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25.01.2022 "Across the world, cities have seen increased rates of cycling as the number of car journeys have declined due to COVID restrictions and many cities have responded to this by reallocating road space to better enable this shift and make it safer for people who choose to walk, cycle or wheel for essential trips or for exercise. Scotlands towns and cities will now be able to do the same."

25.01.2022 Upcoming Event - South Australia - Wednesday 11 March With the increasing pressure on budget constraints and introduction of new inventions into the crowded market every year, selecting the most appropriate and cost-effective solutions and devices can be a big challenge for engineers and designers. This technical forum and tour will take you behind the scenes to see and learn about how those traffic control devices and roadside protection devices are being designed, manufactu...red, tested and installed correctly. The presentations and tour will provide an excellent opportunity for AITPM - Leadership in Traffic and Transport members, traffic engineers, road designers, project managers and asset managers to: * Keep up to date with the latest techniques and guidelines for pavement marking and safety barriers; * See the sign manufacturing process; * See the application of protective bollards in the Adelaide CBD and Adelaide Oval; * Learn about innovative road safety products and practices interstate.

25.01.2022 "A separated network of cycling superhighways feeding into Melbournes CBD should be built within five years according to Infrastructure Australia"

24.01.2022 "Beacon of hope, feeble experiment, or fig leaf of green for one of the worlds leading polluters? "

24.01.2022 The Feedspot web site just listed its top 10 transport podcasts and Overdrive from Australia came in at number 7 amid mostly very serious technical programs fro...m overseas. Overdrive is a weekly radio program featuring motoring & transport news from Australia & around the world, road tests, feature interviews, and quirky stories. The surprising fact is that the podcast is not always deadly serious and is at times humorous and satirical. Contributors include AITPM member Brian Smith from WSP and AITPM life member David Brown https://blog.feedspot.com/transportation_industry_podcasts/ You can hear the program on: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0ah6JZN8LTYURIfNs1IIBs iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com//overdrive-cars-tr/id1001084679 Web site - www.drivenmedia.com.au

24.01.2022 Bike paths have become super busy as people get riding during coronavirus restrictions. Wed like to see road space transformed so there is room for the growth in bike riding.

22.01.2022 "By pulling 99 phones down empty streets, artist Simon Weckert made it look like they were gridlocked on Google Maps."

22.01.2022 "As new innovations in mobility have entered the marketplace, local government leaders have struggled to adapt their regulatory framework to adequately address new challenges or the needs of the consumers of these new services. The good news is that the technology driving this rapid change also provides the means for regulating it: real-time data. "

22.01.2022 There has been a fascination, indeed at times a panic to collect data but the real effort is if and how we use it. It’s like buying a car and leaving it in the garage. Forbes recently published The Fortune 500 Is Wasting Thousands Of Petabytes Of Data And It’s Hurting Their Bottom Line" and noted the following: By some estimates, 463 exabytes of data will be created each day globally by 2025. According to Splunk, 55% of information assets organizations collect, process and store during regular business activities, but generally fail to use for other purposes (i.e., analytics, business relationships and direct monetizing). everyone needs to be evangelizing that data is a strategic asset that must be managed across the entire enterprise.

20.01.2022 Upcoming Event: CILTA Webinar: How COVID-19 has changed the freight and logistics industry The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILTA) is running a webinar on how COVID-19 has changed the freight and logistics industry. Date: 6 October 2020 Time: 5:00 pm AEST... Speaker: Sophie Moran BEng/BComm Strategy Project Manager at XAct Solutions More information This event is free for ITE members. To take advantage of this discount, enter the promotion code STUDEVENT. Register here See more

19.01.2022 We are very proud to be extending Austraffics partnership with the Lions AFLW team. "Lions Womens CEO Breeanna Brock said this partnership has been special since day one.

18.01.2022 "New York City is the biggest city in America, and the NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) is tasked with making sure that the movement of people and goods happens in a safe, efficient, and environmentally responsible way. Guided by their most recent strategic plan, from 2016, the DOT is committed to making sure that the city operates in a way that is safe, green, smart, and equitable.

18.01.2022 "Stuck at home because of the coronavirus, millions of urban residents suddenly became acutely aware of an easily overlooked element of urban infrastructure: their neighborhood sidewalks (or lack thereof)."

18.01.2022 "Recent data from the 2019 Readiness Challenge and a survey of 139 Virginia cities and counties shows that cities prioritize device and asset management. Jarrett Campbell from AVEVA offers a city recommendations on how to manage devices and assets using best practices."

17.01.2022 Upcoming Event - South Australia - Friday 3rd April - One Day Technical Workshop Jointly hosted by AITPM - Leadership in Traffic and Transport SA and Transport Australia Society (TAS) Safe System and Road Design Working Together, 5 invited speakers, Adelaide Meeting Hall, Adelaide, including presentations, panel Q&A and interactive groups workshop. More details to come

17.01.2022 "It will serve public sector leaders well to leverage their convening power to drive these networked approaches to skills and capacity building. Moreover, by putting data not politics at the center of their approach, leaders can accelerate the collective efforts of the various workforce development stakeholders in their community, which will be extremely important in the weeks and months ahead. "

15.01.2022 "As a rethink of the way cities should be plannedand exactly who they should serve, and howits an idea that other cities are likely to watch with great interest."

15.01.2022 "With half of the world now living under lockdown, the ability to go outside and get some fresh air has never been so important, or so fiercely contested. As those who can afford to do so converge on green spaces, seeking exercise and solace amid the coronavirus pandemic, parks have become stages for collective joy, anxiety, and social-distancing infringement crackdowns."

15.01.2022 Having a huge amount of data can be quite different from having enough of the right data. How often do we test if a survey has gender or other biases?

14.01.2022 Bushfire-affected communities in regional NSW could receive a welcome tourism boost if a proposal to include rail trail projects as part of the recovery efforts is accepted.

14.01.2022 "Local leaders who opt for mundane mobility over trendy tech solutions are likely to pay a price in media attention and in private sector support. But if the goal is to save lives and our planet by getting people out of their cars, these fixes might still be a bargain."

14.01.2022 "In highly complex governmental environments, open data in and of itself will not enable common understanding, collaboration or problem-solving unless its organized and can be visualized in a way that makes sense to those who need it."

12.01.2022 Its been 4 years since Columbus Ohio received $40mill to deploy and test different kinds of cutting-edge transportation technology. One comment from this article caught our attention Another issue is that much of the technology that has emerged over the years has been industry-driven. In other words, companies have existing stuff or services that theyre looking to sell to cities and their residents, or that they want to test out in real-world situations. I think that i...t makes a lot more sense for these to be citizen-driven priorities, said Jennifer Clark, head of the city and regional planning section at the Knowlton School of Architecture at The Ohio State University." One part of the project was a special focus to help pregnant women who face difficulties getting to prenatal medical care appointments. This is an example of using data about community issues to set transport priorities. "two to three babies in Franklin County die before the age of one every week and the infant mortality rate for Black babies is 2.5 times that of white babies in the county".

12.01.2022 Upcoming Event AITPM - Leadership in Traffic and Transport - Perth WA - 12:00pm Thursday, 19 March Every Local Government has a need to collect traffic data on their roads. But how do they go about doing this? Various LGAs have various programs that are used to fulfil their need for collecting data, and in this event, we will hear from three LGA representatives and their viewpoints. This event will cover the methods used to create, implement and execute various Traffic Data ...Collection programs from the LGA perspective. Additionally, AITPMs new CEO Kirsty Kelly will be in attendance at this event and will be providing a short introduction and overview of her new role with AITPM. Click here to register or for more information: https://buff.ly/3cNkHKl

11.01.2022 Upcoming Online Event - Thursday 13 August AT 9AM AEST - COVID-19 and its Impact on Travel This ITEANZ webinar will bring together experts across Australia, New Zealand and North America to discuss recent changes to traffic and transport trends triggered by COVID-19. Presentation 1 - Laura Aston & Graham Currie (Director Public Transport Research Group): Secondary demand impacts (traffic/bicycle/pedestrian/public transport) in Melbourne. Findings from a small cohort of in-dep...th qualitative interviews conducted during lockdown. Findings from prior research into disruption impacts on public transport demand, that has given us a framework for designing our survey. Presentation 2 - Daniel Haake (Senior Transportation Planner HDR Indianapolis) & Madhurri Seera (Goods Movement Strategy Lead, City of Calgary): Impact of COVID-19 theme on freight and the work of the ITE Urban Goods Standing Committee) Presentation 3 - Doug Wilson (Director of Transportation Engineering Laboratories at The University of Auckland, New Zealand) & Amanda Kananke Civil Engineer at Jacobs: Considerations and potential implications of COVID-19 for road safety based and impacts on travel during shutdown in Auckland. Bookings via https://buff.ly/39H33qk

10.01.2022 "More than zero, fewer than 45, ideally 16: Those are the number of minutes that workers would prefer to spend commuting, according to various studies. Research on travel behavior has consistently shown that people value the time it takes to get from their homes to their jobs for solitary thinking, catching up on email, or just putting some distance, in time and space, between work and home lives."

10.01.2022 "Under the nationwide lockdown, motor traffic congestion has dropped by 30-75%, and air pollution with it. City officials hope to fend off a resurgence in car use as residents return to work looking to avoid busy public transport. The city has announced that 35km (22 miles) of streets will be transformed over the summer, with a rapid, experimental citywide expansion of cycling and walking space to protect residents as Covid-19 restrictions are lifted."

08.01.2022 Too often, when we start identifying the surveys we think we should make, we take a one-dimensional approach to cause and effect. Too often, we keep our measurements and analysis within the confines of our preconceptions. Earlier this year John W. Pawasarat passed away aged 70. He was an analyst and researcher who examined quantifiable data to address social problems like poverty, mass incarceration and the barriers to employment and voting faced by people of colour who do n...ot have drivers licenses, One of the impacts was that it affected voting for governments. A lack of licence can make it harder to get to vote, but a licence was also used as a major proof of identity. He also found that possession of a drivers license and the car was a more reliable predictor of leaving the welfare rolls than even a high school diploma. Transport data is not just measuring a production line of movement. We need to measure its impact on broader issue in the community such as opportunity and fairness.

08.01.2022 Upcoming Austroads Event - ONLINE - Thursday, 26 March 1:00pm AEDT This free webinar will present guidance on opportunities to integrate Safe System design and operation with Movement and Place for vulnerable road users, in particular pedestrians and cyclists. Presented by Dr Bruce Corben

08.01.2022 "Data-Smart City Solutions sat down with Stephen Goldsmith, the Daniel Paul Professor of the Practice of Government at Harvard Kennedy School and the director of the Ash Centers Project on Mobility and the Connected City, which is examining how new forms of mobility, like ride-sharing and electric scooters, are rapidly changing the transportation landscape of cities around the world."

07.01.2022 When an economist gave US President Lydon Baines Johnson the range within which his projections fell, the president apparently said Ranges are for cattle. Give me a number. True or not, the anecdote as recounted by Charles F. Manski in Public Policy in an Uncertain World goes a long way towards explaining how the modest findings of cautious researchers become the bold assertions of self-sure politicians. In Manskis experience, economic consultants understand policymakers to be either psychologically unwilling or cognitively unable to cope with uncertainty. And so researchers feel compelled to offer precise predictions that they understand may not be credible. Even the data we collect is usually a sample, but alas some still take it as the absolute, all-encompassing truth (but only if it agrees with the preconceived ideas).

07.01.2022 "How will cities carefully emerge from their coronavirus quarantines once lockdown measures are relaxed? That question might seem premature in the U.S, but in places where the virus struck earlier, cities are working out strategies for a return to something approaching normal urban life."

07.01.2022 How is walking and cycling changing across Australia? How are underlying travel behaviours changing across Australia? What does it mean for existing programs an...d interventions? What are the options to embed and encourage further changes as we transition to a new-normal? Join us in this AITPM national webinar to hear from practitioners in the field of travel behaviour change discussing the implications and opportunities of the pandemic on their behaviour change programs and interventions. #tranpsort #cycling #walking #activetravel #behaviourchange https://www.aitpm.com.au//webinar-changing-travel-behaviou

07.01.2022 "Mobility equity is an important consideration for many cities, as new modes of transportation like ride-share and micro-mobility vehicles profligate. These new services have the potential to disrupt entrenched inequities or exacerbate them."

07.01.2022 "In an era of digitisation and smart cities we have seen the rise of city dashboards. These dashboards provide important information in the forms of graphs, charts and maps and hold the promise of better management and planning our cities. There is also an expectation that dashboards will provide greater accountability of government to communities through increased transparency in city performance. These hopes and expectations are evident in the plethora of dashboards launched to monitor the spread of COVID-19 and the response of governments to the pandemic."

06.01.2022 Will car traffic surge as lockdowns ease, or will millions of Australians decide to ride or walk to work/school as they look for cheap, easy and safer ways to get around?

06.01.2022 One of the most well-known examples of the danger of averages comes from the U.S. Airforce; they were suffering a large number of crashes, taking lives and expensive equipment. At its worst point, 17 pilots crashed in a single day. They believed they had good pilots, flying better planes, but they were getting worse results. Some misconceptions had to be overcome.

04.01.2022 The expensive mistake of Robodebt has highlighted many of the problems in government when there is no respect for debates or the technical input from the most qualified people. Problems include Being driven and dominated by IT and AI as though it is an answer to every problem The danger of averaging big data and thus failing to serve the real needs of people in various situations Failing to test code especially in real life situations Bureaucracy that has lost focus... on a community value purpose and is supporting short term political imperatives. Failure to take corrective action when noises of failure were being loudly voiced. Judging policy on short-term social media responses See more

04.01.2022 Upcoming Event VIC - AITPM - Leadership in Traffic and Transport - Tuesday 25th February This AITPM seminar focuses on how we can improve conditions for active transport (particularly walking). It will include the learnings and findings from the Thanks for 30 30 km/hr speed limit trial project undertaken by the City of Yarra and Monash University Accident Research Centre (MUARC). From Yarra, we will hear from Project Manger Jzanelle Cook. From MUARC we hear from Professor B...rian Fildes. Brian has a PhD in Psychology and qualifications in Science and Engineering. Duane Burtt from Victoria Walks will give context about why facilitating safer and higher amenity streets is important. Duane recently co-authored a study which examined walking in Melbournes suburbs with a focus on the role of walking and access to suburban shopping centres. https://buff.ly/2SJkAHm

03.01.2022 With the boom in available data and the computing power to analyse it, we need to introduce data collection, management and even governance more firmly into the education system. However, we need to go further; we need an education system that is not based on the very problem we have with data in defining our transport needs: the use and abuse of averages!

03.01.2022 "it is a peculiar quirk that cycling has one of the best returns on investment of all transport, 5.50 per 1 spent, and yet it suffers the most myopic planning."

03.01.2022 Way back in March 2020 when we were just coming to grips with the reality of a pandemic, Forbes Magazine published an article on Fighting COVID-19 with artificial intelligence, data science and technology. The expression that grabbed our attention was Data Science for if there is ever a situation when we need to remember that garbage in means garbage out, it is with a global health issue. This is not just about numbers, but accurate data from many sources analysed effective...ly. Artificial Intelligence is compromised by our mistakes and any built-in biases in measuring what is actually happening on the ground. The major transport projects we have seen fail in recent years that were supported by modelling of projected transport volumes reflected processes that distorted what information was collected and what assumptions were used to get the desired result, i.e. bad data science. For the record here are some of the ways the Forbes writer thought were important: * AI to identify, track and forecast outbreaks * Process healthcare claims * Drones deliver medical supplies * Robots sterilise, deliver food and supplies and perform other tasks * Supercomputers working on a coronavirus vaccine

02.01.2022 "As technology continues to transform transportation, what can cities accomplish with the strategic use of new mobility options like ride-, car-, bike-, and scooter-share? "

02.01.2022 "The empty streets of the coronavirus era have given rise to all manner of creative applications. Theyre also being put to practical use, with several U.S. cities seizing the opportunity to accelerate improvements to their transportation systems."

01.01.2022 "As an example, a shift towards online shopping not only forces retailers to focus more quickly on their digital efforts, but it could also mean a reduction in the expensive Sydney and Melbourne real estate they need to rent as they serve fewer in-person customers. This has knock-on effects for inner-city retail strips and for the staff that work there. There could be a need for fewer customer service staff and more delivery drivers, packers and IT professionals. The city could become less of a drawcard for visitors leading to reduced congestion."