I did about 2.5 weeks work in late June/early July in between university semesters. Along with a few more road safety audits – a fairly standard type of job that I’ve done a lot of over the last couple of years – I did three fatality road crash investigations.
It wasn’t the most [...]
I am working through my Quantitative Methods coursework today. Got up to a section on Index Numbers, which discussed how price indexes such as the NASDAQ, CPI and Dow Jones are calculated.
It seems odd that these sorts of measures aren’t more widely used outside economics and the stock market.
Imagine if an index number was [...]
Hans Monderman sounds like an interesting person. I definately need to go and visit some of the places he has designed and influenced. Seems very similar to the Local Area Traffic Management approach (LATM) which is used here in Australia, but much more innovative.
I have been wanting to get involved in this area [...]
Seems like I just can’t stop writing about CityLink and ITS.
I drove home from work today (which is a rare event) and hit the typical congestion between the Domain tunnel and the WestGate. About a kilometre after the tunnel I passed under a Variable Message Sign (VMS), which warned me of [...]
Further to my previous post, I went to a technical seminar on the Burnely Tunnel last week. The speakers discussed the ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems) that are in place in the City Link tunnels. The presentations touched on the recent accident in the tunnel, but of course could not go into much detail [...]
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As a opening, lets think about some statistics. I was at a conference on Wednesday. The figure of 5 road deaths in Australia every day was quoted. That’s not to mention the 45 people who are injured. Of those about 15 are classified as [...]
The last few times I have been through the Domain Tunnel on Melbourne’s Citylink, only two of the three lanes have been open. A radio announcement states that the left lane is closed so that emergency vehicles can access the West Gate freeway or the tunnel if required.
This all makes sense, as the [...]