Are you ready for the future of mobility?
WestCycle’s Future of Mobility Seminar Series provides a platform for Western Australian academic researchers to share their latest findings related to active transport with an audience of practitioners from industry and government.
Get in touch if you would like to present your active transport research or sponsor a seminar.
Coming Up
Up next in the series we have presentations with topics including:
- Building bike paths that support biodiversity
- Planning for micromobility in WA
- Fresh analysis of Perth cycling data
- Gender and Transport
Local Healthy Streets projects
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Past Seminars
26 July 2023 - Curtin HIVE
In early 2023, WestCycle worked with teams of students from the Curtin University School of Management and Marketing’s Consultancy Capstone Unit to explore what could be learned from layered analysis of publicly available cycling data.
One team’s efforts stood out, and we were excited to be able to share their findings and generate a conversation about the future uses of their work with transport practitioners.
Space and catering generously provided by Curtin University.
July 2023 - 167 St Georges Terrace
This seminar was generously supported by Hatch RobertsDay and Curtin University.
Negar Nili
PhD Candidate, School of Design and the Built Environment, Curtin University
Presentation: Smart active transportation infrastructure (SmATI) to achieve sustainable mobility
Negar Nili is an architect-urban designer, and worked in the field for 8 years before commencing her PhD. Her research investigates how technology can contribute to improving active mobility in Australian cities.
James Pearse
Hatch RobertsDay’s WA Transport Advisory Lead
Presentation: Embedding Micromobility into Greenfields Developments
James has worked in WA transport planning for nearly 10 years and led active transport projects including developing the 2050 cycling network for Perth & Peel at 3.5million (the precursor to the LTCN), working with Main Roads WA on improving outcomes for cyclists at signalised intersections, and leading the concept design for the (now under construction) Causeway Pedestrian and Cycling Bridge. Outside of work, James is a keen advocate for cycle-tourism, particularly in regional areas. James is a committee member and WA Representative for Rail Trails Australia.
Stephen Kovacs
PhD Candidate, School of Design and the Built Environment, Curtin University
Presentation: Can Shared Autonomous Vehicles (SAVs) transition cities beyond car-reliance?
Stephen is PhD student at Curtin University’s School of Design and the Built Environment with an educational background in Geography and Urban and Regional Planning. He has almost 20 years of town planning experience including several WA municipalities and has a long-standing interest and passion in making our cities more sustainable and resilient.
February 2023 - Stantec
This seminar was generously supported by Stantec.
Dr Courtney Babb
Senior Lecturer in Urban and Regional Planning at the School of Design and Built Environment, Curtin University
Presentation title: “Planning for Cycling in Local Government: the state of play in Australia and New Zealand”
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Dr S Zaung Nau
Unit Coordinator (Project Management, Data Management, Consultancy Capstone) and Lecturer, School of Management and Marketing, Faculty of Business and Law, Curtin University
Presentation title: “Traffic flow patterns in Perth during 2015-2022 (before, during and after COVID)”
