David Brown Archive
Tracklass trams: a road to Damascus vision beyond the traditional – Prof Peter Newman
29 June 2019
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Professor Peter Newman is a professor of sustainability at Curtin University in Western Australia. He is a long passionate advocate for public transport in general and rail transport, trains and trams, in particular. He recently, to the surprise of many, came out in support of trackless tramps. Professor Newman joins us on the line now.
Privatisation – No; Value Capture – maybe; and John Maynard Keynes – Prof Roger Vickerman
25 June 2019
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The Thredbo conference is an international forum on passenger transport competition and ownership issues. It is held every two years. Professor David Hensher co-founded the conference with the first held in 1989, in Thredbo. But since then it has been held in locations around the world. It has some very rigorous papers, reporting on recent
Lies, Damned Lies and Autonomous Vehicles: Professor Graham Currie – Monash University
25 June 2019
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Professor Graham Currie is the director of Monash infrastructure, Chair of public transport and Professor in Transport Engineering at Monash University. You can get a flavour of his passionate and realistic approach to transport in a paper he wrote recently titled “Lies, Damn Lies, Autonomous Vehicles, Shared Mobility and Urban Transport Futures”. Introduction Academic or
Overdrive: Experiencing an ANCAP crash test; Jeeps poor performance; BMW Z4
13 June 2019
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Hello and welcome to Overdrive a program that broods over the world of cars and transport I’m David Brown In this program we have news stories with David Campbell Safety prioritised with 5 stars for Toyota HiAce and Nissan Leaf EV, yet the opposite for Jeep Wrangler at 1 star (1:37) Jaguar and
Overdrive: Jaguar and Charge Fox; Tesla Model 3 prices; The Meccano Set; Crash testing
8 June 2019
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Hello and welcome to Overdrive a program that broods over the world of cars and transport I’m David Brown In this program we have news stories with David Campbell Safety prioritised with 5 stars for Toyota HiAce and Nissan Leaf EV, yet the opposite for Jeep Wrangler at 1 star (1:42) Jaguar and
Overdrive: Toyota vs Trump; Aust electric cars; VW Polo GTI; BMW humour!
8 June 2019
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Hello and welcome to Overdrive a program that samples and savors the world of cars and transport I’m David Brown In this program we have news stories with David Campbell Fiat Chrysler proposes merger with Renault to create car making powerhouse (1:28) Toyota hits back over Trump signaling Japanese investments ‘not welcomed’ (2:33)
