New Mobility

The ‘New Mobility’ session under ‘Plan’ stream covers interesting topics such as Drivers' Preferences with Machine Learning, Living Well Locally via national approach to 20-minute neighbourhoods, Project Development from beginning to delivery, A roadmap for micro mobility uptake in goods delivery and User experience design - an important and unknown planning tool.

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Session Outline

• Session Chair- Vanina Varnier, Aurecon
• Zahra Nourmohammadi  , Student - Enhancing Last-Mile Delivery Planning: Understanding Drivers' Preferences with Machine Learning
• James Wiley, Ramboll - Living Well Locally: a national approach to 20 minute neighbourhoods
• David Bohm, BDO - Project Development: The journey to delivery
• Shifani Sood, WSP - Rethinking the urban freight task: A roadmap for micromobility uptake in goods delivery
• Eric Rivers, Arup - User experience design (UX) is the most important planning tool you might not know about

Zahra Nourmohammadi  , Student - Enhancing Last-Mile Delivery Planning: Understanding Drivers' Preferences with Machine Learning

Zahra Nourmohammadi

Student

I am a second-year PhD student at UNSW conducting research on the application of artificial intelligence in transportation. I was born in Iran and had been a researcher in Korea before moving to Australia for my PhD.

Co-Author(s)

Meead Saberi Kalaee

Dr Saberi is an Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia, specializing in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Prior to UNSW, he held an academic position at Monash University from 2014 to 2018. He earned his PhD in Transportation Systems Analysis and Planning from Northwestern University, USA, and holds a Master's degree in Transportation Engineering from Portland State University, USA, as well as a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, IRAN. Leading the CityX research lab under the Research Centre for Integrated Transport Innovation (rCITI), Dr. Saberi focuses on comprehending cities through modeling, simulation, data analysis, and visualization. His research spans various transportation engineering domains including traffic flow, transportation network modeling, complex networks, pedestrian dynamics, simulation, and urban data analysis. Dr. Saberi is also a co-founder of footpath.ai, a UNSW spinout, which utilizes GeoAI and computer vision to automate and scale the mapping of pedestrian infrastructure.

Enhancing Last-Mile Delivery Planning: Understanding Drivers' Preferences with Machine Learning

Traditional logistic planning often neglects drivers' preferences in last-mile routing. Integrating driver preferences into route planning is a crucial research focus. Recognizing that drivers often choose routes based on personal inclinations, favoring familiar roads over the shortest distance, requires incorporating historical data from actual drivers' tours. This study proposes an innovative approach to learning drivers' routing preferences, combining Adaptive Large Neighborhood Search (ALNS) with a sampling technique and Machine Learning (ML)-based optimization. ALNS aids in finding optimal solutions, while the sampling and ML-powered optimization adapt and learn from historical data to align with drivers' and route planners' preferences. This not only humanizes the delivery process but also infuses it with intelligent, data-driven decision-making. Validated with real-world data, the study demonstrates that this approach yields superior solutions, more accurately reflecting drivers' and planners' preferences. These findings represent a significant step forward in machine learning-powered last-mile delivery planning.

James Wiley, Ramboll - Living Well Locally: a national approach to 20 minute neighbourhoods

James Wiley

Co-Author | Ramboll

James has over thirteen years of experience working on multi-disciplinary projects across Australia, Africa and the Middle East and currently leads the Smart Mobility team in Sydney. Over the years James has worked a variety of projects ranging from strategic transport planning, city and precinct masterplanning, port and coastal development planning. Currently he is focusing his efforts on sustainable transport and green mobility initiatives, from walking and cycling to e-mobility, which support communities and enhance access whilst improving liveability within precincts and cities.

Author

Rebecca Dillon-Robinson | Ramboll

Rebecca is a urban planner and designer with over 7 years’ experience in urban, regional and strategic development. She specialises in delivering inclusive development strategies and designs, bringing together diverse stakeholders and multidisciplinary teams

Co-Author

Stefanie O'Gorman | Ramboll

Stefanie is the Director of Sustainable Economics and has 21 years’ experience. She specialises in the integration of a wide range of costs and benefits within decision making. Most recently she has focused on the economics of cities and urban settlements with a view to delivering valuable and tangible social and environmental outcomes through improved design and delivery of infrastructure, the creation of investable propositions, alongside significant stakeholder, community and third sector engagement. Her work in this area concentrations on delivering economic value through the maximisation of environmental and social outcomes, and in supporting clients in making ‘better’ decisions.

Living Well Locally: a national approach to 20 minute neighbourhoods

Taking a holistic approach to developing flourishing, inclusive and liveable neighbourhoods. Lessons learnt from implementing 20-minute neighbourhoods across Scotland, UK which may support our planning approach for the 15-minute neighbourhood concept wherein local services and facilities are easily accessible by walking and cycling modes.

David Bohm, BDO - Project Development: The journey to delivery

David Bohm

BDO - Director

David is the Director of BDO's Transport Planning and Advisory business in NSW. David has spent over 15 years developing a wide range of transport projects during his career, with this time split between the private sector and within NSW Government.

Project Development: The journey to delivery

Successful transport project development requires an approach that considers and addresses a wide range of multi-modal, multi-disciplinary, and multi-stakeholder needs and issues. This presentation shares insights and lessons learned from successful (and not-so-successful) project development journeys, and success factors for contemporary transport projects.

Shifani Sood, WSP - Accelerating the uptake of micromobility for goods delivery

Shifani Sood

WSP - Associate Principal

Shifani is an Associate Principal in the Advisory arm of WSP Australia. She is an experienced transport planner and urban strategist, driven by a passion for enhancing the places we live, work and play in.

Co-Author(s)

Sara Stace | WSP

Sara is a city shaper, strategic thinker and innovator with extensive knowledge about cities, land use, and urban transport. She worked at federal, state and local government, and private sector over 24 years.
Sara also wrote and co-authored 20 publications including for United Nations and the Australian Government, and won 15 national and state awards for excellence in project delivery, program management and contribution to the public sector.

Accelerating the uptake of micromobility for goods delivery

How can we rapidly accelerate the uptake of micromobility for goods delivery? We present a comprehensive range of actions that government and industry can do, based on the latest global best practice, which goes beyond strategies to real actions.
Demand for deliveries is on the rise. The resulting freight task, especially the ‘last mile’ that brings the service or product directly to customers, adds pressure to our cities and streets, and contributes to pollution and climate impact.
Micromobility offers a smarter way to move freight in busy and dense city centres, where space to move and park is at a premium. However, uptake in Australia has been slow. We provide a range of solutions to accelerate the change through pilots and investments.