TransportCamp 2023 Participants
The agenda.
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2023 Sydney Sessions
Session 1
Public Transport
Matt, Rick, and Tedd
Session: 1
Room: 3010
Format: Presentation
Summary: The Government can enhance our public transport services through the provision of data. Increasing the accuracy of maps by Google was also discussed. Google should update its data daily to have an accurate map. The government should support public transport. Public transport data must be accessible to everyone. Simulation should be done based on people's behavior and previous experiences. For example, use pedestrians simulation. Perfect data brings perfect modeling. There should be an affordable price for public transport.
Is Public Transport Working?
Alex
Session: 1
Room: 3280
Format: Presentation
Summary: Presented the bus and train ridership in Sydney. Is public transport getting more attractive? How can we make public transport more attractive? What is the future of public transport?
The Teen’s and Active modes
Lucas (Urbis)
Session: 1
Room: 3003
Format: Presentation
Summary: In an American-style middle suburb in Sydney, students may start walking to school when they are in primary school. Then, they start using public transit during their secondary school years, and when they reach age 16, they mostly drive to school by themselves.
Parents influence their children's decision to choose their mode of transportation to get to school. Access to a car and car parking in Australia may be some reasons for using a car to get to schools. The exact number of road crashes is not reported. Using a bicycle is not as safe in Sydney compared to Paris, France. There are good facilities in China for using bikes to get to schools.
Bikeshare, friend or foe?
Yann Bibang (Lime)
Session: 1
Room: 3280
Format: Discussion
Summary: Is bike sharing a friend or foe? The potential closure of footpaths due to bike sharing demands attention. One plausible resolution could involve educating individuals to park bikes in designated areas or on streets. Nonetheless, there exists a trade-off between mandating specific spots for bike parking versus allowing the flexibility of picking up and dropping off bikes anywhere.
There was concern about bike littering, which is worsened by the lack of effective infrastructure and policies. One participant considered the service overpriced. Another participant highlighted the door-to-door mobility potential and active transport benefits of bike sharing. Ultimately, the discussion reverts to the bike parking problem and it is agreed that dedicated parking areas, combined with in-app instructions, would help enhance proper parking behaviours. This, however, requires cooperation from the local councils. Lime has implemented a geofencing trial in Bondi. Although it limits riders’ freedom, it is expected to encourage better parking habits. Bike sharing is mentioned as a sustainable solution to achieve the net-zero goal. An interesting point on the success of bike sharing is its ability to resonate with the community and culture.
Session 2
Social License
Ned (Lime)
Session: 2
Room: 3010
Format: Presentation
Summary: Trust, credibility and legitimacy are parts of social license. Transport organizations should consider people's consern about starting a project. For example, somebody said that if a parking would be established here, I will lose my job. People should be engaged in projects. Effects of new changes must be considered on people emotion.
Australia’s first last-mile cargo bike pilot
Patrick Ibrahim (Parcel Run)
Session: 2
Room: 3270
Format: Presentation
Summary:
The main objective of the pilot program is to evaluate the viability and advantages of introducing cargo e-bike delivery services in Sydney. This initiative offers numerous benefits, including environmental friendliness, zero emissions, decreased traffic congestion, and cost-effectiveness. Regarding the implementation strategy, the plan involves setting up strategically positioned micro hubs within a 5km radius, each equipped with a fleet of 5 cargo e-bikes. Subsequently, performance metrics such as delivery time, customer satisfaction, and costs will be closely monitored and tracked.
Prototype to inform decisions
Ali (Meld Studios)
Session: 2
Room: 3300
Format: Presentation
Summary: Prototyping (some pull of something to test) can occur at any scale, fidelity, and budget. Agencies assist in selecting participants for the prototyping process. They aim to include a diverse range of people to address various human needs. How prototyping informs others, such as metro responsibilities, is an important consideration. Some customers may face difficulties reaching the Emergency button due to height or wheelchair use. Another example is providing printed bus arrival times at specific stops, which may not be user-friendly for elderly people. The team traveled along with bus passengers to understand their needs when using different stops and services. They focused on testing the station design for Sydney Metro during one of their tests.
Session 3
Using VR for prototyping
Alison Sharp & Janna DeVylder (Meld Studios)
Session: 3
Room: 3270
Format: Presentation
Summary: Introduction of different types of prototyping - take Sydney metro as an example. The effect and purpose of using VR before real construction are presented. VR techs can provide several insights for the design team, as well as human situation simulation.
Direct service in Public Transport
Joseph
Session: 3
Room: 3003
Format: Presentation
Summary: Transfer between services in PT. Can we keep direct service for nonpeak hours? How to make the transfer more attractive.
VR in transport
Ali
Session: 3
Room: 3270
Format: Presentation
Summary: Transport constructions are hard and costly to change. Therefore, VR helps us test the products before actual build it. Sightlines, time of day, distance of movement, accessibility, the impact of weather conditions, the impact of traffic, integrated modes of travel, customer flows, amenities, safety, and security are considered in the VR design. Minor modifications, like the relocation of one sign, might not be efficient to be updated every time. The challenges of implementing VR can be effort, cost, motion sickness, and thoughts.
Session 4
The 30-minute city or $8 dollars city: Accessibility
Darcy (Transport for New South Wales)
Session: 4
Room: 3270
Format: Presentation
Summary: In Melbourne, one team of presenters used willingness to spend money to calculate accessibility. To determine the appropriate cost type for measuring accessibility, we need to focus on the demographics of the destination. Who wants to use the specific destination, and is it better to measure accessibility in terms of time or cost (money)? Consider when people want to get to that destination and the socio-economic status of the population in the neighborhood.
Parking Benefit
John
Session: 4
Room: 3003
Format: Presentation
Summary: The parking benefit is the demand for parking. Since many individuals' carports are not used for the whole day. Compared to permanently making the part for individuals, making them available to the public for non-used time can maximise the benefit of parking. People who want to rent a part for a period can buy a monthly ticket. Developing apps allowing people to book the space in advance can also improve the parking benefits.
Session 5
AI in transportation modeling
Rick Williams (Movement and Place Consulting)
Session: 5
Room: 3010
Format: Presentation
Summary: How can AI contribute to transportation? Utilising an existing model to simulate the outcomes of potential changes, estimation, and mode choice models are some ways AI can assist. An illustrative application of data utilization is evident in Victoria, where traffic data and Scats are employed to enhance system optimization. The data requirements depend on the specific objectives we aim to achieve. For example, determining whether travel velocity data in a network is necessary or not. Data gathering poses a crucial consideration, particularly with regard to privacy. In cases of individual public transport usage, people may have concerns, but this issue is less relevant in the context of traffic signal data as it constitutes public information.
Machine learning can improve data quality, and remove inconsistency in data and result.
AI can handle OD estimation and cope with not aggregated data.
AI would predict and categorize demand by socio-demographic information.
In international events, ML can classify international and Australian people.
When we want to work on data and AI we should be careful about privacy and sharing information. The NSW government should make their travel household survey datasets open access.
Session 6
Share space
Angela (Transport for NSW)
Session: 6
Room: 3300
Format: Presentation
Summary: By making places more shareable, we can make more green spaces, by combining parking and shops we can build more parks, for example. Seasonal parking areas, and university parking, should be combined with other places. We should increase our flexibility to live in shared world.
What governance structures can truly address the climate crisis?
Simon Mueller (Mott MacDonald)
Session: 6
Room: 3003
Format: Discussion
Summary: When it comes to climate change concerns, it is crucial for everyone to acknowledge their responsibility for the global impact. In this context, an essential aspect is that whatever actions we take should become ingrained habits.