Kilsby Australia Brain Food Index

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transport policy, planning and management advice

Index to Brain Food

Opinions	a variety of stimulating thoughts from all quarters
Context	interactions between transport and other sectors
Cities & Regions	how cities and regions work
Movement	why people and goods need to move
Transport Modes	different ways of moving people and goods
Infrastructure	the hardware on which our transport depends
Planning Methods	how we go about planning our transport
Miscellaneous	odds and ends

Opinions

a variety of stimulating thoughts from all quarters

Cars	Love 'em or hate 'em - our vehicles
Climate Change	(Self-explanatory)
Decision-Making	The way we make decisions
Demography	The changing structure of society
The Dome	OK, not transport-related, but a world-class fiasco
Energy	(Self-explanatory)
Engineering	(Self-explanatory)
Infrastructure	(Self-explanatory)
Lifestyle	The way we live
Modelling	What happens when we try and model the real world
Pricing	(Self-explanatory)
Public transport	(Self-explanatory)
Safety	Especially road safety
Technocrats at Play	Scientists and engineers being human
Urban design	(Self-explanatory)
Walking and cycling	(Self-explanatory)

Context

interactions between transport and other sectors

sustainability	About 20 different versions of what sustainability means; also what I thought about it at various times from 1993 to 2004
Sustainable Transport	The Sydney Transport Panel's submission to the 2003 Parry Inquiry in NSW
beyond oil	Summary of a 1998 CIT Symposium on energy futures
the hydrogen economy	Summary of an international conference in 2003
petrol prices	An explanation of what you pay for at the punp when you buy petrol
access for all	A plea for "universal design" in transport
the road toll	"Warlike casualties" - the road toll in perspective; causes of death in Australia 1990-2000; vulnerable road users; the safety performance of 4WD's
corporate social responsibility	Comments on supplement in The Economist Jan 2005

Cities & Regions

how cities and regions work

ageing - an international comparison	Demonstration of how demographics are affecting different countries in different ways
working government	Italy as a case study in what sort of regional government works and what doesn't
city scenarios	Different people's views about how Sydney might turn out
car space	The bizarre arrangements we have become conditioned not to notice - with photos

Movement

why people and goods need to move

transport functions	A functional way of looking at transport, building on ideas generated by the Warren Centre, which produces a very different picture to the conventional worktrip/non-worktrip split dictated by available data
cost perceptions	Public transport's not bad, it just seems to be
130,000 truck trips	Some of the most non-descript things you see on Sydney Harbour are actually the most interesting with photos
mode share targets	A diatribe about the perils of using mode share targets without fully understanding travel behaviour
mobile offices	An old prediction coming true a lot sooner than expected
selling transport	Are we really serious about getting more people onto public transport in Sydney?
administrative reform	A different way of looking at transport

Transport Modes

different ways of moving people and goods

modal basics	An idiot's guide to what the various modes are good at and what they're not with photos
congestion +600%	The 1991 prediction of the "Road Transport Future Directions" study, that congestion in Sydney would get 600% worse over 25 years if we carried on as we are, has entered folk memory but few people now recall how congestion was defined or what "carrying on as we are" entailed
American vehicles	Americans like lots of metal and frown on scantily clad women
bus deregulation	UK deregulation of buses has increased the need for product differentiation with photos
avoiding surprises	What happens when signage designers treat pedestrians and cyclists as particularly thick motorists with photos
aviation safety	How safe is flying?
metropolitan railway woes	Is all the criticism in the Sydney press in early 2004 about the apparent way the State Government has let the city's railways deteriorate really justified?
bus services in NSW	The Sydney Transport Panel's submission to the Unsworth Review in 2003
special-purpose road vehicles	A rather startling development from China
a love affair	An illustration of an atttude that must be confronted sooner or later
the P76 Awards 2005	The Sydney Morning Herald's annual motoring awards for Outstanding Mediocrity
new cars 2007	Analysis of new car sales in Australia in 2007

Infrastructure

the hardware on which our transport depends

The submission on the AusLink Green Paper developed by Engineers Australia

Planning Methods

how we go about planning our transport

ethics in travel demand forecasting	Review of a PhD thesis submitted to the University of California, Berkeley
units of measurement	Plea for care in choice and description of measurement units
modelspeak	Calibration, validation, etc ... Words which don't necessarily mean the same thing to everyone who uses them
real work	The real work done by transport energy is that part that moves the payload, which can be a surprisingly small proportion

Miscellaneous

odds and ends

the 5 gas stations theory	Tom Friedman's view of how the world works
lights, camera, action	What did the media do for potboilers before they could throw in car chases to liven things up?
monarchy or republic?	Do you get a better class of politician if you let heredity do its work or if you elect him/her?
brand imagery	Explanation of why a sailing ship logo now appears frequenty on all our material