The 2018 President’s Dinner was held on 13 November again at the Kew Golf Club. An evening of good food, wine and friendship was had by all. The guest speaker was Mr Michael Malouf, VicRoads new Chief Executive. Michael gave an interesting talk about the challenges facing VicRoads and its relationship with other state government […]
September 2018: Safe System Assessments
A very informative seminar was held on Tuesday 25 September 2018 at the new ARRB office in Port Melbourne. The three expert speakers were: Blair Turner – Principal Technology Leader, Transport Safety, ARRB David Williamson – Network Design Services, VicRoads Kenn Beer – Safe System Solutions Pty Ltd The seminar was kindly hosted by ARRB. […]
Opportunities for the Taking as ITE looks to the World
ITE means different things, to different members, at different times. As Laura Aston has just discovered, ITE also means something very different depending on whether you live in North America, or not. Laura dived into a week of ITE relationship-building and transport knowledge sharing, attending a Student Leadership Summit at the University of Minnesota, followed […]
July 2018: On your Bike
Joel Docker, VicRoads, spoke about his research into Australian cycling design guidelines, and relevant learnings from the 2017 ATRF conference in Auckland, NZ. You can download Joel’s slides here Cr Jackie Fristacky AM, City of Yarra, spoke to Melbourne Cycling: a Match Made in Heaven: so why aren’t more people cycling? You […]
Second Call for Mentors: Applications extended to August 8
Transport Engineers at Monash University Transport professionals are invited to express their interest in mentoring Monash Engineering students through a program offered jointly by Transport Engineers at Monash (TEM) and ITE-ANZ. The TEM Mentoring Program aims to connect students with established industry professionals in order to motivate, empower and encourage the next generation of professionals […]
June 2018: Transport Pricing
Seminar on transport pricing. Daniel’s Introduction Dr Leslie Martin – University of Melbourne Dr Martin discusses who wins and loses from how we currently pay for roads and how that is likely to change under congestion pricing. You can watch Dr Martin’s presentation here. You […]
Careers in Transport Seminar and the start of the ITEANZ Sydney Student Chapter
By Eric Ye On the 16th of May, forty students and a handful of academics and transport professionals came together for the Careers in Transport Seminar held at Sydney University. Guest speakers from both public and private sector provided their insight and experiences to a range of 2nd, 3rd, and 4th year Civil Engineering students […]
AAA Criticises Federal Budget
The Australian Automobile Association (AAA) has released this media statement. This budget will again see a decline in the proportion of federal motoring taxes being re-invested into land transport infrastructure, with only limited new commitments to infrastructure beyond projects already announced…
May 2018: Sustainable Transport
The May seminar demonstrated how crowd-sourced data and multi-faceted travel demand management strategies are contributing to sustainable transport outcomes. WalkSpot Anthony Aisenberg from CrowdSpot presented on the WalkSpot project and demonstrated how a collaboration between Victoria Walks, CrowdSpot, and 15 Government organisations engaged the public to identify their walking safety hotspots. The Walkspot Interactive Archive Map is a powerful […]
Mentoring Program Launched
By Riddhi R. Kalra (Secretary, TEM) Transport Engineers at Monash, together with ITE-ANZ and The Monash Association of Civil Engineers (ACES), held a very successful induction night on the 13th of March, for the inaugural cohort of the TEM Mentoring Program. Students joining the program as mentees had the opportunity to network and meet the […]
April 2018: Learning from History
Three eminent speakers attracted a large crowd to this seminar, held on Wednesday 4th April 2018. The seminar was proudly hosted by RMIT University. Dr Max Lay described how Melbourne’s major roads, highways and freeways came about. A key conclusion was that transport planning had little impact on the processes. Video link Dr Ray Brindle traced […]
March 2018: Women in Transport Networking Event
This fabulous event was held on Wednesday, 7 March 2018 at Henry and Fox in Little Collins St, Melbourne The event was sponsored by AITPM Victorian Branch, ITE-ANZ, Transport Australia society (TAs) and Austraffic. Key industry leaders spoke at this event and shared their work experiences. Speakers were: Dr Collette Burke – Chief Engineer of Victoria, Managing Director […]
2018 Annual Breakfast Meeting
The Annual Breakfast Meeting was held on Tuesday, 27 February 2018, jointly hosted by ITE-ANZ and Transport Australia society. The special guest speaker was Mr David Hodgett MP, Victorian Shadow Minister for Roads & Infrastructure and Shadow Minister for Ports & Freight. David is also the Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Victorian parliament. […]
MELBOURNE’S NORTH EAST LINK AND ACTIVE TRANSPORT
The Victorian government has announced the route for the North East Link in Melbourne. This road and tunnel will connect the Metropolitan Ring Road to the Eastern Freeway. Although it won’t be open to traffic for at least 10 years, there has been some discussion about what active transport facilities should be included as part […]