Transport engineering and planning
research group

Transport Engineering and Planning is a key education and research area in the School of Civil Engineering with a number of established collaborative links with industry and other universities.

The aims are to:

Meet the team

About the group

Click on the links below for more information about the Transport Engineering research group.

Shaping the Future of Transportation

Every day, we make choices about how to get from A to B. UQ's transport engineers are dedicated to improving the safety, efficiency, and sustainability of these movements for both current and future societies.

Major Areas of Transport Expertise

 

 

Technology Transfer Activities

 

Major research support

Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads, TAP Chair
$2M, 5-yr research and development activities to support the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads and to grow transport capability at UQ and in Queensland

Port of Brisbane Pty Ltd
$2M, 3-yr research and development activities to help grow the port and inform various activities, including transport economics and modelling of freight movements and infrastructure

iMOVE CRC (Cooperative Research Centre)
$233M, 10-yr program of research, development, implementation, education & training to advance intelligent transport systems (ITS) in Australia, focussing on ITS infrastructure, freight & logistics, and personal mobility

Transport and Population Research Network (TPRN)
$1.75M, 5-yr strategic, internal funding from UQ to support inter-disciplinary activities in transport & population research, including civil engineering, IT & electrical engineering, planning & geography, economics

Recent Collaborative Projects

Project Title

External Partners

Lead UQ Transport Researcher

Traffic Operations and Real-Time Modelling

Modelling car following behaviour in the mixed traffic of connected and traditional vehicles

QUT (Ashish Bhaskar and Md. Mazharul Haque)

Anshuman Sharma

Investigation of lane-changing behaviour: A comparative study of connected and traditional vehicles

QUT (Md. Mazharul Haque)

Yasir Ali

Modelling mixed traffic of connected and traditional vehicles

 

Zuduo Zheng

Develop a control framework and comprehensive simulation platform for cooperative and automated driving

 

Zuduo Zheng

Finding critical links to estimate a Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram in congested networks

 

Elham Saffari

Developing Warrants for Implementing Fully-Controlled Right Turns

TMR via TAP

Emily Plath

Understanding Spatial Dependency Structure in Urban Road Traffic Networks: Methodology and Applications in Short Term Traffic Prediction

 

Mahmud Hasan

Leveraging urban trajectory data to enhance network-wide real-time traffic flow prediction

 

Guangxing Wang

Data-driven Simulation of Large Traffic Networks using Trajectory Data

 

Jiwon Kim

Smart traffic lights: enhanced arterial management leveraging data integration and AI

 

Mehmet Yildirimoglu

Traveler Behaviour and Strategic Transport Models

Towards an autonomous world: vehicle users' preferences regarding autonomous driving

 

Sadaf Aminmansour

Public acceptance of self-driving cars

 

Einat Grimberg

Parking Management in Brisbane

iMOVE, BCC, QUT

 

Creating an Age-Friendly Queensland: Age, Transport, and Technology

Dept of Transport and Main Roads; Dept of Communities, Disability Services, and Seniors

Kelly Bertolaccini

Blockchain Application for Vehicle Registration, Licensing, and Ownership

TMR via TAP

Mark Hickman

An Integrated Demographic and Transport Demand Modelling Framework (ID-TDM)

iMOVE, TMR

Carlo Prato, Jiwon Kim

Transport Safety Analysis

Understanding Pedestrian Interactions with Automated Vehicles

 

Stephanie Balon-Romero

Video Analytics Demonstration Project: 4 Intersections for Transport and Main Roads

TMR via TAP

Simon Washington

Modelling Driving Behaviour and Safety Risk in Two-Lane Rural Highways in Developing Countries

 

S. M. Sohel Mahmud

Urban mobility analytics-based crash risk prediction for real-time traffic incident management

 

Jiwon Kim

Public Transport Planning & Operations

Behavioural Advertising in the Public Transport Network using Smart Card Data

 

Hamed Faroqi

Analysis of Infrequent Public Transport Users as a Precursor for MaaS

TMR via in-kind data sharing

Mark Hickman

Land Use Changes Associated with Brisbane's Busways

QUT's HABITAT study

Svitlana Pyrohova

Metrics of Public Transit Reliability based on Passengers' Experience

TMR via in-kind data sharing

Mark Hickman

Simulation Modelling of Busway Improvements in Brisbane

 

Mark Hickman

Automatic detection and analysis of long-term changes in travel patterns of public transport passengers using Smart Card data

 

ChunYong Moon

An analytic framework to measure, model and monitor the habitual behaviours of public transport passengers

 

Jiwon Kim

Freight Transport Modelling

A flexible request model for inland drayage operations

Port of Brisbane, Chalmers Industries Pty Ltd

Mahboobeh Moghaddam

Developing an exact algorithm for optimal planning of drayage operations

Port of Brisbane, Biarri Group

Mahboobeh Moghaddam

Reduce truck delays at teminal gates: An innovation workshop approach

Port of Brisbane

Mahboobeh Moghaddam

Blockchain application for port logistics

Port of Brisbane

Elnaz Irannezhad

Freight agent-based modeling

Port of Brisbane

Elnaz Irannezhad

Freight Data Requirements Study

iMove, DIRDC

Elnaz Irannezhad

Freight and Supply Chain Feasibility Framework for Northern River NSW

SCU, Regional Development australia

Elnaz Irannezhad

Clean Vehicles

Consumer preferences towards electric vehicles

 

Jake Whitehead

Clean Transport Academic Partnership

Other Aus/NZ universities

Jake Whitehead

Grave-to-cradle analysis of future vehicle drivetrains

 

Jake Whitehead

Planning electric vehicle charging networks

QGov

Jake Whitehead

Charging infrastructure planning for electric heavy vehicles

QGov

Jake Whitehead

Impact of government incentives on electric vehicle markets

 

Jake Whitehead