Public Transportation Systems

Public Transportation Systems

Public Transportation Systems (PTS) is a research group from Australia and abroad. PTS interlinks academia with industry through collaborative research that focuses on making cities accessible to its citizens through smart transport systems for smart cities.

Public Transportation Systems (PTS) is a research group from Australia and abroad. PTS interlinks academia with industry through collaborative research that focuses on making cities accessible to its citizens through smart transport systems for smart cities.

Public Transportation Systems (PTS) is a research group from Australia and abroad. PTS interlinks academia with industry through collaborative research that focuses on making cities accessible to its citizens through smart transport systems for smart cities.

Our research is a collaborative effort that aims to harness expertise from academics in Australia and abroad, industry and other stakeholders. The research is focused on sustainable urban mobility in a smart city through developing and evaluating new solutions and policy pathways for smart urban transport systems that are connected, transparent and digital. 

Our research includes:

  • Urban rail infrastructure and future demand
  • Sustainability factors and system dynamics of rail projects
  • Intelligent transport system integration
  • Shared and emerging mobility
  • Optimised road networks
  • Pedestrian orientated developments
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PTS members

RMIT

  • Dr. Koorosh Gharehbaghi
  • Dr. Ken Farnes
  • Dr. Neville Hurst
  • Dr. Bambang Trigunarsyah, A/Professor
  • Dr. Chris Eves, Professor
  • Dr. Woon‐Weng Wong
  • Dr. Maged Georgy
  • Dr. Fabio Zambetta, A/Professor

Collaborators

  • Dr. Kong Fah Tee, University of Greenwich, UK
  • Dr. Per Hilletofth, Professor, Jönköping University, Sweden
  • Dr. Amin Hosseinian‐Far, The University of Northampton, UK
  • Dr. Kerry J McManus, Professor, Swinburne University, Australia
  • Dr Sara Wilkinson, Professor, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
  • Dr. Francesca Pagliara, A/Professor, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
  • Matt Myers, Heriot‐Watt University, Dubai, UAE
  • Matt Hughes, VicRoads, Melbourne, Australia
  • James Martin, EIC Activities, Melbourne, Australia
  • Jennifer McIntosh, Transport for NSW, Sydney, Australia

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Contact PTS

If you would like to know more about the Public Transportation Systems Group please contact koorosh.gharehbaghi@rmit.edu.au.

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RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.

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Acknowledgement of Country

RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business.

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