Month: November 2018

Transport Accessibility Manual Working Group

| David Levinson

I am pleased to announce that the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting will host the first in-person meeting of the Transport Accessibility Manual Working Group.

 

Transport Accessibility Manual Working Group

Monday 6:00 PM- 7:30 PM
Marriott Marquis, Mint (M4)

David Levinson, University of Sydney, presiding

Sponsored by:

Standing Committee on Bus Transit Systems (AP050)

One of the key problems is what to value when investing in transport or regulating land development. Accessibility — the ease of reaching valued destinations — connects transport and land use, considering both how easy it is to move and where things are located. While many planners know how to measure this, many don’t, and all could benefit from standardizing application to best practice. To that end, a working group would develop such a standard, which would clarify topics like how to measure, how to compute, how to present, and what to consider in terms of accessibility.

 

 

If you are interested in participating, please email me.

Sydney’s Refugee Crisis | WalkSydney

| David Levinson

I wrote a thing for WalkSydney: Sydney’s Refugee Crisis. Read the whole post.

Refugee children, trapped on a small island, trying to get to a better place, are challenged by a convoy of heavily armoured, multi-ton metallic objects moving within a mere 1 meter past their developing bodies at 50 km/h. What could go wrong?

 

Overall, refuge islands and free lefts are terrible traffic engineering and worse urban design. Instead, narrow the intersection and design it so pedestrians are controlled by only one light when crossing the street. This is especially pernicious at this location, with schoolchildren saturating the island.

At least 20 people, most of them children, queued up like bowling pins, on a refugee island at City Road and Cleveland Street, Sydney. Other groups are held back at the Seymour Centre, or have been already ferried across City Road to Victoria Park. This is typical, but not good, urban design.
At least 20 people, most of them children, queued up on a refugee island at City Road and Cleveland Street, Sydney. Other groups are held back at the Seymour Centre, or have been already ferried across City Road to Victoria Park. This is typical, but not good, urban design.

The Transportist: November 2018

| David Levinson

Welcome to the November 2018 issue of The Transportist, especially to our new readers. As always you can follow along at the  blog or on Twitter

Jobs

Posts

Books

News

Macromobility:

Transit 

Automated, Autonomous, Driverless, and Self-Driving Vehicles, and Semi-Autonomous Systems 

Electric Vehicles [and Renewable Energy]

Human-Driven Vehicles, Signs, Signals, Sensors, and Markings, and Roads

Mesomobility:

Shared Vehicles/Ride-sharing/Ride-hailing/Taxis/Car Sharing

Micromobility: 

Human-Powered Vehicles/Bikes/Pedestrians/Scooters/eBikes/Last-Mile/First-Mile/etc

​Land Use/Architecture

Kerbs and Sidewalks

Retail, Freight, Waste, and Logistics

Technology History

Travel Behaviour

Intercity Trains

Aviation and Space

​Maritime

Professoring

Fantasy

Research & Data

Papers by Us

 

by Others

Journals

Researchers

Other People’s Newsletters

Read the Transportist, but don’t just read the Transportist, also read:

Books