Interviews 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
ITLS: Fast trains; Supporting regional towns and reducing pressure on cities
13 May 2019
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Concerns about exacerbating congestion and crowded transport systems in our city with continuing population growth is now a popular issue. The need for fast trains between major cities and regional areas in Australia has been suggested for a long while, to spread the population away from our capital cities. It now seems as though
Are drivers distracted by outdoor signposting?: Interview with Paul Murrell on recent ARRB research
11 May 2019
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Interview of Paul Murrell on “Is outdoor advertising a distraction to drivers?” with David Brown DB: The Australian Road Research Board has just done some research on whether outdoor advertising distracts drivers. Their press release has the heading “outdoor ads can improve driver performance”. DB: The important point is that from a technical point of
Car features that are meant to be helpful but are not
19 April 2019
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Sometimes cars do things for you that are meant to be helpful but they’re not what you want. I stopped on the side of the road the other day because I thought I saw something suspicious. It was at night and I thought I might just observe. The car was the new Mini Cooper. I
