Opportunities to Optimize Traffic Network Congestion and Demand Management posed by the Covid-19 Pandemic

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You are invited to the ITSS Webinar Series – Opportunities to Optimize Traffic Network Congestion and Demand Management posed by the Covid-19 Pandemic.

Abstract:

The Covid-19 pandemic has markedly reduced travel and how we move in our usual network. Short-term changes in travel behaviour include more people working from home, fewer non-essential trips being made, and a significant decrease in transit ridership. But has this development the potential to substantially change our mobility behaviour?

During this webinar, the speakers will focus on the challenges but also opportunities to how we move around a network has brought us and what solutions can help improve personal mobility by reducing urban congestion as a primary focus of transport agencies. While congestion is normally a major problem, the Covid-19 pandemic has led to significant short-term reductions in personal travel, resulting in noticeable improvements in network  performance and air quality. As the world recovers from the pandemic, we envision that it is likely over the long-run for personal travel to rebound and approach pre-crisis congestion conditions. In the interim, we have a golden opportunity to experience a world with less congestion and strategize ways to change travel behaviour and make our transport systems react to this new world.

About the speakers

David Bolt

Vice President Sales and Solution Consulting APAC / Kapsch TrafficCom Australia.

David Bolt earned his Masters degree of Mechanical Engineering from the University of Strathclyde and International Business from Nanyang Technology University in Singapore. David has more than 10 years of experience with product development, regional group management, business development, and consulting. At Kapsch TrafficCom Australia, David is responsible for managing the Sales and Solution Consulting group which focuses on Kapsch’s wide Intelligent Mobility Solution portfolio across the Asia Pacific region from urban mobility to electronic toll collection. David is a Director on the Board of ITS Australia and sits on ITS Australia MaaS Committee as an industry group member. David is a passionate advocate for adoption of safer, smarter infrastructure.

Professor Majid Sarvi

Program Director, Transport Technologies / The University of Melbourne

Majid is the founder and director of the Australian Integrated Multimodal EcoSystem (AIMES). AIMES is a world first; a grid mapped with smart sensors to test emerging, multimodal connected large-scale transport technologies in a complex urban environment. Through AIMES, Majid is bringing the transport network together, collaborating with more than 50 domestic and international partners from industry and government.

Majid has more than 23 years of professional, academic and research experience in the areas of traffic and transport engineering. His research is multidisciplinary with an international outlook applying theory to combat real-world challenges. His expertise includes: connected multimodal transport systems, cooperative ITS, crowd dynamic modelling and simulation and network vulnerability assessment and optimisation.