning in Sydney
Rhonda Daniels, Cameron Gordon, Corinne MulleyThe role of attitudes and public transport service on vehicle ownership in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Chinh Ho, Toshiyuki YamamotoNational household travel surveys: The case for Australia
Peter Stopher, Yun Zhang, Jimmy Armoogum, Jean-Loup Madre
Analysis of a financial incentive to encourage safer driving practices
Stephen Greaves, Simon Fifer
Exploring the role of public transport in agglomeration economies and centres
Rhonda Daniels, Corinne Mulley
Prediction of vehicle kilometres travelled: A multilevel modelling approach
Russell Familar, Stephen Greaves, Michael Tanner
Rhonda Daniels, Cameron Gordon, Corinne Mulley, Nick Stevens
Role of port authorities in Australia, Canada and the European Union
Petr Kolar, Sean Puckett
Understanding variations in travel time to access key activities for accessibility planning
Rhonda Daniels, Corinne Mulley
David Hensher, Rhonda Daniels
Cash or prepay: understanding passenger choice for different products
Peter Graham, Corinne Mulley
Joe Fai Poon, Peter Stopher
New book from ITLS - Choice Modelling: Foundational Contributions - edited by Professor David Hensher and Associate Professor John Rose
28 Sep 2011
Hensher, D.A. and Rose, J.M. (eds.) (2011) Choice Modelling: Foundational Contributions, Classics in Transport and Environmental Valuation 1, Edward Elgar Publishers, Cheltenham, U.K.
Choice modelling is an area of growing popularity as many researchers and consultants seek to find better ways to explain the choices made by individuals, households and firms in many application contexts such as transportation, health services, environmental science, marketing, finance, economics, tourism, vacationing, education and employment. Choice modelling as a field began as long ago as 1927 but it was the research in the 1960s and 1970s that cemented the field as a dominant one for studying choice. This authoritative volume, along with an original introduction by the editors, brings together seminal papers that laid out the main features of the booming literature on discrete choice modelling. This timely collection will be of immense value to anyone with an interest in this evolving field of study.
44 articles, dating from 1927 to 2007 - Contributors include: M. Akiva, A. Daly, W. Greene, R. Luce, D. McFadden,
T. Morikawa, D. Revelt, K. Train, L.L Thurstone, H.C.W.L Williams.
Part of the Edward Elgar Publisher's Classics in Transport and Environmental Valuation series.
Order your copy now.Australians reject carbon tax on bus fuel - latest results from the ITLS-Interfleet Transport Opinion Survey (TOPS)
27 Sep 2011New ITLS Working Paper: Analysis of a financial incentive to encourage safer driving practices
13 Sep 2011- ITLS-WP-11-18
- Analysis of a financial incentive to encourage safer driving practices.
- Stephen Greaves and Simon Fifer
- Key words: Road safety; speeding; behaviour change; kilometre-based charges
- View all ITLS Working Papers
- ITLS-WP-11-18
New ITLS Working Paper: Environmental and social taxes: Reforming road pricing in Australia.
01 Sep 2011- ITLS-WP-11-17
- Environmental and social taxes: Reforming road pricing in Australia
- John Stanley and David Hensher
- Key words: Road pricing; tax reform; Australia; congestion; externalities; optimal tax
- View all ITLS Working Papers
- ITLS-WP-11-17
ATA to push for short and long-term fixes on truck charges - Professor David Hensher tells Australasian Transport News that the proposed mass-distance-location scheme is not as complex or expensive as the trucking industry believes
29 Aug 2011ATA to push for short and long-term fixes on truck charges
Brad Gardener, Australasian Transport NewsCan she fix it? Professor David Hensher (Director, ITLS) warns Gladys Berejiklian (NSW Minister for Transport) that the public has a patience threshold with a new regime of about six months, reports the Sydney Morning Herald Newspaper
25 Aug 2011Shelley Gare, Sydney Morning Herald
New paper available in ITLS Board of Advice Working Paper Series: Systems Economics - Definition of the economic product
18 Aug 2011ITLS-BoA-WP-11-01
Systems Economics: Essay 1 - Definition of the economic product
Alastair Stone
Key words: Systems economics; entity; product; motivation; dimension; causality; institutional arrangements; transaction costs; markets, firms; public; private; decision making process.High speed rail for Sydney - Professor Peter Stopher interviewed by SBS TV Mandarin News Australia
15 Aug 2011SBS, Mandarin News Australia
Western Sydney Public Transport Users symposium - are free shuttle buses a good idea?
13 Aug 2011Professor Corinne Mulley and Dr Rhonda Daniels spoke at the Western Sydney Public Transport Users symposium on Saturday 13 August 2011 on free shuttle buses. The presentations prompted debate about the purpose of the free CBD shuttle bus services, which bus services should be free, and whether the shuttle buses are the best use of the public transport budget.
New working papers available from ITLS on "Networks alliances as strategy: A case study of an SME in an emerging economy" and "The importance of completeness and clarity in air transport contracts in remote regions in Europe and Australia"
09 Aug 2011- ITLS-WP-11-15
- Networks alliances as strategy: A case study of an SME in an emerging economy.
- Peter Lok, Jo Rhodes and David Walters
- Key words: Strategic network alliance; relationship management; knowledge sharing management; SME
- ITLS-WP-11-16
- The importance of completeness and clarity in air transport contracts in remote regions in Europe and Australia.
- Rico Merkert and David A. Hensher
- Key words: Aviation in remote regions; public service obligations; contracts; transaction costs
- View all ITLS Working Papers
- ITLS-WP-11-15
Workshop on Walking and cycling infrastructure for Australian cities
08 Aug 2011Professor Corinne Mulley and Dr Rhonda Daniels attended a two day workshop on walking and cycling, organised by the Major Cities Unit of the Department of Infrastructure and Transport, on 8-9 August 2011. Feedback from the workshop will be used to develop the Commonwealth Government’s position on active travel in cities.
Associate Professor John Rose interviewed by ABC Radio National on the feasibility of high-speed rail from Brisbane to Melbourne
04 Aug 2011The old and new of very fast trains
PM, ABC Radio National
ITLS signs agreement with Overseas Education College, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China to deliver Modern Logistics and Supply Chain Management EMBA Study Course
31 Jul 2011ITLS has formed a strategic partnership with Overseas Education College, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), China to develop and deliver logistics and supply chain management programs. In 2012 ITLS academics will deliver courses at OEC-SJTU in Retail Logistics and Reverse Logistics.
Government should split the bill on road pricing reform says Professor David Hensher, Director of ITLS, reported by Australasian Transport News and Supply Chain Review
28 Jul 2011Government should split the bill on road pricing reform: Hensher
Brad Gardner, Australasian Transport News and Supply Chain Review
World Symposium on Transport and Land Use Research
28 Jul 2011Professor Corinne Mulley and Dr Rhonda Daniels presented two papers on public transport research at the inaugural World Symposium on Transport and Land Use Research in Whistler Canada on 28-30 July 2011.
Daniels, R. and Mulley, C. (2011) Explaining walking distance to public transport: the dominance of public transport supply.
Du, H. and Mulley, C. (2011) Understanding spatial variations in the impact of accessibility on land value using geographically weighted regression.Professor Corinne Mulley, NSW Chair in Public Transport, says the state government should restrict non-workers' concession fare use to off-peak hours, reports the Inner West Courier
27 Jul 2011Reducing crowds on public transport
Naeum Kim, Inner West CourierITLS PhD candidate Claudine Moutou wins place on the International Association for the History of Transport, Traffic and Mobility (T2M) International Summer School, Berlin, Germany: The Passenger: Mobility in Modernity
20 Jul 2011New working papers available from ITLS on "The logistics implications of emerging business models" and "Does the choice model method and/or the data matter?"
19 Jul 2011- ITLS-WP-11-13
- The logistics implications of emerging business models.
- David Walters
- Key words: Business models; globalisation regionalisation collaboration value drivers; value added; productivity profitability.
- ITLS-WP-11-14
- Does the choice model method and/or the data matter?
- David A Hensher, John M Rose and Zheng Li
- Key words: Multiple data sets; stated choice; discrete choice models; scale; MNL; latent class; mixed logit; scale MNL; generalized mixed logit; Australia; New Zealand.
- ITLS-WP-11-13
Concession fare restrictions could reduce public transport crowding, say Chair in Public Transport, Professor Corinne Mulley
19 Jul 2011Restrict Sydney’s concession users, says academic
Australasian Bus and Coach
Plan to save the rush for workers
Rhys Haynes, Daily Telegraph
Professor Corinne Mulley and Professor David Hensher (Director, ITLS) were also interviewed for Channel Nine TV News on this story.
Professor Corinne Mulley, Chair in Public Transport, says commuters should not be financially penalised for changing their mode of transport, reports the Sun Herald
17 Jul 2011Coming soon: travel card that tracks moves
Alicia Wood, The Sun Herald
ITLS researchers present papers at the International Choice Modelling Conference organised by the Institute of Transport Studies, Leeds, UK
14 Jul 2011The second International Choice Modelling Conference was held in Leeds from 4 July to 6 July 2011. The conference brings together academics and practitioners from the many areas in which choice modelling is a key technique. The conference was chaired by Dr Stephane Hess, Reader in Choice Modelling at the Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds, UK and Honorary Professor of Choice Modelling at ITLS. A special issue of the Journal of Choice Modelling (Editors in chief: Associate Professor John Rose and Dr Stephane Hess) will be published containing selected papers from the conference as well as the reports from the five workshops.
ITLS researchers presented the following papers at the conference:
- Allowing for heterogeneous decision rules in discrete choice models: an approach and four case studies - Stephane Hess, Amanda Stathopoulos, Andrew Daly
- Are there specific design elements of choice experiments and types of people that influence choice response certainty? - David A Hensher, John M Rose, Matthew Beck
- Consistency and fungibility of monetary valuations in transport: an empirical analysis of framing and mental accounting effects - Shepley Orr, Stephane Hess, Rob Sheldon
- Consistently inconsistent: the role of certainty, acceptability and scale in automobile choice - Matthew Beck, John M Rose, David A Hensher
- Cost thresholds, cut-offs and sensitivities in stated choice analysis: identification and implications - Danny Campbell, David A Hensher, Riccardo Scarpa
- Embedding multiple heuristics into choice models: an exploratory analysis - Waiyan Leong, David A Hensher
- Estimation of stochastic scale with best-worst data - Andrew T Collins, John M Rose
- Freight transport distance and weight as utility conditioning effects on a stated choice experiment - Lorenzo Masiero, David A Hensher
- Linking response quality to survey engagement: a combined random scale and latent variable approach - Stephane Hess, Amanda Stathopoulos
- On the computation of probit choice probabilities - Richard Connors, Stephane Hess, Andrew Daly
- Selecting a date: a matter of regret and compromises - Caspar Chorus, John M Rose
- Using individual-level parameter estimates to investigate evidence of lexicographic behavior and heterogeneity in information processing strategies - Jeffrey Dumont, Thomas J Adler, Stephane Hess, William C Neafsey
- Working with repeated choice data - Andrew Daly, Stephane Hess, Christine Eckert
Professor David Hensher, Director of ITLS, author of one of the top ten most cited articles in the International Journal of Sustainable Transport (2008-10)
13 Jul 2011Is it a carbon price or a carbon tax? Director of ITLS, Professor David Hensher, published in the Logistics Association of Australia's Dispatch Newsletter
13 Jul 2011Is it a carbon price or a carbon tax?
Professor David Hensher
Dispatch Newsletter (Issue 6.6, July 2011), Logistics Association of Australia
Sydney Achievers International Scholarship, commencing 2012
12 Jul 2011The University of Sydney takes great pleasure in announcing the Sydney Achievers International Scholarships for new international students commencing at the University in 2012. These prestigious scholarships are aimed at attracting high achieving, academically meritorious, international students to enjoy the ‘Sydney experience’ at the University of Sydney.
Higher fares to put more cars on road, says expert - Professor John Stanley's views on the carbon tax and public transport discussed in The West Australian
12 Jul 2011Higher fares to put more cars on road, says expert
Kent Acott, The West AustralianM2 upgrade could come with toll increase - Professor David Hensher, Director of ITLS, interviewed by Channel 9 TV news and Radio 2UE
12 Jul 2011M2 upgrade could come with toll increase
6PM Bulletin, Channel 9 TV News
Double tolls, get a faster journey?
Radio 2UE 954 News Talk
Public transport - collateral damage of our new carbon price - Professor John Stanley writes about the new carbon price and public transport in The Conversation
11 Jul 2011Public transport – collateral damage of our new carbon price
John Stanley, The Conversation
Dr Rhonda Daniels gives presentation on the ITLS-Interfleet Transport Opinion Survey to the BusNSW Leading Edge seminar
08 Jul 2011Dr Rhonda Daniels gave a presentation on the ITLS-Interfleet Transport Opinion Survey (TOPS) to the BusNSW Leading Edge seminar on 8 July 2011. The presentation highlights that the community nominates public transport improvements as the highest priority issue in transport, and included comments from Sydney respondents on why they think transport will be better (or worse) in their local area in one year’s time.
Dr Rhonda Daniels warns of the impact of the North West Rail Link on the north shore line, reports The North Shore Times
08 Jul 2011Follow up article:
Clean run’ on North Shore line
Charis Chang, The North Shore TimesRail link may squeeze north shore line
Charis Chang, The North Shore Times
24 Jun 2011
ITLS presents a course on innovations for delivery of public transport in low demand areas to representatives from bus operators, NSW state government transport agencies, local councils, cycling groups, and community transport operators
07 Jul 2011ITLS Visiting Professor John Nelson and Professor Corinne Mulley (ITLS Chair in Public Transport) presented a one-day course on innovations for delivery of public transport in low demand areas, including the role of technology developments, with a focus on buses and community transport. The course provided the operators, suppliers, and public transport planners and policy-makers who attended with an understanding of the role of technology in delivering more efficient services which meet customer, operator and government needs.
Download the course presentations:
The context for public transport in low demand areas: Australia | UK and Europe
The Legal and Funding Framework for Flexible Transport Services: Recent experience in UK and Europe
Technology innovations and pathways for Flexible Transport Services
Daniels R and Mulley C 2010 'Overcoming barriers to implementing Flexible Transport Services in NSW', Proceedings of the 33rd Australasian Transport Research Forum ATRF 2010, Canberra , Australia, 1st October 2010
Professor David Hensher (Director of ITLS) and Professor John Stanley give invited presentations at the Emerging Crises Summit on Cities, Population, Climate Change and Energy at Parliament House, Canberra
06 Jul 2011Professor David Hensher (Director of ITLS) and Professor John Stanley give invited presentations at the Emerging Crises Summit on Cities, Population, Climate Change and Energy held on 6 July 2011 at Parliament House, Canberra. The summit was organised by the Australian Conservation Foundation, Australian Local Government Association, Australasian Railway Association, Bus Industry Confederation, Cycling Promotion Fund, Heart Foundation, and the UITP. Other speakers included the Hon Bob Carr (former Premier NSW), Senator Scott Ludlam (Transport Spokesperson, Australian Greens), and the Hon Greg Hunt MP (Shadow Minister for Climate Action, Environment and Heritage). Professor Stanley focused on social exclusion and mobility, as well as chairing the media conference. Professor Hensher was asked to discuss the role of road pricing and the role that the federal government might play in supporting public transport investment in our capital cities.
Read Bob Carr's blog on the summit: Public Transport Comes with Densities
Media
Carbon tax 'could hit public transport'
AAP Newswire reports that Professor John Stanley has told a transport summit in Canberra that the government's carbon tax, to be announced on Sunday, could harm public transport.
Time to get busy on road pricing, Carr tells transport lobby
Brad Gardner, Supply Chain Review
Councils call for Federal help
PS News (Independent News for the Australian Public Service)
Professor Corinne Mulley, NSW Chair in Public Transport, presents transport paper at at Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia Workshop on Australian State Politics and Policy in Transition: The Case of NSW
04 Jul 2011Fabled Sydney lifestyle under a cloud - Dr Rhonda Daniels tells AFP news wires that Sydney must address infrastructure issues urgently if it wants to keep its reputation as a great place to live
30 Jun 2011Visiting Professor John Nelson (University of Aberdeen) presents short course on Bus Rapid Transit to representatives from bus operators, transport consultancies, Sydney local councils and NSW state government departments and agencies
29 Jun 2011In this half-day course, Professor John Nelson highlighted recent developments in Bus Rapid Transit including state-of-the-art in performance and benefits. The work of the Volvo Foundation’s Centre of Excellence for Bus Rapid Transit development was also showcased; ITLS is a partner in this BRT Centre.
Download the course presentations:Performance and benefits of Bus Rapid Transit
Case Study 1. Beijing, China
Case Study 2. Buses with a High Level of Service
ITLS is offering a number of other public transport courses in 2011 including: Innovations for public transport in low demand areas (Thursday 7 July); Community transport ‘Knowing your costs’ (Monday 22 August); and Understanding bus network planning (Friday 28 October). For more information, including how to register, please see: Public Transport Short Courses.Professor David Hensher, Director of ITLS, interviewed by the Sydney Morning Herald and Sydney radio (2GB and 2UE) on putting buses underground to fix problems of peak hour delays for commuters in Sydney's CBD
26 Jun 2011Alicia Wood, Sydney Morning Herald
2UE News Talk
Professor David Hensher, Director of ITLS, says strategic planning models for Sydney traffic focus on weekdays neglecting weekends, reports the Sydney Morning Herald
25 Jun 2011Clearway to a faster Sydney Saturday
Alexandra Smith and Jacob Saulwick
Media covers release of latest ITLS-Interfleet Transport Opinion Survey (TOPS) results
23 Jun 2011CONFIDENCE in public transport has plunged since the election of the Baillieu Government
Herald Sun June 23, 2011Light at the end of the tunnel on transport
Australian Financial Review June 23, 2011Victoria suffers post-election 'depression'
Australasian Bus and Coach June 22, 2011Frederic Horst appointed as Adjunct Lecturer in International Freight Transportation
23 Jun 2011
Frederic Horst is currently a Manager in Government and International Relations with Qantas. Prior to this he worked for Veolia Environmental Services Australia identifying and implementing synergies and improving performance across the company's waste management business. Before coming to Australia he worked as Director Regulatory Affairs and Intercontinental Network Planning Manager for DHL Aviation in Brussels/Bonn and for Cargolux Airlines in Luxembourg. Frederic is a graduate of the Master of Transport Management and has taught in our graduate program for a number of years.Victorians suffer post-election drop in national transport poll - Latest results from ITLS-Interfleet Transport Opinion Survey (TOPS)
22 Jun 2011Professor David Hensher, Director of ITLS, chairs workshop on forecast methods at Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics' Patronage Forecasting Symposium in Canberra
21 Jun 2011ITLS wins strategic teaching grant to increase curricula and co-curricula engagement with the non-government and community sector
20 Jun 2011ITLS has won a University grant for a Strategic Teaching Enhancement Project (STEPS) which will deliver on the mission of the School of Business to engage with community organisations / provide service to the community by developing a model of community engaged learning and teaching for postgraduate coursework students in transport / logistics through building quality partnerships with organisations involved in transport, logistics and supply chain management activities in the non-government / community sector. Through these partnerships opportunities for engaged enquiry will be developed focusing on the key agenda items for the sector, activities will include: curricular renewal, work integrated learning (case studies, guest lectures / workshops, worksite visits, industry based assignments), and internships. A key part of this project will be to provide work experience opportunities in the non-government and community sector through the Post Graduation Work Experience Program and to develop industry projects from this sector for ITLS' research project units of study (TPTM6300 or TPTM6330). Professor Corinne Mulley will provide academic leadership to the project, with Ruth Steel as Project Coordinator, and Dr Geoffrey Clifton providing academic coordination.
Key Centre Annual Report 2010 now available
17 Jun 2011In addition to fulfilling our formal reporting requirements as an Australian Key Centre of Excellence our Annual Report presents the broad range of our achievements and the strength of our performance across all areas of activity including our research and teaching programs and our community engagement.
Professor David Hensher, Director of ITLS, to give keynote speech at BusNSW Australian Bus and Coach Show, reports Australasian Bus and Coach
17 Jun 2011David Goeldner, Australasian Bus and Coach
Professor David Hensher, Director of ITLS, talks to ABC Radio about the lack of rail access at the Barangaroo Precinct development in Sydney
16 Jun 2011702 ABC Sydney
Higher degree by research student annual symposium
15 Jun 2011Over two days (14-15 June) ITLS hosted its annual symposium for students in our higher degree by research program. 17 students presented their research to their fellow students and to our academic and research staff. ITLS has the largest logistics and transport doctoral program in Australia, our students come from all over the world to research in a diverse range of areas.
Should motorists pay for congestion they cause? Professor David Hensher, Director of ITLS, invited by the Economics Society of Australia to give presentation at the Reserve Bank, Wednesday 15 June 12.15pm
15 Jun 2011Date: Wednesday 15 June 2011
Time: 12:15 pm to 1.30 pm
Venue: Ground Floor East Seminar Room, Reserve Bank of Australia, 65 Martin Place, Sydney
Cost: Free, light refreshments provided
RSVP required to: ecosoc@ecosoc.org.auAbstract: Roads are possibly the most underpriced in terms of user contributions of all the public assets that we avail ourselves of. Regardless of whether some believe that governments should provide more road capacity to combat traffic congestion, it is an undeniable fact that if we provide more capacity under the existing road user pricing regimes (registration and fuel pricing only), then more cars will use the roads, quickly using up the additional capacity. The great sadness about all of this is that there is a presumption that we all have rights to enter the traffic and delay all other motorists, yet not contribute to the true cost associated with delay and lost time – the curse of congestion. This results in a predictable 'tragedy of the commons'. This talk is part of an ongoing conversation to discuss replacing fixed charges with car use related charges, with congestion charging regimes included as one part of a future variable user charging policy.
ITLS welcomes visiting academics from the UK: Professor John Nelson (University of Aberdeen) and Dr Rico Merkert (Cranfield University)
06 Jun 2011
Professor John Nelson from the University of Aberdeen is visiting ITLS for three months. John is particularly interested in the application and evaluation of new technologies to improve public transport delivery and public transport information as well as the policy frameworks and regulatory regime for sustainable transport systems. During his visit to ITLS he will be conducting an evaluation of intelligent transport systems for public transport. He will also be speaking in ITLS' Leadership and Policy Seminar Series on Transport and the Digital Economy (Tuesday 8 June) and presenting two free short courses on Bus Rapid Transit: State-of-the-art in performance and benefits (Wednesday 29 June) and Innovations for public transport in low density areas (Thursday 7 July).
Dr Rico Merkert is a Lecturer in Air Transport Economics at Cranfield University. While visiting at ITLS he will be applying efficiency analysis, transaction cost economics and choice modelling to public transport, particularly bus and regional air transport in Australia and Europe. He will be speaking in ITLS' Leadership and Policy Seminar Series on Tuesday 21 June on Competing in niche markets: Management and policy issues of Public Service Obligation air services.Bus Buzz Newsletter - Issue 4 now available
06 Jun 2011Professor David Hensher, Director of ITLS, speaks to ABC Radio about the introduction of quiet carriages on NSW trains
06 Jun 2011702 ABC Sydney
Professor John Stanley says the Victorian government has long failed to understand that bigger, better roads would inevitably lead to more people driving more often, and further - reported in The Age Newspaper
02 Jun 2011Clay Lucas and Royce Millar, The Age Newspaper
How many buses could a heavy rail project buy? Professor David Hensher's (Director of ITLS) latest Food for Thought opinion piece for Australasian Bus and Coach Magazine
31 May 2011Hensher, D. (2007-2011) Opinion pieces for the Australasian Bus and Coach magazine
Professor David Hensher, Director of ITLS, interviewed on ABC TV and Radio on reduction to rail fares in Sydney
30 May 2011Professor Corinne Mulley, NSW Chair in Public Transport, invited speaker and panel member at the Committee for Economic Development of Australia Transport Infrastructure Series
25 May 2011Committee for Economic Development of Australia Transport Infrastructure Series
Professor Corinne Mulley, NSW Chair in Public Transport, gives the keynote presentation on 'Future models for community transport in Victoria' at the Victorian Community Transport Association Conference
23 May 2011Video now available for: Urban transport: A little less conversation, a little more action - Professor David Hensher, Director of ITLS, discusses transport priorities for NSW over breakfast in Sydney with 150 people
16 May 2011Download full video of event [546.14Mb] | Download Professor Hensher's presentation
Over 150 people attended the Powered by Research Breakfast hosted by The University of Sydney Business School and held at Cockle Bay Wharf. For the recently elected NSW government, urban transport remains a priority challenge. At the breakfast forum ITLS Director, Professor David Hensher, presented his research on whether an increase in funding for public transport is the best way to see a significant improvement to traffic congestion. Professor Hensher noted that over 80% of trips in Sydney are currently made in motor vehicles and questioned whether significant modal changes will be made achieved unless the government addresses pricing the use of cars to reflect the cost they're imposing through congestion. Professor Hensher emphasised the need for a commitment to networks and systems, the state of public transport, funding sources, special funding instruments, and the User Pays system. Professor Hensher's address was followed by a lively panel discussion with Paul Forward, Principal of Evans and Peck (former CEO of the NSW Roads and Traffic Authority), and Andrew West, Senior Journalist at the Sydney Morning Herald. The panel was chaired by Helen Dalley, best known as the presenter of Sunday, the Today Show and A Current Affair on the Nine network, and now the host of Sky News Sunday Business.
Professor David Hensher's presentation
The Panel. L-R: Helen Dalley (Chair), Professor David Hensher, Andrew West, Paul Forward
Over 150 people attended the event
Associate Professor Stephen Greaves wins $50K grant from Australian Diabetes Council to pilot test active transport evaluation methodology
12 May 2011Associate Professor Stephen Greaves together with academic colleagues from the School of Public Health and the Menzies Health Centre has won a $50K grant from the Australian Diabetes Council (ADC) to pilot test a new evaluation methodology for assessing active transport interventions, that encompasses health, travel and environmental outcomes. The methodology will be piloted on ten 'at-risk' diabetes subjects identified by the ADC with a 'before' period of travel monitoring using GPS combined with a physiological examination and quality of life survey. The intervention (yet to be finalised) is likely to involve the provision of a new bicycle with an educational program. A further period of monitoring and taking of vital signs will then be initiated to assess any effects. The work to be completed over the next four months will form the basis for a major ARC-Linkage application in the October round.ITLS PhD student, Claudine Moutou, selected to present her research at the 5th Australian Climate Change Adaptation Research Network for Settlements and Infrastructure's Early Career Researchers Forum
11 May 2011Claudine Moutou, PhD student at ITLS, has been selected to present her research on "Adapting to changes in transport access: A focus on business owners in town centres" at the 5th Australian Climate Change Adaptation Research Network for Settlements and Infrastructure's Early Career Researchers Forum and Workshop to be held at UNSW on 11-13 May 2011. Claudine's paper was selected in a competitive process and her application was supported by a reference from a local government who identified her research as both interesting and relevant to local government authorities concerned with climate change. Claudine will be presenting at the forum and forming research links with other researchers whose work will help urban communities adapt to change.Professor David Hensher, Director of ITLS, calls on NSW government to look at a new system of road pricing as a way to fund a huge expansion of public transport, reports Sun Herald.
08 May 2011The transport mess to be unscrambled
Heath Aston and Jim O'rourke, Sun Herald
ITLS hosts its 15th Awards Night recognising the achievements of our graduate and industry program students
07 May 2011Professor David Hensher, Director of ITLS, talks to ABC Radio about light rail plans for Sydney
06 May 2011Sydney light-rail plan not 'overly attractive'
702 ABC Radio Sydney
Associate Professor Stephen Greaves wins visiting research appointment with Universite Paris-Est, Paris France
04 May 2011Stephen Greaves was one of 12 international recipients of a competitively-based visiting research scholarship from the Universite Paris-Est, Paris. He will be spending three weeks working with colleagues at IFSTTAR (French Institute of Science and Technology for Transport, Planning and Networks) on the French national travel survey in June-July of 2011.Professor John Nelson, Chair of Transport Studies at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, visits ITLS to conduct an evaluation of intelligent transport systems for public transport
02 May 2011Professor John Nelson will be presenting a seminar on "Transport and the Digital Economy" on Tuesday 7 June 2011 as part of ITLS' Leadership and Policy Seminar Series.
Professor David Hensher, Director of ITLS, appointed as Honorary Fellow of Singapore's Land Transport Authority Academy
19 Apr 2011The Land Transport Authority (LTA) Academy of Singapore was set up to promote the sharing of Singapore's experience and expertise in land transport, and to advance research and exchange of best practices within the land transport community. As part of its quest to be a leading global institution on land transport, the Academy has established a Fellowship Scheme. Professor David Hensher was appointed as a Fellow in recognition of his standing as an international expert in urban transport and his contribution to Singapore's transport policy developments during his tenure as a member of the LTA International Advisory Panel.Professor Corinne Mulley, NSW Chair in Public Transport, says the new NSW state government should provide more integrated fares allowing multi-modal travel, reports the Brisbane Times
17 Apr 2011Heath Aston, Brisbane TimesProfessor John Stanley invited to speak at the UITP World Congress in Dubai, on Mobility, Social Exclusion and Well-being
12 Apr 201159th UITP World Congress and Mobility and City Transport Exhibition
Dubai, 10-14 April 2011
Media reports latest ITLS-Interfleet Transport Opinion Survey results
10 Apr 2011Fix trains, then roads: Commuters
The Age April 10, 2011Labor's failure writ large in transport debacle
Sydney Morning Herald April 02, 2011NSW election: Low mood unlikely to lift
Australasian Bus and Coach March 24, 2011NSW Coalition promises...
ABC Online March 22, 2011Barry express
mX Sydney March 22, 2011Freight task not on the radar, survey finds
Supply Chain Review March 21, 2011NSW sees transport problem will continue in near term
International Business Times March 21, 2011NSW not confident about transport
Supply Chain Review March 21, 2011Professor Corinne Mulley, Chair in Public Transport, invited speaker at CILTA's Moving People Summit in Brisbane
07 Apr 2011Download Moving People Summit Communique
View Moving People Summit website (CILTA)
Getting public transport right means less emphasis on trains
05 Apr 2011Professor Corinne Mulley, Chair in Public Transport, is published on The Conversation
ITLS' Associate Professor Stephen Greaves responds to Sydney Morning Herald article on cycling injuries for middle aged men
02 Apr 2011In his letter to the editor of the Sydney Morning Herald, Stephen Greaves, Associate Professor of Transport Management at ITLS wrote:
The issue is whether the increase in injuries is a reflection of more cycling or inadequate road safety measures for cyclists. I suspect it is largely the latter because experience overseas shows that as the number of cyclists increases, injury rates generally decline, with the rate of decline being greatest in those nations having better conditions for cyclists. Sydney is embarking on an important and ambitious program of providing cycling infrastructure in selected areas but this must be accompanied by policies that treat cycling as a legitimate form of transport, including lowering urban speed limits, education for both drivers and cyclists, and imposing stricter levels of liability for drivers involved in bike collisions. We have done a lot to improve car occupant safety, but the trends shown your report suggests there may be a ''cycling blind spot'' in road safety in NSW.
This letter was written in response to the Sydney Morning Herald's article Revealed: middle-aged men at most risk on two wheels.
ITLS research and researchers profiled in the 2009-10 Research Review for the Faculty of Economics and Business (now The University of Sydney Business School)
28 Mar 2011Bus Buzz Newsletter - Issue 3, March 2011 now available
28 Mar 2011Bus Buzz is the quarterly newsletter from the public transport team at the Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies (ITLS) in The University of Sydney Business School.
Is it a carbon price or a carbon tax? 'Food for Thought' opinion piece for Australasian Bus and Coach from ITLS Director, Professor David Hensher
24 Mar 2011Is it a carbon price or a carbon tax?
Professor David Hensher, Australasian Bus and Coach
NSW residents not optimistic about short-term transport improvements - ITLS-Interfleet TOPS survey results for Quarter 1 2011 now available.
21 Mar 2011NSW residents are not confident transport in their local area will improve in the 12 months following this week’s state election, the latest quarterly national transport survey from ITLS indicates.
The policy showdown - Professor David Hensher, Director of ITLS, comments in the Sydney Morning Herald on Coalition plans for transport in NSW
20 Mar 2011Heath Aston and Alicia Wood, Sydney Morning Herald
Professor Corinne Mulley, NSW Chair in Public Transport, talks about how public transport is performing in Australia at Moving People Summit in Brisbane (CILTA)
17 Mar 2011Professor Corinne Mulley, NSW Chair in Public Transport, presented How is public transport performing in Australia at the Moving People Summit held in Brisbane on 17th and 18th March 2011. This invitation only event, organised by the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in Australia, was attended by high level public transport stakeholders at the Local, State and Federal government levels.
Focus is on magic of rail - Professor Corinne Mulley, Chair in Public Transport, talks to Inner West Courier about politicians' plans for Sydney transport
16 Mar 2011Kate Carr, Inner West Courier
Professor David Hensher, Director of ITLS, discusses the critical NSW election issue of transport on Opinion Box
15 Mar 2011200+ audience attend Enrique Penalosa's presentation on Mobility, Sustainability and Quality of Life in ITLS Leadership and Policy Seminar Series
11 Mar 2011L-R: Dorte Ekelund (Executive Director, Major Cities Unit, Infrastructure Australia), Professor David Hensher (Director, ITLS) and Enrique Penalosa (Former Mayor of Bogota; President, Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP), New York).
Professor David Hensher, Director of ITLS, comments on NSW Coalition support for bus rapid transit system, Sydney Morning Herald
11 Mar 2011Coalition supports rapid bus system
Jacob Saulwick, Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney heralds BRT creator - Australasian Bus and Coach reports on Enrique Penalosa's (Former Mayor, Bogota) upcoming seminar, co-hosted by ITLS
09 Mar 2011David Goeldner, ABC
Enrique Penalosa, the Mayor who transformed Bogota into one of the world's leading examples of mobility and equity, will give a presentation in the ITLS Leadership and Policy Seminar Series on Friday 11 March from 12pm at The Snooker Room, Tattersall's Club, 181 Elizabeth Street, Sydney.
RSVP required by Wednesday 9 March, places are limited.
Rail travail - Professor Corinne Mulley, Chair in Public Transport, speaks to Australasian Bus and Coach on BRT versus Light Rail in NSW
07 Mar 2011Short-term thinking puts brakes on infrastructure - Professor Peter Stopher, ITLS Professor of Transport Planning, talks to The Age about where Australia sits comparatively in terms of infrastructure, and why we are behind other countries.
05 Mar 2011Short-term thinking puts brakes on infrastructure
Matt O'Sullivan and Philip Wen, The Age
Professor David Walters, named as one of the Top 25 Most Published authors in International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, Emerald Publishing
02 Mar 2011International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management
Director of ITLS, Professor David Hensher, gives keynote addresses at South African Bus Operators' Association's Annual Conference
23 Feb 2011Professor Corinne Mulley, NSW Chair in Public Transport, comments on NSW opposition's proposals to introduce express train services, Sydney Morning Herald
20 Feb 2011Heath Aston, Sydney Morning Herald
Professor David Hensher, Director of ITLS, interviewed by Sunday Telegraph on solutions to road congestion
20 Feb 2011Rosie Squires, The Sunday TelegraphShould motorists pay for the congestion they cause? Professor David Hensher, Director of ITLS, gives expert opinion on congestion charging to Sydney Morning Herald
19 Feb 2011Should motorists pay for the congestion they cause?
Sydney Morning Herald
Professor David Hensher, Director of ITLS, author of three of the Top 10 most requested articles (1st, 2nd and 8th) from Transportation journal (ARC Tier A) in 2010
10 Feb 2011
Three of the top the Top 10 most requested articles (1st, 2nd and 8th place) in 2010 in the Springer journal Transportation were authored or co-authored by the Director of ITLS, Professor David Hensher. Transportation is an ARC Tier A journal.- David A. Hensher and William H. Greene (2003) The Mixed Logit model: The state of practice. 30(2):133-76
- David A. Hensher and Thomas F. Golob (2008) Bus rapid transit systems: a comparative assessment. 35(4):501-51
- David A. Hensher (1994) Stated preference analysis of travel choices: the state of practice. 21(2):107-33
Professor David Hensher's, Director of ITLS, research informs Federal Government's Safe Rates, Safe Roads discussion paper reports Supply Chain Review
03 Feb 2011Transportation and freight services research at the University of Sydney rated above world standards by government Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) assessment
31 Jan 2011The Australian government conducted its first full Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) assessment in 2010. The ERA initiative assesses research quality within Australia's higher education institutions using a combination of indicators and expert review by committees comprising experienced, internationally-recognised experts.In the field of transportation and freight services the University of Sydney scored a rating of 4 (out of 5). This rating is characterised by evidence of performance above world standards presented by the suite of indicators used for evaluation.ITLS Director, Professor David Hensher, discusses the work of ITLS in the Centre of Excellence for Bus Rapid Transit development
12 Jan 2011Watch:
Conference:
12th International Conference in Competition and Ownership in Land Passenger Transport
Academic staff:
Professor David Hensher, Director of ITLS
Professor Corinne Mulley, NSW Chair in Public Transport
Further information:
Bus Rapid Transit - Across Latitudes and Cultures
Volvo Research and Educational Foundation Centre of Excellence in Bus Rapid Transit developmentWA Senator uses ITLS' TOPS survey to push for increased spending on public transport in Australia
02 Jan 2011Reported in Australasian Bus and Coach magazine, January 2011, reproduced with permission
ITLS graduate conducts prepaid ticketing research for Forest Coach Lines as part of ITLS Post Graduation Work Experience Program
01 Jan 2011Reported in Australasian Bus and Coach magazine, January 2011, reproduced with permission
ITLS receives excellent feedback from participants of executive courses on Retail Logistics and Humanitarian Logistics run for the Logistics Association of Australia
31 Dec 2010As their training provider of choice, ITLS ran two highly successful courses for the Logistics Association of Australia in 2010. Gareth Jude presented a two day course on Retail Logistics in August and Jersey Seipel presented a two and a half day course on Humanitarian Logistics in November.Both courses were extremely well received, some responses from participants included: "Great networking." "Very relevant, good depth of content, and very well presented." "Simulation exercise was great." "Excellent range in topics covered." "Jersey was engaging, knowledgeable, approachable and challenging. Real life examples were fantastic." "Jersey was outstanding". "Great introduction to the subject." "Jersey's practical / field experience provided the perfect balance on course content. Excellent."Future courses are planned for 2011-12 including a course on Current Issues in Supply Chain Management to be delivered by Professor Martin Christopher, Emeritus Professor of Marketing and Logistics at Cranfield University, UK and Logistics Finance for Non Financial Managers to be presented by ITLS' Professor David Walters.Professor Corinne Mulley, NSW Chair in Public Transport, talks buses for Sydney's future with YOpinion
25 Dec 2010Watch Professor Corinne Mulley, NSW Chair in Public Transport talking buses for Sydney's future with YOpinion on YouTube
Professor Corinne Mulley, NSW Chair in Public Transport, advocates bus rapid transit as alternative to proposed light rail line to Dulwich Hill, reports Sydney Morning Herald
Jacob Saulwick, Sydney Morning Herald
21 Dec 2010Support for private sector role in public transport varies across states - ITLS-Interfleet TOPS survey results for Quarter 4 2010 now available
08 Dec 2010Victorians are more averse to private sector involvement in public transport than their fellow Australians, the latest ITLS-Interfleet Transport Opinion Survey (TOPS) shows, highlighting a possible factor in the state’s recent election results.BUS BUZZ, the quarterly newsletter from the public transport team at ITLS, Issue 2 (December 2010) now available
06 Dec 2010To read previous issues of BUS BUZZ please see our BUS BUZZ Newsletter webpage.
Professor David Hensher, Director of ITLS, speaks to New Zealand media on New Zealand's urban transport challenges
03 Dec 2010On his recent visit to New Zealand Professor David Hensher, Director of ITLS, was interviewed by Mathew Dearnaley of the New Zealand Herald on Auckland's rail and road system and investment options. He also spoke to Kathyrn Ryan on Radio New Zealand's Nine to Noon programme on Urban traffic issues - what does NZ need to consider?
Professor David Hensher, Director of ITLS, gives keynote speech at opening of new Institute for Business Research, University of Waikato, New Zealand
02 Dec 2010The new Institute for Business Research is being launched at the University of Waikato on Thursday December 2 in Hamilton, and on Friday December 3 in Tauranga. Keynote speaker at the openings is Professor David Hensher, Director of ITLS. Professor Hensher spoke to journalists from the Waikato Times and the Bay of Plenty Times about the launch and to Warren Head of The Headliner about business education.
Professor David Hensher, Director of ITLS, met wtih Mike Baird, Shadow Treasurer NSW, on bus rapid transit for Sydney's northern surburbs.
29 Nov 2010Professor Corinne Mulley, NSW Chair in Public Transport, and Dr Rhonda Daniels give presentation on "Overcoming barriers to implementing flexible transport services in NSW" to NCOSS Transport Policy Advisory Group
24 Nov 2010On 24 November 2010, Professor Corinne Mulley, together with Dr Rhonda Daniels, gave a presentation to the NCOSS Transport Policy Advisory Group on their recent research on Overcoming barriers to implementing flexible transport services in NSW. The research was also presented to the Australasian Transport Research Forum in 29 September-1 October 2010 in Canberra. The presentation included an overview of related research projects in accessibility.
"Parking rock star" Professor Donald Shoup, speaker in ITLS Leadership and Policy Seminar Series (Wed 10 Nov 9.30am) receives media coverage on his proposals to reform parking policies
08 Nov 2010Professor Donald Shoup, Professor of Urban Planning, University of California, Los Angeles, will be giving a presentation in the ITLS Leadership and Policy Seminar Series on "The high cost of free parking" on Wednesday 10 November, at 9.30am (RSVP required). Professor Shoup's visit to Australia has been widely covered in the local media including articles in the Sydney Morning Herald - $40 for parking? Watch this space and Charge more and they will come - and The Australian Lift parking fees, says US planning expert Donald Shoup.
Professor David Hensher, Director of ITLS, supports provision for a rail tunnel under Sydney Harbour
27 Oct 2010Professor David Hensher, Director of ITLS, was quoted in a Daily Telegraph article on the State government's plans to extend the Western Express rail project with a cross-Harbour tunnel - Harbour underwater rail option to combat gridlock - saying: "The provision for a rail tunnel under Sydney Harbour is reasonable because there is a lot of uncertainty about the future, and we should be preserving our transport corridors... That's where we have gone wrong in the past - we've given away a lot of our corridors and then been caught out when it was time to build."
Launch of Australian Davos Connection's Cities Report: Enhancing Liveability, co-edited by ITLS Adjunct Professor John Stanley, receives widespread media coverage
26 Oct 2010Adjunct Professor John Stanley is the editor, with Anton Roux of the Australian Davos Connection (ADC) Forum, of the ADC Cities Report: Enhancing Liveability. There is no magic plan for the perfect city. Although modern design and technology are two important ingredients, cities will flourish by creating opportunity through their own narratives while working with their history, location and population to improve liveability. The full report is available from the Australian Davos Connection. The launch of the report has received widespread media attention, which includes the following newspaper articles as well as interviews and other coverage on ABC TV (News Breakfast and Midday Report) and on radio (ABC Radio National - The World Today, News and PM; ABC 702 Sydney - Mornings with Deborah Cameron and Saturday Mornings; ABC Local Radio Illawarra; 2UE - Mornings with Steve Liebman; 2GB - Money with Ross Greenwood; Star FM - Morning Crew Coffs Harbour).
- ADC Forum wants cities in the north west and high speed trains, among other sustainable items The Fifth Estate
- 'Charge drivers' to reduce congestion ABC News Online
- Plan outlines vision for small cities The Daily Telegraph
- Report extols ACT planning, Sunday Canberra Times
- Report extols ACT planning, The Australian Financial Review
- Saving our cities Climate Spectator
- Urban dreaming: Australian cities for the future ON LINE opinion, Australia's National Forum
Professor David Hensher, Director of ITLS, wins Australian Research Council Discovery Project grant for congestion charging research
26 Oct 2010Professor David Hensher, Director of ITLS, has won an Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project grant for research on: Assessment of the commuter's willingness to pay a congestion charge under alternative pricing regimes and revenue disbursement plans. The call to replace fixed charges with car use related charges, has placed congestion charging regimes at the centre of future variable user charging policy. This project investigates the impact and acceptability of alternative charging schemes in terms of the charge level, the regime (for example, distance versus cordon), and how revenue is disbursed. The grant is worth over $400,000 and is the only Discovery Project proposal in the transport area to be approved by the ARC for 2011.
Dr Rhonda Daniels, Senior Research Analyst at ITLS, gives presentation on the ITLS-Interfleet Transport Opinion Survey (TOPS) to the Bus Industry Confederation National Conference.
24 Oct 2010Dr Rhonda Daniels gave a presentation on the ITLS-Interfleet Transport Opinion Survey (TOPS) to the Bus Industry Confederation National Conference on 26 October 2010. The 3 quarters of data from TOPS monitor community views on transport in Australia, and show that public transport improvements are the highest priority issue in transport.
John Apelbaum appointed Adjunct Associate Professor in Transport Planning and Management at ITLS
20 Oct 2010ITLS welcomes John Apelbaum to his role as Adjunct Associate Professor in Transport Planning and Management. John has over thirty years experience in transport planning and management having implemented and advised on major transport initiatives for the private and public sectors in Australia and overseas. In addition to establishing the Apelbaum Consulting Group (ACG) in 1989, John foundered the Centre for Transport, Energy and the Environment which pioneered methodologies for analysing and forecasting the National and jurisdictional transport task, energy consumed and emissions. He has consulted and written extensively on transport management and policy issues in all sectors of Australian transport. Prior to establishing the ACG, John gained broad industry experience at the Australian Railway Research and Development Organisation, the Shell Company of Australia, VicRoads, the Port of Melbourne Authority and the Australian National Line.
NSW Chair in Public Transport, Professor Corinne Mulley, gives Keynote speech at the Community Transport Organisation State Conference in Albury
19 Oct 2010Professor Corinne Mulley gave a Keynote speech at the Community Transport Organisation annual conference on 19 October. Her presentation The future of community transport – directions for change in NSW examined the accessibility gap faced by community transport providers, discussed options and operational models to respond to future funding changes.
Read Professor David Hensher's, Director of ITLS, latest opinion pieces for the Australasian Bus and Coach Magazine
19 Oct 2010"Food for Thought" - Opinion pieces for the Australasian Bus and Coach magazine by Professor David Hensher.
Professor David Walters recognised by editorial team of International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management for high impact article
14 Oct 2010ITLS congratulates Professor David Walters on his article - Demand chain management + response management = increased customer satisfaction - being one of the top 20 most downloaded articles for the International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management (Emerald Group Publishing Ltd).
ITLS staff and students support National Ride2Work day
13 Oct 2010
L-R: Professor Corinne Mulley (NSW Chair in Public Transport), Nick Stevens, Claudine Moutou, Alejandro Tirachini, Adrian Ellison, Associate Professor Stephen Greaves, and Richard EllisonITLS staff and students got on their bikes to support National Ride2Work day, a day which sees thousands of riders across Australia cycling their journey to work. The event aims to raise the profile of cycling and encourages those not already cycling to work to give it a go for the first time.
ITLS lecturers receive the Dean's Citation for Teaching
11 Oct 2010The Dean's Citation for Teaching is awarded to Unit of Study coordinators/teaching teams on the basis of Unit of Study Evaluation feedback which provides evaluative data on the overall quality of the teaching in the Unit of Study as perceived by students. The three relevant USE items, which mirror the University and national Learning and Teaching Performance Fund key indicators of teaching performance are Good Teaching, Generic Skills or Graduate Attributes, and Overall Satisfaction.
ITLS congratulates its lecturers on being awarded the Dean's Citation for Teaching in 2010:- Associate Professor Peter Lok for TPTM6260 International Logistics in Semester 1, 2010
- Matthew Beck for TPTM6495 Analysis Tools for Transport and Logistics in Semester 1, 2010
- Gareth Jude for TPTM6380 Retail Logistics Management in Summer School 2009/2010
ITLS research students win awards at 31st Conference of the Australian Institutes of Transport Research
28 Sep 2010ITLS congratulates our research students on winning awards at the 31st Annual Conference of the Australian Institutes of Transport Research (CAITR) held at the School of Business of the Australian Defence Force Academy, the University of New South Wales, in Canberra on 28 September 2010. Alejandro Tirachini won the award for the best student research paper for his paper on bus travel times and benefits from upgrading the fare payment system which was based on empirical data obtained from the bus operator Busways. Adrian Ellison won the award for the best student presentation for the delivery of his paper 'Speeding behaviour in school zones: Location detection and a preliminary analysis' and Claudine Moutou received an honourable mention for her paper 'Designing research tools for collecting small business owner reactions to sustainable transport initiatives in their local town centres’.
Launch of BUS BUZZ, the quarterly newsletter from the public transport team at ITLS
27 Sep 2010Transport still considered a state government issue - TOPS survey results for Quarter 3, 2010 now available
22 Sep 2010The majority of Australians regard their state government as responsible for transport, but the latest quarterly ITLS-Interfleet Transport Opinion Survey (TOPS) shows a small increase in respondents who believe it is a federal issue.
Associate Professor Stephen Greaves presents at Australasian College of Road Safety's seminar - Toward Best Practice Cycling Infrastructure - Friday 10 September 1.30-5pm @ Parliament House, Sydney
10 Sep 2010Free Event ~ RSVP by Wednesday 8 September to exa@acrs.org.au
Location: Parliament of NSW Theatrette, Parliament House, Macquarie Street, Sydney
Toward Best-Practice Cycling Infrastructure
This seminar aims to present state-of-the art research relating to which types of infrastructure offer the safest cycling environment and discuss the possibility of recommendations for best-practice cycling infrastructure.
Associate Professor Stephen Greaves will present on "Urban cycling in Australia: from marginal to mainstream" with Dr Jan Garrard (Senior Lecturer, School of Health and Social Development, Deakin University).
Other panel members are: Dr Shane Turner, South Island Transportation Director, Beca NZ and Adjunct Senior Fellow, University of Canterbury; Marilyn Johnson, PhD candidate, Accident Research Centre, Monash University; and Dr Julie Hatfield, Senior Research Fellow, NSW Injury Risk Management Research Centre, University of NSW.Professor David Hensher, Director of ITLS, to give key note address at Australasian Transport Research Forum 2010
10 Sep 2010Professor David Hensher, Director of ITLS, gives key note address on Sustainable Transport and Infrastructure Challenges in CitiesSustainable Transport and Infrastructure Challenges in Cities at the 2010 at Australasian Transport Research Forum (ATRF) which will be held at the National Convention Centre Canberra from 29 September to 1 October 2010. ATRF is the principal transport research conference in Australasia. It brings together transport researchers, policymakers, advisors and practioners from a range of disciplines to share and build upon the latest research and thinking. ATRF 2010 is hosted by the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics and the Australian Capital Territory Department of Territory and Municipal Services. Papers from the ATRF series (1975 to present day) may be downloaded here.
Professor David Hensher, Director of ITLS, talks about High Speed Rail being back on the agenda.
26 Aug 2010Professor David Hensher, Director of ITLS, talks about the High Speed Rail being back on the agenda.
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Professor David Hensher, Director of ITLS, invited guest to the High Speed Rail World Australia 2010 conference.
24 Aug 2010High Speed Rail World Australia is the region’s first and only conference dedicated to examining the issues and challenges that need to be addressed in order to make HSR a reality in Australia.
Professor John Stanley talks on 'Overhauling Australia's road pricing' at Sydney Committee for Economic Development of Australia lunch
18 Aug 2010Moving towards a 'user pays' system on Australia's massive road network, is one of the major recommendations Dr Ken Henry delivered in his in-depth report on the tax system to Treasurer Wayne Swan. As the country's big cities continue to grow, and as per capita income rises, the number of cars and trucks on city roads will multiply. Congestion costs are projected to double to $20 billion a year in a decade's time. With only a limited number of road corridors available, traffic volumes need to be better controlled, particularly in peak travel periods. CEDA invited a distinguished panel of industry experts including Professor John Stanley from ITLS to discuss how Australia's road pricing could be overhauled and examine new solutions to reducing traffic congestion.
Professor John Stanley talks to the Standing Committee of Transport (heads of federal and state transport agencies) on the Moving People strategy, at Adelaide meeting
18 Aug 2010NSW Chair in Public Transport, Professor Corinne Mulley, gives presentation at Urban Transport Summit in Brisbane
18 Aug 2010Professor Corinne Mulley gave a presentation at the Urban Transport Planning Summit in Brisbane on 18 August. Her topic “Transport systems facilitating full participation in society – catering for equal and social inclusion” focused on the accessibility gaps which can prevent use of public transport, and the role of flexible transport services.
Download presentationProfessor William Greene - Toyota Motor Corporation Professor of Economics, Stern School of Business, New York University, USA - becomes Honorary Professor at ITLS
11 Aug 2010Professor William Greene has worked with ITLS over a number of years writing a number of papers with Professor David Hensher and Dr John Rose and the book Applied Choice Analysis: A Primer published by Cambridge University Press.
NSW Chair in Public Transport, Professor Corinne Mulley, and Dr Rhonda Daniels give presentation on bus services at Transport Symposium for Western Sydney Public Transport Users
07 Aug 2010Professor Corinne Mulley and Dr Rhonda Daniels spoke on the topic 'Planning for bus services – closing the accessibility gap' at a Transport Symposium for Western Sydney Public Transport Users organised by the Western Sydney Community Forum on Saturday 7 August. The presentation highlighted the spatial gap in access to bus services. 11 out of the 15 bus contract regions do not meet the Government’s standard for 90% of households to be within 400m of a rail station or bus stop in daytime. The presentation also identified a potential role for flexible transport services in helping to close the gap.
Professor John Stanley invited to speak to Institution of Engineers Sydney Transport branch about his report 'Moving People: Solutions for a Growing Australia'
03 Aug 2010Professor Stanley co-authored the report 'Moving People: Solutions for a Growing Australia' for the country's major peak transport bodies: the Australasian Railways Alliance, Bus International Confederation of Australia and the International Association for Public Transport.
Read the full report.Courtesy, One Way to Reduce Traffic Accidents? Article in The Botswana Gazette by graduate of ITLS, Thuso Mphela
21 Jul 2010Courtesy, One Way to Reduce Traffic Accidents?
The Botswana Gazette
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ITS-Monash launches World Transit Research Clearinghouse
08 Jul 2010WORLD TRANSIT RESEARCH (WTR) if a free research clearinghouse called which aims to make it easier for researchers/planners in public transport to get access to quality research papers from leading research journals in the field. It is a free repository of research papers, reports, research abstracts and links to research findings from leading peer research journals indexed and searchable to ensure easier access to topics of interest in public transport planning. WTR has been developed by the Public Transport Research Group at the Institute of Transport Studies, Monash University to make it easier for public transport planners and researchers worldwide to access quality research in the field. Users of WTR can search for research on specific topics or select from a menu of subject areas or authors to identify research of interest. WTR users can also join a free eNewsletter list by providing their email address. WTR publishes a bi-monthly newsletter distributed via email and itemises all recent publications in the field which have been added to the WTR database.
ITLS Visiting Professor Mary R. Brooks awarded the The Blue MBA, Copenhagen Business School's Prize for the Best Paper on Short Sea Shipping presented at the International Association of Maritime Economists Annual Conference, Portugal, 7-9 July 2010
07 Jul 2010
L-R: Helen Bendall and Mary R. BrooksProfessor Mary R. Brooks, Visiting Professor at ITLS (January-May 2010), and William A. Black Chair of Commerce in the School of Business Administration at Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada, was awarded the The Blue MBA, Copenhagen Business School's Prize for the Best Paper on Short Sea Shipping presented at the International Association of Maritime Economists Annual Conference in Portugal (7-9 July 2010). The paper 'Short Sea Shipping: Lessons for or from Australia?' was co-authored with Helen Bendall and was based on a paper prepared for the Key Centre Working Paper Series during Dr Brook's residence at ITLS-Sydney.
Professor David Hensher, Director of ITLS, keynote speaker at the 51st New Zealand Association of Economists (NZAE) Annual Conference, University of Auckland, NZ
30 Jun 2010Professor David Hensher's gave a keynote address on 'Road Pricing and Road Funding' at the 51st New Zealand Association of Economists (NZAE) Annual Conference. The talk focused on the increasing role that user charges play in pricing the efficient use of roads as well as providing revenue sources to invest both back into the road network and into public transport. The small number of cordon- and kilometre-based charging schemes around the world were reviewed as a means of illustrating the direction that countries such as Australia and New Zealand should move. The move to variable user charging is challenging for governments. The challenge is more about politics and marketing than economics and technology.
President of the NZAE, Mary R Hedges thanked Professor Hensher for his contribution to the conference:
"On behalf of the Council of the New Zealand Association of Economists I am writing to thank you most sincerely for your keynote address to our 51st Annual Conference in Auckland. The Association places much emphasis on ensuring we have high quality speakers for our conference, and the feedback I have received leaves me in no doubt that this year we achieved that objective. Thank you also for delivering the conference’s John MacMillan Memorial Lecture. Your discussion of transport issues, and in particular the focus on making the transport network useful for people’s everyday journeys, was an ideal fit with the theme of that lecture - The ordinary business of life".Professor David Hensher addresses New Zealand Ministry of Transport
29 Jun 2010Professor David Hensher, Director of ITLS, has given an invited address on 'Economic analysis tools and transport policy development' to the New Zealand Ministry of Transport. In his address Professor Hensher discussed the contribution of economic analyses in transport policy development, by citing some examples of recent work carried out by ITLS. During his time in New Zealand, Professor Hensher will also give one of the keynote speeches at the New Zealand Association of Economists 2010 Conference which will be held at the University of Auckland from 30 June to 2 July 2010.
ITLS-Interfleet Transport Opinion Survey: Second Quarter 2010 Results
23 Jun 2010The latest ITLS-Interfleet quarterly transport survey shows that Australians remain more concerned about improving public transport than improving roads. More than half of those surveyed said improving public transport was Australia’s highest transport priority, with less than a quarter saying better roads should be the top priority. The latest survey results show only one in five Australians think transport in their local area has improved in the last year, with a similar number saying transport in their local area will improve in the next year. The longer term continues to offer more hope, with 45% of respondents believing transport in Australia will be better five years down the track.
Transport studies agreement for Sydney (ITLS) and Abu Dhabi
22 Jun 2010The Abu Dhabi Department of Transport and The University of Sydney signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 22 June 2010 aimed at providing Masters courses in transport management to targeted United Arab Emirates' students and executive courses for the Department's employees.
The Abu Dhabi Department of Transport responsibilities cover aviation, maritime, public transport, road safety and highways management. Abu Dhabi has ambitious long-term transport plans that aim to improve the lifestyle of their growing population and provide suitable infrastructure to strengthen their position as a regional hub for distribution of goods and services across the Gulf. The Department is also keen to focus on transport options that explore alternative energy options and protect their natural assets.
In order to provide excellence in transport planning, the Department recognises that skill levels of their employees must be of the highest calibre. They have therefore developed a scholarship program targeting leading students from across the region and providing them with Bachelor and Masters training. ITLS has been chosen for the high quality of its courses to provide the Masters level part of the program.
This agreement is a significant opportunity for both parties, contributing to knowledge and development in the transport domain in the fast growing region of the Gulf and enriching the already diversified student base of ITLS.
L-R: Professor John Hearn, University of Sydney's Deputy Vice Chancellor (International), HE Mohamed Hareb Al Yousef, Executive Director of Abu Dhabi Department of Transport, and Professor David Hensher, Director, ITLS
L-R: Professor John Hearn, HE Mohamed Hareb Al Yousef, Professor David Hensher, and Mansoor Jaffar (Support Services Advisor, Abu Dhabi Department of Transport)
L-R: Associate Professor Stephen Greaves and Professor David Hensher on invited visit to Abu Dhabi in May 2010.
Professor Peter Stopher appointed as Honorary Professor at Beijing Transportation Research Centre
21 Jun 2010On 21 June 2010, Professor Peter Stopher (Professor of Transport Planning at ITLS) was appointed as Honorary Professor at the Beijing Transportation Research Centre. Director Guo Jiffu presented Professor Stopher with a certificate appointing him to the role for a period of two years. In his presentation speech the Director stated that members of the Centre were eager to learn from Professor Stopher's experience and expertise. He spoke of the enormous challenges facing China, and Beijing in particular, in the field of transport and expressed his gratitude for Professor Stopher's willingness to help them.
Associate Professor Stephen Greaves awarded Dean's Citation for Teaching
03 Jun 2010The Dean's Citation for Teaching is awarded to Unit of Study coordinators/teaching teams on the basis of Unit of Study Evaluation (USE) feedback which provides evaluative data on the overall quality of the teaching in the Unit of Study as perceived by students. The three relevant USE items, which mirror the University and national Learning and Teaching Performance Fund key indicators of teaching performance are item 2 (Good Teaching), item 3 (Generic Skills or Graduate Attributes) and item 12 (Overall Satisfaction).
Professor Corinne Mulley presenting at Public Transport Planning Short Course, November 2010
26 May 2010The Institute of Transport Studies at Monash University in association with the Transportation Research Centre at the University of Auckland are offering two public transport industry short course in November in both Brisbane and Sydney. Planning Public Transport Services I & II Short Courses will be held in Brisbane (8-11 November 2010) at the Grand Chancellor Hotel and Sydney (15-19 November 2010) at the Habourview Hotel, North Sydney.
The course is presented by Professor Graham Currie of Monash University and Professor Avi Ceder of The University of Auckland. The Sydney course includes an extra day of inputs from Professor Corinne Mulley of the Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies at the University of Sydney. The courses are a practical guide to operations planning, market forecasting and economic appraisal methods for the development of bus, tram and rail services and also a guide to strategic and operations planning, network design, data collection, performance measurement and priority design for bus, tram and rail services.
For more details, including a course brochure and registration, click here.
Professor David Hensher (Director, ITLS) interviewed by the Sydney Morning Herald on Bus Rapid Transit
01 May 2010Choked roads to be given fast bus test
Andrew West, Sydney Morning Herald
ITLS partner in a multimillion dollar grant for Centre of Excellence for Bus Rapid Transit
28 Apr 2010ITLS is a partner in a consortium that has been awarded a US $3.5 million dollar, five-year grant, from the Volvo Research and Education Foundation for a Centre of Excellence for Bus Rapid Transit.
The consortium is headed by Associate Professor Juan Carlos Muñoz of the Department of Transport Engineering and Logistics at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Collaborators in the Centre at ITLS will be Professor David Hensher, Professor Corinne Mulley and Adjunct Professor John Stanley.
In addition to ITLS and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, the Centre consortium involves researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Instituto Técnico Superior de la Universidad Técnica de Lisboa and The World Resources Institute Centre for Sustainable Transport (EMBARQ).
Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) is a term applied to different types of public transport using buses to provide faster, more efficient service than ordinary bus lines on dedicated infrastructure, along similar lines as light and heavy rail.The primary goal of the Centre is to develop a new framework for the planning, design, financing, implementation and operation of BRT in different urban areas, offering clear guidelines to decision makers on when and how such projects can enhance mobility and meet accessibility needs. An essential goal is to make the knowledge developed through the Centre widely available to support more successful BRT deployment, and in particular to identify elements which are transferable between existing and prospective systems. The focus will be not only at the project level, but also on how such projects interact with other elements of the urban system so that the total urban mobility system is transformed.
The Centre will provide research and analysis to support the successful deployment of existing and proposed BRT systems. It includes five programs: a BRT Observatory, which will produce case studies of BRT planning and implementation; a BRT Laboratory, which will analyse BRT system performance; a BRT Educational program, which will distribute knowledge gained from the Observatory and Laboratory to educate transport practitioners; and, finally, Support in BRT Implementation and Dissemination, which will be provided via the worldwide network of Centre partners.
The Centre of Excellence in BRT was selected among many applicants worldwide. It is the eighth centre funded by the Volvo Research and Education Foundation (VREF).
The other Centres of Excellence funded by VREF are: Sustainable Urban Transport in Less Motorised Countries: Research and Training, New Delhi, India; The Centre for Sustainable Urban Development, New York, USA; UC Berkeley Centre for Sustainable Urban Development, Berkeley, USA; China Urban Sustainable Transport Research Centre, Beijing, China; Australasian Centre for Governance and Management of Urban Transport, Melbourne, Australia; The OMEGA Centre for the Study of Mega Projects in Transport and Development, London, UK; and The African Centre of Excellence in Public and Non-Motorised Transport, Cape Town, South Africa.
ITLS Lecturer Christopher Skinner gives presentation on Wireless Communications for Road Safety and Efficiency at Engineers Australia Transport Engineering Panel
06 Apr 2010The statistics in vehicle road safety have shown a recent plateau that will need further innovative approaches for further improvement. One area receiving increasing attention is the application of wireless communications to improved safety of vehicles and this subject has been under study by the Australian Roads Research Board and the Automotive Technology Cooperative Research Centre plus active discussion with the Australian Communications and Media Authority about wireless spectrum licensing. This talk will provide a summary of progress world-wide and Australia’s growing involvement, especially the formation of the industry cluster AusDSRC and current issues for Australia in standardisation of both vehicles and protocols and network standards for wireless vehicle to vehicle, and vehicle to infrastructure communications.
ITLS' Dr Sean Puckett wins funding in inaugural Freda and Len Lansbury Early Career Researchers' Support Fund round.
06 Apr 2010Dr Sean Puckett (ITLS) wins funding in inaugural funding round of Freda and Len Lansbury Early Career Researchers' Support Fund for his project - Design and Administration of a Stated Endogenous Attribute Level (SEAL) Survey.
ITLS-Interfleet Transport Opinion Survey - First results released!! First Quarter 2010
23 Mar 2010On Tuesday 23 March Professor David Hensher introduced the new ITLS-Interfleet Transport Opinion Survey (TOPS) and presented the first quarter of results. TOPS is a national, quarterly survey of Australians' thoughts about transport. Do Australians think transport is getting better in their local area? How confident are Australians that transport will improve in the short-term and long-term in Australia? What is the highest priority issue in transport for Australians? Is the state or federal government considered most responsible for transport? TOPS will track changes in Australians? confidence and sentiment about transport every quarter, and compare NSW with other states. The results are available on the TOPS webpage.
To subscribe to the Transport Opinion Survey email list and receive quarterly releases, please email business.itlsinfo@sydney.edu.au with the word "TOPS" in the subject line.
Logistics Association of Australia selects ITLS as Training Provider of Choice
22 Mar 2010The Logistics Association of Australia (LAA) has selected ITLS as the provider of training services for short courses for its members. LAA President Brad Harrison spoke enthusiastically about this program. "The LAA has long been committed to fostering professionalism in the logistics and supply chain industry and we are delighted that ITLS have come on board to assist us in expanding our professional services further". Under the agreement, ITLS will provide subject matter and teaching resources on a variety of short courses which will be made available to members at various locations Australia wide. Welcoming this move, Professor David Hensher, Director of ITLS, said that he felt ITLS had much to offer LAA members in the provision of training services aimed at the professional development of members and the wider community: "Undertaking to deliver these training services reflects our commitment to promoting logistics and supply chain management practices for the benefit of the industry." Factors supporting the decision to align with ITLS included its widespread reputation and influence across the logistics and supply chain sector and its cultural fit with the full span of course material and subject matter aligned to LAA member's needs. The first course to be delivered is on Retail Logistics in August 2010.
Dramatic reforms needed in public transport: Report
16 Mar 2010Professor John Stanley, Adjunct Professor at ITLS, has called for dramatic reforms to the nation's transport infrastructure.
Professor Stanley co-authored the report Moving People: Solutions for a Growing Australia for the country's major peak transport bodies: the Australasian Railways Alliance, Bus International Confederation of Australia and the International Association for Public Transport. It was handed to transport minister Anthony Albanese last week.
Read the full report.
"Transformational changes," the report says, "must be made to overhaul a system that is not sustainable in economic, environmental, or social terms."
Professor Stanley says the report was motivated by "growing problems of congestion in the road system, rising greenhouse gas emissions and crowded services."
Professor Stanley also draws attention to Infrastructure Australia's State of Australian Cities 2010 report, which recently revealed that all of Australia's major capital cities had slipped in world liveability rankings, partly because of our "deteriorating system of transport".
"The liveability of our cities has been a major international selling point, from a business point of view," Professor Stanley explains.
"Liveability is an insidious thing, it's hard to turn it around. We're arguing for some transformational thinking," he says.
The report indicates that Australia must make more efficient and sustainable use of its existing vehicles and infrastructure, erstwhile concentrating on better urban structure and planning.
Due to the scale and geographical spread of Australia's land transport network, as well as the sheer scale of funding required, the report recommends the Federal Government take the reins in overhauling the system.
In addition, road pricing and taxation must be reformed, fuel efficiency in cars must be brought in line with European standards, and, unsurprisingly, funding must be increased to reform public transport and freight capacity.
Worryingly, the report predicts that the national cost of congestion will double in the next ten years to an overwhelming total of $20 billion annually.
Congestion charges are suggested, somewhat controversially, as a means to cut these costs, using a "finely graded" system to charge motorists for entering a congestion zone within a peak period.
"At the moment with the global financial crisis there's been a difficulty trying to find sources of revenue," Professor Stanley explains.
Congestion charges are advantageous both in providing much-needed revenue and in encouraging people to make responsible transport decisions.
"If we don't do something like this the system is going to really struggle," Professor Stanley says. "It's been under funded for a long time."Cycling Down Under: ITLS academics find Melbourne is more cycle-friendly than Sydney
13 Mar 2010Cycling Down Under: A Comparative Analysis of Bicycling Trends and Policies in Sydney and Melbourne
A recent paper on cycling trends in Australia authored by ITLS' Associate Professor Stephen Greaves, Visiting Professor John Pucher (Rutgers University, USA) and Dr Jan Garrad of Deakin University has been featured in a Sydney Morning Herald article: Sydney: the city that hates bikes. The paper, to be published in the Journal of Transport Geography (18), reports that Melbourne's cycling levels are twice those of Sydney and suggests that this is due to Melbourne's superior cycling infrastructure, higher safety levels for cyclists and more supportive public policies. However, both cities have worrying trends in motorist aggression towards cyclists, which appears to be on the rise and both come out poorly compared to northern Europe where both land use and transport policies are far more supportive of bicycling while discouraging car use through numerous restrictions and financial disincentives.Launch of 'Moving People - Solutions for a Growing Australia' co-authored by ITLS' Professor John Stanley attracts wide range of positive media coverage
12 Mar 2010Brisbane Times, 6 March 2010Herald Sun, 6 March 2010Josh Bavas, ABC Online, 8 March 2010Sid Maher, The Australian, 9 March 2010Sydney Morning Herald, 10 March 2010Transport plan's tunnel vision for Sydney - Professor David Hensher, Director of ITLS, talks to The Australian about NSW government's transport blueprint
23 Feb 2010Transport plan's tunnel vision for Sydney
Imre Salusinszky, The AustralianProfessor David Hensher, Director of ITLS, speaks to Toronto Life Magazine about contracing out public transport services
12 Feb 2010Professor David Hensher, Director of ITLS, receives the prestigious International Association of Travel Behaviour Research Lifetime Achievement Award
04 Jan 2010
Professor David Hensher is the recent recipient of the 2009 International Association of Travel Behaviour Research (IATBR) Lifetime Achievement Award. This award was given to David in recognition for his long-standing and exceptional contribution to both IATBR as well as to the wider travel behaviour community. As was noted at the time of the presentation of the award, David's contribution to the field is phenomenal, with David consistently being at the very edge of the research frontier where he can only be described as both a leader and pioneer. To understand fully the meaning of this award, one need look no further than the names of the only other previous recipients, Frank Koppelman (Northwestern), Moshe Ben Akiva (MIT) and Ryuichi Kitamura (Kyoto). The cost of life? A video on the research at ITLS which re-evaluated the way we estimate the cost of saving human lives lost in car accidents.
02 Dec 2009How much would you pay to save a life on the road? ITLS re-evaluates the way we estimate the cost of saving human lives lost in car accidents. Download Video (mp4, 17Mb)
Professor David Hensher (Director, ITLS) interviewed by the Sydney Morning Herald on congestion charging
26 Nov 2009In his interview with the Sydney Morning Herald, Professor David Hensher said that a 10 cents-a-kilometre congestion charge levied across the metropolitan area could reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 8.4 per cent as well as cut the number of kilometres cars are driven by 8 per cent. For the full article please click here.
ITLS Scholars recognised in University Scholarship Index
23 Nov 2009The University's Scholarship Index recognises staff members who contribute to teaching quality through the scholarship of university teaching. In the recently released results for 2007 Professor David Hensher, Professor David Walters, and Associate Professor Stephen Greaves were all recognised for their contributions.
ITLS-Africa's Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management receives government accreditation
20 Nov 2009The new Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management is the first of its kind in South Africa and contains peer-reviewed articles by local and international transport and supply chain specialists. From January 2010 the journal will receive accreditation from the South African Department of Higher Education and Training and be included in their list of approved journals.
Associate Professor Stephen Greaves receives Dean's Citation for Teaching
16 Nov 2009Associate Professor Stephen Greaves has been awarded with a Dean's Citation for Teaching in recognition of the excellent feedback received from students on his unit of study on Sustainable Transport and Logistic Systems (TPTM6470).
Professor David Hensher (Director, ITLS) interviewed by Elsevier on the Thredbo Conference Series
03 Nov 2009Professor David Hensher (Director, ITLS) was interviewed by Elsevier during the Thredbo 11 conference in Delft, Holland on the conference series (International Conference Series on Competition and Ownership in Land Passenger Transport (The Thredbo Series)) including on the forthcoming Elsevier publication of the Thredbo 11 papers in Research in Transportation Economics.
Watch the video on YouTube | Thredbo conference series website | Research in Transportation Economics
ITLS PhD candidate Jyotirmoyee Bhattacharjya wins a Logistics Development Award from the Logistics Association of Australia (sponsored by CHEP Asia-Pacific)
29 Oct 2009The Logistics Development Award has long been Australia's major logistics industry award and is offered annually by the Logistics Association of Australia. The award is sponsored by CHEP Asia-Pacific. Applicants for the LDA are required to submit a paper of approximately 1,500 words on either: the most significant supply-chain trend that they see affecting business in Australia; or the most successful innovation in logistics or supply-chain in which they have been involved. Jyotirmoyee Bhattacharjya's paper which won a runner up prize was titled: "Interactions Matrix as a basis for framing strategy in global value networks - an integrated approach to managing customer and supplier relationships."
Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport publishes article on the work of ITLS in their Logistics and Transport Australian Review 2009
14 Oct 2009In the second edition of the Logistics and Transport Australian Review the Chartered Institute of Transport and Logistics in Australia has published an article on the work of ITLS, please click here to view the article.
Professor David Hensher (Director, ITLS) honoured with award for Outstanding Contribution to the NSW Bus and Coach Industry
07 Oct 2009
Professor Hensher was presented with the award for Outstanding Contribution to the NSW Bus and Coach Industry at the BusNSW Industry Gala Dinner on Wednesday 7th October 2009. The award was presented by Darryl Mellish (Executive Director, BusNSW) on behalf of the NSW Bus and Coach Industry; he had the following to say about Professor Hensher's contributions:
"The winner of this year's award has been a major contributor to the bus and coach industry in NSW for more than 20 years. He has been actively involved with BusNSW by presenting at numerous conferences and seminars as well as providing and assisting BusNSW with many papers covering topics such as contracts, funding, fares and competition policy. He is Professor of Management, and Founding Director of the Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies (ITLS) at The University of Sydney and is the Executive Chair and Co-Founder of The International Conference in Competition and Ownership of Land Passenger Transport (the Thredbo Series), now in its 20th year. He has published extensively (over 425 papers) in the leading international transport journals and key journals in economics as well as 11 books and is Australia's most cited transport academic and number three academic economist. He has advised numerous government and private sector organisations on matters related to transportation especially matters related to forecasting demand for existing and new transportation services. He is regarded as Australia's most eminent expert on matters relating to travel demand and valuation and transport reform. Appointments over recent years include: a member of the executive committee that reviewed bus transport bids for the Olympics; the NSW Government's Peer Review Committee for the Sydney Strategic Transport Plan; panel member of NSW Ministry of Transport benchmarking program. His practical contributions to the bus industry are reflected through: CTM/BOAS Training; Margin setting in bus contracts; Measuring performance that will assist with contract renewal; Establishing a chair or Professorship in Public Transport, to name a few."
Christopher Skinner to give industry track plenary at 2010 Advanced Information Networking and Applications conference
25 Sep 2009Christopher Skinner, Adjunct Lecturer in Intelligent Transport and Logistics Systems, has been invited to be on of the plenary speakers in the industry track program of the 2010 Advanced Information Networking and Applications conference to be held in Perth, 20-23 April.
ITLS PhD candidate Alejandro Tirachini receives the Michael Beesley award for the best workshop paper presented at the Thredbo 11 conference by an early career researcher
20 Sep 2009ITLS PhD candidate Alejandro Tirachini received the Michael Beesley award for the best workshop paper presented at the Thredbo 11 conference by an early career researcher.
The 11th International Conference on Competition and Ownership in Land Passenger Transport (Thredbo 11) was hosted by the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management at Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands) from 20-25 September 2009. The conference attracted 120 participants from 22 countries, representing transport authorities, operators and academia. The conference included seven parallel workshops discussing 87 papers on the topics of the outcome of competitive tendering practices, ways to reach a successful contractual setting, alternatives beyond competitive tendering, system development, social inclusion, public policy and transport, and public transport markets in development.
Director of ITLS visits site of construction of Gautrain, a mass rapid transit railway system under construction in Gauteng Province, South Africa
18 Sep 2009Professor David Hensher, Director, ITLS-Sydney, visited the site of the construction of Gautrain with the Director of ITLS-Africa, Professor Jackie Walters. Gautrain is an 80-kilometre mass rapid transit railway system which will link Johannesburg, Pretoria, and/or Tambo International Airport.
Director of ITLS gives keynote speech at the South African Transport Forum Special Interest Group
15 Sep 2009Professor David Hensher was invited to be the keynote speaker at the September meeting of the South African Transport Forum Special Interest Group. He presented two papers: Incompleteness and Clarity in Bus Contracts: Identifying the Nature of the Ex ante and Ex post Perceptual Divide; and Road Pricing and Road Funding. The presentations are available to download from the SIG website.
Successful ITLS Post Graduation Work Experience Program in Uni News
01 Sep 2009Professor David Hensher appears in the Economics and Business section of the September 2009 edition of the Uni News outlining the success of the ITLS Post Graduation Work Experience Program (PGWEP). The program, which offers ITLS graduates the opportunity to take a paid 12 week full-time work placement with an industry partner, has been well received by both students and employers.
Professor Corinne Mulley (NSW Chair in Public Transport) interviewed by the Sydney Morning Herald on public transport ticketing
28 Aug 2009To view the Sydney Morning Herald article - "In the zone: paper is just the ticket to end unfair fares" by Andrew West - click here
. Director of ITLS to chair session on Transporting Australia's Future at inaugural Australian Economic Forum
19 Aug 2009Australian Economic Forum 2009, 19-20 August 2009, Dockside, Sydney. An initiative of the Economic Society of Australia (NSW).
Professor Corinne Mulley interviewed on her ITLS Leadership and Policy Seminar Series presentation on " Promoting social inclusion in a deregulated environment: extending accessibility in areas of low demand" in the Sydney Morning Herald
04 Aug 2009To download the Sydney Morning Herald article - "Minis back in fashion: private bus plan for city" by Andrew West - click here
. To see further details of Professor Mulley's presentation click here .ITLS in the news for its new research re-evaluating the economic cost of a human life lost in a car accident
14 Jul 2009The Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies received wide coverage in the media on its new research, conducted by Professor David Hensher and Dr John Rose, which re-evaluates the economic cost of a human life lost in a car accident. Coverage included articles in AAP Newswire, The Age, the Daily Telegraph, the Newcastle Herald, and The Sydney Morning Herald amongst others. Professor Hensher was also interviewed by several radio stations, including ABC Brisbane (Madonna King), ABC Illawarra (Peter Hahn), ABC Newcastle (Jill Amberson), ABC Riverina (John Morrison), ABC 702 Sydney and 2GB (Tim Fowden). He was also interviewed by Michael Mackenzie for ABC Radio National's Bush Telegraph.
Professor Corinne Mulley gives keynote address at BITRE's 2009 Infrastructure Colloquim - Infrastructure for the nation's future
18 Jun 2009Sydney Morning Herald reports on ITLS seminar on fare setting in train travel
11 Jun 2009Sydney Morning Herald reports on seminar given at ITLS on fare setting in train travel
Federal Minister for Transport launches the Australian Davos Connection's report 'Infrastructure 21: from Incrementalism to Transformational Change' edited by Professor John Stanley
05 Mar 2009On 5 March 2009, the Honourable Anthony Alabanese MP, Federal Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, launched the Australian Davos Connection's (ADC) proceedings of its Infrastructure Summit, edited by ITLS' Professor John Stanley. At the launch, Minister Alabenese had this to say:
"I congratulate the Australian Davos Connection on the production of this report. In particular, I recognise the efforts of Professor John Stanley who edited the publication. It's no mean feat capturing the thoughts and ideas of 100 plus delegates. You have done a remarkable job.From a government perspective, in-depth reports such as these are incredibly useful. They help shape policy direction and provide government with proposals for future consideration. Just as importantly, it reinforces ADC's reputation as one of Australia's pre-eminent business bodies, dedicated to proposing ideas to build a stronger Australia.It gives me much pleasure to officially launch Infrastructure 21. Thank you."
In 2008, the Prime Minister and Queensland Premier had asked the ADC (a leadership group formed by Australian participants in the World Economic Forum, of which The University of Sydney is a member) to hold an Infrastructure Summit, to identify priorities for Australia's infrastructure development. The Summit was held in October 2008 in Brisbane, and Professor John Stanley chaired the Organising Committee for the ADC. In 2009, the 144 page Conference Proceedings edited by Professor John Stanley were published by ADC, as ADC Infrastructure 21: from Incrementalism to Transformational Change. Please click here to view the report.
