Thinking Outside the Box 67 Thought Pieces
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Thinking Outside the Box 67 Thought Pieces The Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies (ITLS) at the University of Sydney Business School in 2015 started a commentary series, adding it to its portfolio of engagement with the broader community of interests in the space of Infrastructure, Transport, Logistics and Supply Chain Management. While academic publications and reports are a very important outlet for high quality research including debates on themes with a rich policy and strategic value beyond theory, methods and evidence, there is room for a series of short pungent commentaries on themes that are of broad community interest. These are short pieces so they can be digested through the many social media platforms and focus on topics of currency that are also likely to be challenging and controversial – hence the titling of the series ‘Thinking Outside the Box’. It has all the elements of critical thinking and the ‘challenge of change’. Each piece is published monthly since April 2015, but we thought it would be useful; to bring all of the contributions together into a monograph that is freely available. We have integrated the first 67 thought pieces into this monograph. We hope it will useful to researchers, consultants, government and industry agencies and associations as well as in the classroom for debate and discussion. David A. Hensher Founding Director, ITLS Read the latest from our world-leading academics and researches. Opinion pieces are available in the ITLS page at https://sydney.edu.au/business/news-and-events/news/institute-of- transport-and-logistics-studies/thinking-outside-the-box.html Contents Public Transport Are public transport fares more expensive in Australia than anywhere else? ................................... 6 ITLS Think Piece #5-2015-August Another way of thinking about public transport delivery ................................................................ 10 ITLS Think Piece #7-2015-October Applying best practice in public transport planning to an urban ferry system ................................. 12 ITLS Think Piece #37-2017-November Is it a bus? Is it a train? Notes on modal etymology and nomenclature........................................... 14 ITLS Think Piece #42-2018-March Refocussing benefit-cost analysis: Start with a budget .................................................................... 16 ITLS Think Piece #48-2018-May Surprise, surprise - Trackless trams are in vogue with light rail supporters! ..................................... 18 ITLS Think Piece #52-2018-August Debunking the myths around optically-guided bus (trackless trams) ............................................... 20 ITLS Think Piece #54-2018-November The changing nature of public transport........................................................................................... 25 ITLS Think Piece #56-2019-April Road Pricing A new metaphor might help bring about change ............................................................................. 27 ITLS Think Piece #6-2015-September The benefits and beneficiaries of urban tollroad expansion ............................................................ 29 ITLS Think Piece #26-2016-January Toll Roads – A view after 25 years .................................................................................................. 31 ITLS Think Piece #28-2017-April Road pricing reform – A getting started idea ................................................................................... 35 ITLS Think Piece #35-2017-October Paying for roads – driver of a new road management ecosystem ................................................... 38 ITLS Think Piece #61-2019-July ON the political economy of the road user charging debate……..................................................... 40 ITLS Think Piece #67-2019-October Roads and Cars Aiming for zero growth in vehicle kilometres of car travel .............................................................. 42 ITLS Think Piece #4-2015-July Self-drive motor vehicles lack sex appeal and a great deal more .................................................... 45 ITLS Think Piece #21-2016-September Autonomous vehicles and implications for future transport systems ............................................... 47 ITLS Think Piece #24-2017-February 2 I can’t wait to get my Ls! A Perspective on High School Travel ........................................................ 49 ITLS Think Piece #25-2017-February Autonomous cars: Placing them in context ...................................................................................... 51 ITLS Think Piece #31-2017-June When is car sharing value for money: the car centric traveller? ....................................................... 53 ITLS Think Piece #39-2017-November Eradicating road accidents: A driverless future? .............................................................................. 55 ITLS Think Piece #40-2018-February Adelaide can lead the field with the right transport technology ....................................................... 57 ITLS Think Piece #43-2018-March The final race for WestConnex ......................................................................................................... 59 ITLS Think Piece #47-2018-April Guess What – I actually like driving my car! .................................................................................... 63 ITLS Think Piece #49-2018-July Traffic safety in developing countries: Is colonialism still to blame? ............................................... 64 ITLS Think Piece #50-2018-August Are we doomed to repeat history with automated vehicles? ........................................................... 67 ITLS Think Piece #51-2018-August Does slower driving make us go faster? .......................................................................................... 69 ITLS Think Piece #53-2018-September How green are electric vehicles? ...................................................................................................... 71 ITLS Think Piece #58-2019-April Why the government can’t blame us (yet) for clinging to our cars ................................................... 73 ITLS Think Piece #59-2019-May Electric cars – They will in time increase car use without effective road pricing reform ................... 75 ITLS Think Piece #62-2019-July Automated vehicles: Ubiquity of mobility or a profanity for humanity? .......................................... 76 ITLS Think Piece #65-2019-August Funding Asset recycling – A case study in communication? .......................................................................... 78 ITLS Think Piece #1-2015-April To tender or not: How transparent is the process? ........................................................................... 81 ITLS Think Piece #2-2015-May The high cost of housing and how to reduce it ................................................................................ 81 ITLS Think Piece #32-2017-July Abuse of private financing .............................................................................................................. 83 ITLS Think Piece #46-2018-February 3 Infrastructure Infrastructure financing: Following the money ................................................................................. 85 ITLS Think Piece #3-2015-June We need value-for-money no matter what the funding level ........................................................... 87 ITLS Think Piece #8-2015-November We need a longer term view on infrastructure investment and good ideas – Australia needs to be less myopic ............................................................................................................................................. 91 ITLS Think Piece #9-2015-December Infrastructure Banks: The solution to Australia’s infrastructure problems. ........................................ 93 ITLS Think Piece #14-2016-March Density matters ................................................................................................................................ 96 ITLS Think Piece #20-2016-August Visible hands or invisible hands – Who should build the ports in developing countries? ................ 98 ITLS Think Piece #27-2016-April Corridor protection for infrastructure and transport ........................................................................ 100 ITLS Think Piece #36-2017-October Logistics & Supply Chains The role of human behaviour in supply chain decision-making .................................................... 103 ITLS Think Piece #10-2015-November Logistics information quality and availability in e-retail: The end consumer deserves better value ...................................................................................................................................................... 105 ITLS Think Piece #12-2016-January The crisis in the container shipping industry and its resolution ...................................................... 108 ITLS Think Piece #22-2016-September Feasibility of increasing volumetric load of freight heavy vehicles ............................................... 110 ITLS Think Piece #23-2016-January .................................................................................................................110 Shrinking supply chains, greater welfare? ..................................................................................... 113 ITLS Think Piece #30-2017-May The data driven supply chain: A retail perspective .......................................................................