Abstracts and Presenters | Online Conference Series 2021

Program at a Glance

Accelerate regulation of advanced safety systems in vehicles

Kenneth Lewis, Dickson Leow, Lydia Thomas, Mario Mongiardini & Jamie Mackenzie | ARRB, CASR, Victoria

AI and other computer models are worse than useless with bad data

John Reid | Austraffic, Victoria

Aimsun Microsimulation Analysis for Dynamic Traffic Management: Western Distributor Case Study

John Bennett & Zaine Allen | AECOM, Queensland

Are our end-of-trip facilities ready for the future?

Eleanor Nightingale & Athol Moore | Accession Consulting & WSP Australia, Queensland

Australasian Urban Trip Making Characteristics - a Comparative Study

Grant Smith | Stantec, New Zealand

Automated Rapid Transit – Not just another bus or tram

Graham McCabe & Alison Lee | Urbis, New South Wales

Beyond just jobs: A more comprehensive approach to accessibility analysis to build better, more inclusive public transport networks

Harry Smithers & Ross Savedge | Veitch Lister Consulting, Victoria

Bruce Highway Road Operations Improvement Project

Aline Laborde & Manu Hingorani | WSP Australia & DTMR, Queensland

Bus reform / new network design and implementation: communication successes and pitfalls

Ross Savedge | Veitch Lister Consulting, Victoria

Bus travel time estimation and prediction on arterial corridors for low frequency buses

Faria Imam | Ason Group, New South Wales

Car parking or parklets: What is the economic benefit?

Graham McCabe & Alison Lee | Urbis, New South Wales

CityLink Cycleway trial – connecting Brisbane's last mile

Luke Robertson | Brisbane City Council, Queensland

CityPlan: A Land Use Transport Interaction Model for Victoria

Praveen Thakur, Renan Grace, Alistair Leak & Hugo Mackenzie-Rae | KPMG, Victoria

Connected and Automated Vehicles

Session MC: Dr Miranda Blogg, TMR Dr Michael Milford, QUT Marcus Burke, NTC Ada Lin, Lexus Australia Scott Benjamin, WSP

COVIDSafe Travel Choices, an agile Travel Demand Management initiative

Susie Garland & Alexandra Lyle | Transport for NSW

Cycleway Design Toolbox: Designing for Cycling and Micromobility

Bright Pryde | Aurecon, New South Wales

Cycling and Walking Australia and New Zealand (CWANZ), the information resource you've never heard of

Sam Bolton | CWANZ, Western Australia

Data analysis and activity-based modelling to develop short-term COVID-19 transport policy recommendations for Melbourne

Ali Inayathusein, Jan Zill & Neil France | Veitch Lister Consulting& Infrastructure Victoria, Victoria

Data shows impact of COVID on active transport Australia-wide

Maurice Berger | MetroCount, Western Australia

Demand model or operational model: why not integrate both, in one?

Trent Ekanayake, Arash Fatemi, Theo Panagopolous & Bilee Oliver | Clarity Consult, Ontoit, Wodonga City Council & AlburyCity Council, Victoria & NSW

Deployment of hydrogen fuel cell heavy vehicles

Dr Elnaz(Elli) Irannezhad & Dickson Leow | ARRB, Queensland

Developing a methodology to assess Level of Traffic stress for cycling (LTS) for Victoria - the basis of a standard national approach?

Tom Gardner, Phil Gray & Craig Fletcher | WSP Australia, Department of Transport & Ergonomie, Victoria & NSW

Developing a South East Queensland Evaluation Framework and Visualisation Tool: A new approach to evaluating future transport and land use scenarios.

Andrew Gilroy, Steve Carson & David Balfe | DTMR & VLC, Queensland

Developing the Clean Transport Strategy that Australia deserves

Dr Jake Whitehead | University of Queensland

Development of an Activity-Based Model for South East QLD

Tim Veitch & Blake Xu | Veitch Lister Consulting, Queensland

Digital tool to prioritise station precinct improvements, and identify synergies for inter-government projects

Hugo Nilsson, Teresa Matassa & Tynan Schweitzer | AECOM, Western Australia

Ensemble modelling as a tool for exploring uncertainty

Hamish Thomas | Arup, Western Australia

Estimating major project benefits in an uncertain technological future

David Balfe, Caitlin McHugh & Jessica Tillotson | Veitch Lister Consulting, Queensland

Exploring Driver Behaviour to Shape Better Road User Experiences

Faster Rail in Australia – The Practical Issues

Phillip Campbell OAM | Australian Rail Track Corporation

Future Ready Kerbside: Creating places that put people first

Camden Fitzgerald, Mary Haverland & Graham Pointer | WSP Australia

Gendered Barriers to Travel: Moving from Understanding to Action

Sherin Francis & Katie Pearce | Jacobs, United Kingdom

How Australian motorways can be smarter if we unlock their value

Nial O'Brien & Mark Henaway | Aurecon, New South Wales

Hydrogen Buses in the ANZSEA Region: A State-of-the-Art synopsis and key challenges moving forward

Robert Sim, David Ashmore, Foo Hah & Martin Glynn | Advisian/TSA Advisory, Victoria

ICUs and testing clinics: a re-examination of the 30 min city under COVID-19

Daniel Yu Hung Lin, Sikun Liu, Qi Chang, Hao Wu & Emily Moylan | The University of Sydney, NSW

Implementation of Area 40s in Maribyrong - its journey and outcomes

Eng Hwa Lim, Lisa Steinmetz & Sanket Kargathra | Maribyrnong City Council, Victoria

Industry Update: An overview of new Transport and Main Roads Active Transport Technical Publications; Bicycle rider and pedestrian safety at driveways; Fencing and edging treatments for pedestrian

Michael Langdon | Department of Transport and Main Roads QLD

Integrating On Demand and Shared Mobility in our transport systems - the New Zealand experience

Shifani Sood & Louise Baker | WSP Australia, South Australia & New Zealand

Is that automated metro what your customers really want? Some practical considerations in planning a ‘customer first’ railway

Les Chandra | Mott MacDonald

Leading the Delivery and Operation of Smarter Motorways

Louis Franks | Transurban

Lessons learnt from addressing peak holiday congestion in Noosa

Eleanor Nightingale & Joanna Ferris | Accession Consulting & Noosa Shire Council, Queensland

Looking beyond the planned disruption – an evaluation of a TDM program

Susie Garland, Alexandra Lyle & Dr Caroline Tomiczek | Transport for NSW & Urbis, New South Wales

Making Accessibility More Accessible

Jamie Cook & Mark Illife | Veitch Lister Consulting, Queensland

Maintaining Shared Auto, Transit, Bike and Pedestrian Facilities

Sue McNeil | University of Delaware, University of New South Wales

Modelling the Traffic Impacts of Short Notice Bushfire Evacuations in Australia

Aaron Tomlins & Kasun Wijayaratna | McLaren Traffic Engineering & University of Technology Sydney (UTS), New South Wales

Modelling Mixed Traffic Equilibrium

May Chew | UNSW & Cardno, New South Wales

Movement and Place – From Theory to Application

Sid Scull & Luis Diaz Gutierrez | Mott MacDonald, Auckland NZ

Next generation of STREAMS® Smart Motorways

Adam Myers | Transmax, Queensland

North Brisbane Bikeway – Retrofitting a new inner-city arterial

Adam Rogers & Robyn Davies | Department of Transport and Main Roads QLD

People Flow in Precincts – The Making of Place

Cameron MacDonald | GHD, Victoria

Port Transport Freight Operations Planning Sydney Today – Brisbane Tomorrow – lessons to be learnt

Steve Kanowski, Neil Matthews & David Freer | Deloitte & Arcadis

Open Data Validation of the Delay Reductions of a Smart City Application (PTIPS)

Teck Kean Chin, Dr Emily Moylan & Dr Benjy Marks | University of Sydney, New South Wales

Quick build - Quick results

James Laing | GTA Consultants now Stantec, Victoria

Ready for take-off: delivering world-class metro for Sydney's second airport and the new Western Parkland City

Michael Jensen & Samantha Phillips | Sydney Metro, New South Wales

Regional passenger demand forecasting

Vincent Benezech & Michael Doggett | Veitch Lister Consulting & Transport for NSW, New South Wales

Rethinking Traffic Conflicts Technique - a breakthrough for the field?

Fay Patterson | University of Adelaide, South Australia

Road Safety Policy and Road Safety Standards

Michael Gillies | Department of Transport and Main Roads QLD

Safety After Dark Innovation Challenge for Transport for NSW

Elizabeth Muscat | Cardno

Streets for people

Daniel Bennett | Aurecon, South Australia

Street space allocation vs. utilisation in Melbourne’s activity centres

Chris De Gruyter & Seyed Mojib Zahraee | RMIT University, Victoria

The challenge of going fast: an insight into the complexities of designing Fast Rail in NSW

Julien Morizet, Mark Xerri, Laurane De Gendre & Preshen Pillay | WSP Australia

The development and application of a land use, transport and economy interaction model

Henry Le, Finn Gurry, Michael Byrne, Reza Gharibnavaz, Neville Wood & James Lennox | AECOM, Arup, Infrastructure Victoria, Department of Transport Victoria & Victoria University (CoPS)

The potential of government subsidised, CAVs-provided MAAS

Alex Iljin | Consultant, Victoria

The Renaissance of Light Rail

Nick Johnson | RPS, Queensland

The rise of orbital rail transit schemes and their success factors

Ruw Palapathwala & Thanura Rabel | Aurecon, Victoria

The safety and cost benefits of ELV for ITS field equipment

Grant Saunders & Hamid Torfeh Nejad | GHD, New South Wales

Transforming NSW Streets for Walking, Cycling and Micromobility

Sara Stace, Benny Horn & Yanos Fill-Dryden | WSP Australia & Transport for NSW

Three Birds and A Stone - Three Tier Modelling in One Transport Model

Adnan Sheikh & Omer Khan| Connexus Transport Advisor, Queensland

Tyre Deflation Device - a Safe Road 4 Logan Road Safety Partnership

Deva Naiker & Sergeant Ben Reeves | Logan City Council & Queensland Police Service, Queensland

Understanding public transport patronage risks in recovery from COVID

Daniel Veryard & Ross Savedge | Veitch Lister Consulting, New South Wales & Victoria

Understanding the technical complexity of zero emission bus fleet transition is critical to success

Laurane de Gendre & Brian Smith | WSP Australia

Understanding Trackless Tram Technology and Its Potential Future Role in Sydney's Transport Planning

Douglas Bennett | University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW

Understanding traffic movements and patterns with Location Based Services

Azim Bhutta & Lauren Walker | Veitch Lister Consulting, Victoria

'Wayfinding and signage for people walking' – a best practice guideline to support more walking, more often in Queensland

Hamish Speakman & Samuel Tasman-Jones | Mott MacDonald, New Zealand

National Traffic & Transport Conference Abstracts 2021

Abstracts and Presenters | Online Conference Series 2021

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