Worth a Read - October 2019

Planes, trains and automobiles: understanding the global transport sector

Population growth and an increase in travel have created an urgent need for better transport systems in global cities. A shift towards analysing, designing and implementing future-focused transport is needed - and it's going to transform the way we travel.

Melbourne’s transport vision to boost liveability

An ambitious 10-year transport plan to respond to Melbourne’s significant population growth by delivering more space for pedestrians, public transport users and cyclists, will return to City of Melbourne councillors for final consideration on Tuesday. 

The Transport Strategy 2030 will provide an $870 million boost to Victoria as key priorities are delivered over the next decade, according to an independent report by Deloitte Access Economics.

General scores for accessibility and inequality measures in urban areas

As presented in The Royal Society Open Science, a paper by authors from the Polytechnic University of Turin provides general methods to evaluate accessibility in cities based on public transportation data. Through the notion of isochrones, the accessibility quantities proposed measure the performance of transport systems at connecting places and people in urban systems. Then they introduce scores ranking cities according to their overall accessibility.

It is interesting to see how one media outlet reported on this paper. Nine News produced an article titled “The 10 fastest public transport systems in the world – and where Australia ranks”. The opening paragraph said “Australia's public transport systems have come up short in global rankings, with just one major city making a list of the ten best performers for speed and cohesion.” 

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