Michael A. P. Taylor

A REVIEW OF URBAN CAR PARKING MODELS

Car parking is an issue of significance both at the local and at the strategic level of planning. Parking policy and supply play a major role in the management of transportation systems in dense urban areas. Although the policies that govern the provision and operation of parking facilities are recognized to have an important bearing on the operation of urban transport systems, decisions have often been made on an ad hoc basis, without proper integration with other elements of transport systems analysis. In order for parking policy decisions to be well founded, the analysis of parking behaviour and the effects of parking policies should be fully integrated with the other elements of the transport planning and modelling process. To assist this interaction this paper presents a state‐of‐the‐art review of models of parking as an integral component of urban transport systems. The paper develops model groupings by relating their main objectives: choice, allocation and interaction models. It then discusses the ...

Sustain — A Model Investigating Sustainable Urban Structure and Interaction Networks

Immediately after the 1973 Energy Crisis there was a heightened interest in improved understanding and modelling of the interrelationships between urban development and transportation. Such an interest had been awakened already by the apparent neglect of longer term land use adjustments in demand assessments for urban freeways, which were stimulating rapid outward expansion of urban populations, re-introducing congestion as trip lengths increased. Although the resultant major boost in research and development funding did not last very long, progress continued in model formulation and application, especially in the comparative analysis by ISGLUTI (International Study Group for Land Use Transport Interaction) in Webster et. al. (1988). At the same time, politicians and auto-makers responded to increasing public awareness by steadily providing more fuel-efficient vehicles with improved emission standards.

Urban design and revitalization — An Australian perspective

Abstract Recent publications have dealt with the subject of urban renewal in Western Europe. In this paper we attempt to extend this discussion by describing recent experiences in urban revitalization in Australian cities. To begin, a brief outline is made of the characteristic features of the urbanization process in Australia. Among the challenges facing Australian cities as a result of their particular pattern of urban development are the heavy demands for the use of private vehicles due to low-density suburban growth, and a relative decline in the commercial importance of central city areas. The paper canvasses a number of solutions proposed for these developments and their manifestations. In particular, three foci emerge: planning and design of residential streetscapes, pedestrianization in commercial and shopping areas, and the conflict between calls for redevelopment or preservation of old buildings.

Geotechnical and Hydrogeological Evaluation of Artificial Soils to Remediate Acid Mine Drainage and Improve Mine Rehabilitation - An Australian Case Study

This project investigates the feasibility of combining overburden (OB) produced from an open cut brown coal mine, rejected wood chip waste from a Kraft Paper Mill (KMR), and industrially derived compost. The outcome is an artificial soil that mitigates Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) and enhances soil heath and suitability for rehabilitation. The three separate industries are local to each other, facilitating economical transportation of waste streams.

Microcomputer Applications for Social and Physical Infrastructure Planning

A considerable array of planning technology has been developed in western industrialised countries since the 1950s. Much of this is computer-based, through necessity. Settlement systems, whether seen at the regional or metropolitan level, at the level of the neighbourhood or even at the level of an individual building and its immediate environment, represent complex entities. Their planning, design, construction, operation and maintenance is an involved process. Furthermore, the decisions made in respect of provision of urban infrastructure have significant implications for the economic performance of local economies and the social well-being of the constituent population.