Research Projects
THEME 3: Finance and resource allocation in urban transport.
3E. Investigation of the Assessment of Urban Mega-transport Projects.
Chief Investigators
Nicholas Low, Carey Curtis, Leigh Glover
Project Member
Sophie Sturup
Project Description
The work contributes Australian case studies to the research project of the international VREF Centre of Excellence headed by Professor Harry Dimitriou. The project will investigate the criteria used in and processes for evaluation of transport mega projects internationally. A comparative methodology will be developed for comparison. Stage 1 of the project will be to contribute insights on ecological sustainability to an international review of evaluation criteria for mega-transport projects. The investigation of case studies (Stage 2) will begin in Year 2 and continue until the end of Year 4. The cases to be investigated are the City Link motorways in Melbourne, Sydney Harbour tunnel and the Perth MetroRail infrastructure projects.
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Timeline
2007-2009
Publications for Download
| 1. | MELBOURNE CityLink Background Report (625kb pdf) | Imran Muhammad and Nicholas Low |
| 2. | SYDNEY Tunnel Background Report (540kb pdf) | Imran Muhammad and Nicholas Low |
| 3. | PERTH Rail Background Report (520kb pdf) | Imran Muhammad and Nicholas Low |
| 4. | Challenges of Sustainable Development: UMTP Risks to Ecosystem and Human Health (185kb pdf) | Nicholas Low |
| 5. | Urban Mega Transport Projects, Country Background: Australia (160kb pdf) | Nicholas Low and Sophie Sturrup |
| 6. | The GAMUT contribution to the OMEGA 2 research project (745kb pdf) | Nicholas Low and Sophie Sturrup |