Nick is asking someone at NELP to please remove an unnecessary obstruction to pedestrians and cyclists on the Koonung Trail at the Project Office entrance.

2026 TPA National Transport Conference This year six students from around Australia and New Zealand were awarded grants to attend the 2026 TPA National Conference in Brisbane, courtesy of the Worldwide Learning Opportunities program sponsored by Austraffic.  The grants covered their registration, airfares and accommodation. Key themes of the Conference were people-centred and inclusive transport […]

Buses and Raised Platforms: Getting the Design Right Raised platforms are among the most effective tools for reducing vehicle speeds, but when a bus route is involved, getting the design right means more than just choosing the appropriate platform height; you must also consider the full platform profile. Platform performance comes down to three interacting […]

Michael Krol travelled to Detroit, Michigan, for the 2026 ITE Annual Meeting and Exhibition under the ITE-ANZ Worldwide Learning Opportunities program.  In this report he highlights some of the key takeaways from the various sessions, tours and events at this conference. See Michael’s report in pdf below.

I recently travelled to England to attend the IMechE Railway Challenge, with the support of Austraffic and the ITE-ANZ through the Worldwide Learning Opportunity award. The Railway Challenge in Stapleford, England attracted professionals and students representing universities, railway network operators and rollingstock manufacturers from across the UK and Europe. It was a unique opportunity to […]

This is a summary of the full article in The Conversation: We took a self-driving car on the road for 100 days to see how it handled itself – these are the mistakes it kept making The article describes a 100-day real-world test of a Tesla Model Y using its Full Self-Driving (FSD) system on […]

Nick gives the North East Link Project a lemon award for their poor service to cyclists.

Tolls on roads are spreading mainly because traditional road funding no longer covers costs. Key reasons: Fuel taxes are no longer enough: Roads were historically funded by petrol taxes, but cars are more fuel-efficient and tax rates haven’t kept up with inflation. Rising maintenance costs: Governments are spending far more on roads than they collect […]

Speeding doesn’t save time Speeding feels like it saves time, but the maths shows the benefit is tiny—while the safety risks rise sharply. We misjudge time savings: People assume a simple “faster = much quicker” relationship, but travel time doesn’t decrease linearly with speed.  Small increases in speed (e.g. 110 → 120 km/h) save very […]

While food-delivery robots are spreading quickly across American cities, they are facing unexpected public hostility. Rapid growth: Thousands of small delivery robots from companies like Serve Robotics, Coco, and Starship now operate in U.S. cities, using AI to navigate streets and deliver food. Efficiency benefits: They could reduce traffic, cut delivery costs, support local economies, […]

The Infrastructure Priority List (IPL) is Infrastructure Australia’s independent, evidence-based advice to the Australian Government on the highest-priority proposals that should be considered for investment over the next 10 years.  Each proposal on the IPL aligns with one of five investment priorities, identified in Infrastructure Australia’s 2025 Annual Budget Statement, that represent areas where Australian […]

Paris is undertaking its largest expansion of the Metro in half a century, highlighted by striking new stations such as Villejuif-Gustave Roussy, designed by Dominique Perrault as an “inverted skyscraper” filled with light and open space.  Part of a vast project adding 68 driverless stations and 200km of track at a cost of about €40bn, […]

An interesting article in The Economist on 28th February 2026 explores the largely hidden psychological toll on people who accidentally kill others, most often in road crashes in the United States.  While victims are the focus of public sympathy, groups like the Hyacinth Fellowship support those living with the guilt of having unintentionally caused a […]