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How did a road authority appeal to the public at the 1969 Easter Show?- 25 April 2017
26 April 2017
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ATIPM member Graeme Pattison has passed on a historical video that the NSW Road Authority has found and placed on YouTube. It is unedited film with no sound track of the DMR stand at the 1969 Royal Easter Show. It was time when road construction had a fascination that it does not seem to have

Transport Corridors– Why not consider all the options 10 April 2017 – AITPM News
26 April 2017
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Fairfax media has just reported that the NSW State Government has said that planning for a transport corridor in Sydney’s southern suburbs must not consider public transport. This ties in with a story we did last week about the Corridor inquires in Sydney in the early 80s. A number of people have sent in comments

Will clothing dictate transit patronage 10 April 2017 – AITPM News
26 April 2017
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An interesting paper titled “Transfer Penalties Vary with the Weather!” quantifies an important point. The paper is by Professor Graham Currie, chair of Public Transport (Transport Engineering) at Monash University. It concludes amongst other things that transfer penalties – the discomfort factor from having to change from one transport service to another – depends on

A bus by any other name 10 April 2017 – AITPM News
26 April 2017
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Last week we ran a story on the guided electric vehicle scheme proposed for Parramatta Road in Sydney. It was also being called the Trackless Tram. This prompted a wave of sometime passionate response from transport professionals about whether you can call this service a tram or is it “Just” a bus. Given that the

Bus Stop design Art or function 10 April 2017 – AITPM News
26 April 2017
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In Canberra, they have implemented a program to restore and save old bus shelters as part of a heritage initiative. By providing $100,000, the Northern Territory government is getting local Darwin artists to work with at-risk youth and people with disability to paint vivid murals on bus stops, as part of a community outreach project
Brief Transport news 3 April 2017 AITPM News
26 April 2017
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Shared bikes for the disabled Launch of the Transport Knowledge Hub Australian certification body introduces telematics-based road charging solution South Australian government announces first round of autonomous technology funding