Podcasts about aitpm

Onlangs bracht fietsprofessor Marco te Brömmelstroet op uitnodiging van het AITPM een bezoek aan Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney en Brisbane. In ieder stad sprong de wetenschapper vol goede moed op een tweewieler en bestudeerde hij al fietsend de inrichting van de straten. Wat viel hem op en (hoe) moet Australië fietsvriendelijker worden?

Many years ago, there was an Institution of Engineers meeting addressed by some executives from the Department of Main Roads. The then head of the Planning Department sat at the back of the meeting occasionally muttering his contempt for what was being said. In those days the two departments operated like two opposing fiefdoms – a classic example of government departments working in their own silos. The Australian Institute of Traffic Planning and Management, among others, pushed hard to embrace a more collaborative approach under the banner of land-use/transport planning. Now we are embracing an even wider group of influencers Kirsty Kelly was the CEO of the Planning Institute of Australia but then moved to be the CEO of the AITPM. We spoke to her about a range of issues including: • Her experiences in working in government and consulting • The realisation of the need to understand comfort factors when looking at the desirability, or not, of a transport service • Transport modelling as it moves into a new age • No longer predicting the future but evaluating various scenarios • How being adaptable is the essential part of any planning approach • Tactical Urbanism • Communication is no longer just presenting your answers in the most convincing way: it is about engagement • Reflecting on the NSW Premier's comment about moving away from just big projects • Climate change

How the transport industry must cope with the coronavirus is often seen in very one-dimensional steps: Travel less; keep your distance. But there are many factors that interplay in the services we provide and the way the public uses them. It might seem simple, until there is a catastrophe. But if we are forced into looking at traffic and transport issues for this event what can it teach us about how we manage in the “typical” situation? We spoke to Wendy Adam who has a long career in transport, planning, and management and has given much to the industry, including being AITPM branch president in New South Wales and Queensland.

Dyan Currie is the Chief Planner for Brisbane City Council and she was also the president of the Planning Institute of Australia (PIA) at the time Kirsty Kelly was the CEO. It was a significant time and one that is worth reflecting on. We had a chat with Dyan soon after Kirsty Kelly (who Dyan worked with at the PIA) joined the AITPM. • Place Making • Applying a sense of place to work and institute Environments • The Value of Organisations supporting participation in Institutes • Working with Kirsty at PIA means understanding the nature of members and their interaction with the Institute • Transport very much involves an eclectic range of Professions • Social Media • Dealing with Change • Working with the political process

The Australian Institute of Traffic Planning and Management is taking another major step as it continues its growth and influence from humble beginnings to a major institute in the field of traffic and transport planning. It has created the position of Chief Executive Officer. The inaugural CEO of the AITPM is Kirsty Kelly. We chatted with Kirsty soon after the announcement. She spoke about • Awareness of the AITPM • Who did PIA represent? • Kirsty knows about volunteering • Social Media • Bringing together different divisions • Recognizing and helping AITPM branches around the country • Communication • Recognising that everyone comes from a unique position • Change is not about forgetting the past • The political process – If we play how do we play

Tim Boxall sits down with Cassie Min, John Bryce and Arash Fatemi from Monash University to talk about the recent Student Leadership Summit organised by the Institute of Traffic Engineers. They reflect on their learnings from attending and how AITPM can apply some of the learnings of the summit. If you like the show, please like, subscribe and share and for everything AITPM, visit AITPM.com.au

Tyler O’Hare is in his final semester of a civil engineering degree at Monash. He was on the organising committee of a Student Leadership Summit held recently in Melbourne. Tyler’s experience, his reflections on his degree and the ways in which he is striving to expand his network and understanding of what is involved in traffic engineering and transport planning are an interesting case study on how young people are creating a future in our profession. Tyler is doing an engineering degree but finds he is not “super interested in structures and water”. The Civil course has no specific transport stream although they do a few subjects such as road design including horizontal and vertical elevation. There are some elective subjects and Tyler has used these to dig deeper into the transport engineering field. There are a couple of other ways Tyler found activities that broadened his experience: “In one of my subjects earlier this year I was actually in combination with Vic Roads. We did a massive assignment based on their whole “movement and place” principle which opened my eyes and opened the eyes of the students to focus not just on cars running down the road but making the roads a place for pedestrians and a place for cyclists to be involved as well”. At Monash a lot of people who are doing civil engineering are doing a double degree. Some of the subjects include architecture, sciences, law and the arts. Tyler said “I'm working on a major project at the moment with an architecture student who's doing civil engineering and architecture as a double degree. He's probably focused on going more down the architecture stream but it's awesome to talk to him and get his understanding of how the fields differ, which is really cool”. Like most students Tyler is looking to expand his network of contacts, and events run by AITPM and ITE are very helpful. The most productive step in getting a broader understanding of traffic and transport was having people he could firstly relate to and then that can lead to mentoring.

Stories from the 2018 National Conference Tim Boxall chats with Clements Chan, the 2018 Young Professional Award Winner from Victoria, about his time in the transport industry so far and favourite memory from the 2018 National Conference. In the second part of the show, join David Brown as he interviews Paul Steely White and Dr Ryan Falconer direct from Perth. For the full interviews and more transport news, visit drivenmedia.com.au. If you like the show, please like, subscribe and share and for everything AITPM, visit aitpm.com.au

Often because of our habits and the most readily available form of transport, we become locked into or dedicated to one particular type of travel mode. We tend to either drive a car or catch public transport but rarely both and not often incorporating multiple modes such as buses, trains, bikes and taxis in the one trip. So if I have a new trip to plan and I own a car and I use the car all the time, the only decision I make is what route to take and where to park. And similarly if I'm used to travelling on railways I tend to think of trains as the way to go. I might not even look for a closer bus route because that is not what I know about or are comfortable to use. Now we're moving into an era where we have more readily available information so we can understand the various options that are available which might include one or many modes of transport. And if we use a bus, a taxi and a rent-a-bike it would be good to be able to pay for the whole trip in one transaction using the one card. The approach of using multiple modes of transport with one payment, for one trip is now called MaaS – Mobility as a Service. We define the service we want, where we what to go to or from, at what time of day and we learn the options in terms of availability, ease and cost. SO who benefits, the provider, the individual and/or the community. Dr. Ryan Falconer has a PhD in Sustainability and Technology policy. He is currently the Cities Leader in WA for the Arup consulting group. He has also had recent experience in Canada. He has just presented a paper at the Australian Institute of Traffic Planning and Management National Conference in Perth titled The Mobility as a Service Value proposition: Evidence from North America. David Brown caught up with him immediately after his presentation and began by asking if Mobility as a service was really just another name for Uber.

Paul Steely White is the executive director of Transport Alternatives, a non-profit organisation in New York City whose mission is to reclaim the streets of New York from cars by promoting safer, quieter, more healthy alternatives such as walking, cycling and using public transport. He came to Australia as a key note speaker for the 2018 AITPM National Conference in Perth. He is clearly not afraid to stand up and state his case which he does with passion but not with vindictiveness. He has had to push against some entrenched old fashioned thinking After the conference David Brown had a chat with him about using all your available armoury, understanding where your opponents are coming from and pursuing new ways of engaging the community.

Welcome to Overdrive, where we cover everything to do with motoring and transport from the sublime to the ridiculous. I’m David Brown And in this program, we look at news stories with including: 1. New super-sized $15 million bus fleet won't fit in bus stops 2. Cycling groups outraged at WA Road Safety videos depicting riders as 'losers' 3. German cities to trial free public transport to cut pollution 4. Express delivery: use drones not trucks to cut carbon emissions, experts say 5. New supercabs to tackle dangerous driving on England’s motorways 6. Land rover celebrates year of the dog with canine friends We hear from a young lady who is a transport planner who travelled to Canada to research some aspects of her profession including how traffic engineering can move into modern world of technology and more professional women. Alan Zurvas road test the Nissan 370z with the Nissan Motor Sport Nismo make over. Is it worth the effort And in our panel discussion with Errol Smith and Brian Smith we take a happy-go-lucky look at some quirky news stories including: • David Brown Auto bringing high-performance GT to Geneva • Is the modern car a passion-killer? • Chinas last steam train Have a question or comment? Send it to overdrive@drivenmedia.com.au You can listen to longer segments by going to our web site at drivenmedia.com.au or podcast the whole program on iTunes or your favourite podcast service. Now to begin the program let’s have the news.

The AITPM newsletter recently covered a story about how much more attention is being given to landscaping and noise reduction on major road projects. An Australian association of acoustical consultants, recently expanded their territory by including New Zealand. We spoke to two consultants Alex Campbell – Infrastructure sector leader technical director SLR Consulting, and Mark Russel – Lead engineering on the West Connex project and also from SLR Consulting Mark notes there are differences in state requirements for sound barriers. There are some significant differences in criteria. For example in NSW criteria used as a different descriptor to what's Victoria and some parts of Queensland users. They also have different methods of optimizing barriers and optimizing heights of barriers. New South Wales has a very robust and technical approach to the assessment of road noise. Is a little bit simpler in other states. [30.4] Transparent barriers have been suggested in some locations The downside with transparent barriers they that are generally are a Perspex material, is the graffiti and actual maintenance of the barrier. So they tend to get scratched or the transparency reduces over time and that doesn't appear as nice as other barriers do. So sometimes in some projects they use in combination with a solid barrier below and the Perspex on top to allow the over shut it shadow or was to reduce any overshadowing issues.

News including new models from Holden replacing the Captiva, Britain to ban petrol & electric vehicles from 2040, VW's cash for klunkers program, BMW's Mini Oxford Edition - only for students, China's Alibaba car vending machine. And we have several features from the annual AITPM (Australian Institute of Traffic Planning and Management) national conference in Melbourne. Originally broadcast 19th August 2017. For past programs and extended versions of segments like the road tests, feature interviews and quirky news, visit drivenmedia.com.au