Research capability profile

Akshay Vij – Associate Professor, UniSA Business

Sebastien Hebert – Senior Business Development Manager, UniSA Research and Innovation Services

The future of Australian cities/regions in a post-pandemic world

This study will look at attraction and retention of businesses and households to regional cities and assess the long-term impacts of COVID-19 on spatial patterns of employment and residential settlement across regional and capital cities.

Human size variation in design of Australian transport systems
Anthropometry is the measurement of human body size, such as stature, waist circumference and hip breadth. It is used in design to assess the functionality, usability, and safety of transport systems for a given range of user sizes. This project will provide a comprehensive review of the currently available Australian anthropometric data and its applicability to the Australian Transport industry. It will use statistical techniques to construct a dedicated Australian dataset by reweighting existing anthropometric data.

Promoting community readiness and uptake of CAVs

This study will:

1. Examine current Australian attitudes towards Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs) and related technologies;
2. Determine which factors are likely to impact CAV uptake by Australian consumers, and how these factors vary across different sub-population groups;
3. Analyse the ability of different policy levers, including behavioural change methods and communication strategies, to increase community acceptance and support public confidence in these technologies; and
4. Develop potential recommendations that can be used by governments to facilitate adoption and diffusion of CAVs to maximise their potential economic, environmental and social benefits

Recalibrating Adelaide’s strategic transport model

This study will develop a robust, efficient and cost-effective methodology for the recalibration of the South Australian strategic transport demand model (MASTEM) that does not rely on primary data collection methods.

Big data for strategic transport planning

This project is an exploratory study that will investigate the ability of different sources of passively-collected transport data to replace traditional household travel survey data as the main input for developing strategic transport models.

Encouraging continuation of work from home post-pandemic

This project will examine the benefits and drawbacks of working from home (WFH) for different groups in the community and from the perspectives of both employees and employers.

MaaS business models: Lessons for operators and regulators

A project in which Australian transport users across the nation are surveyed to better understand their appreciation of, and interest in on-demand transport services. That research will be analysed to offer insight into preparing a pathway forward for on-demand transport services in Australia.

The future of travel demand modelling and forecasting

This project will conduct a comprehensive review of national and international research on travel demand models. In particular it will involve a critical examination of current practices, and ways in which they could be improved, as well as understanding the Department of Planning, Transport, and Infrastructure’s (DPTI) business requirements in relation to modelling, with a view to informing DPTI’s future research agenda.

MaaS and On-Demand Transport – Consumer Research and Report

This project undertakes to survey Australian transport users across the country to better understand their appreciation of, and interest in, on-demand transport services. That research will be analysed to offer insight into preparing a pathway forward for on-demand transport and MaaS in Australia.

Akshay Vij: Choice modeller

An interview with Akshay Vij, covering his research work, his academic journey, his thoughts on the future of transport and more.

Akshay Vij on COVID-19 and transport

Akshay Vij’s thoughts on COVID-19 and transport, the changes it’s making now, and may well make in the future.

iMOVE participants win the 2018 John H. Taplin prize

The John H. Taplin prize is awarded to the best paper delivered at the Australasian Transport Research Forum, and the 2018 prize was awarded to a paper titled The Australian market for on-demand transport. Authors of the paper were Akshay Vij and Spring Sampson from the University of South Australia’s Institute for Choice.