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About PATREC

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As cities begin integrating sustainable practices into long-term planning, more rigorous and comprehensive measures are needed to understand the complex ties between land-use and transport choices.

This is where PATREC’s research and expertise in the connected spaces of transport and land use planning can offer insight into trends, patterns and processes and inform innovative solutions that fit the future.

The Planning and Transport Research Centre (PATREC) is a collaboration of leading experts and researchers from the University of Western Australia, Curtin University, Edith Cowan University as well as policy makers from the Department of Transport, Main Roads and the Western Australian Planning Commission.

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PATREC Researchers Participate (and Win) in first TransportHack

PATREC Researchers Participate (and Win) in first TransportHack

The Transport Portfolio, in association with the Ministry of Data, held the first TransportHack at WeWork Perth this past weekend. A/Prof. Doina Olaru, Mr. Tristan Reed and Mr. Yan Ji from PATREC participated in the event which aimed to generate…
UWA-PATREC Joint Seminar: Cities, Cars and Health

UWA-PATREC Joint Seminar: Cities, Cars and Health

What road shall we travel? Presentation by Prof Mark Stevenson, Wednesday 4 December – 3:00PM to 4:00PM at the Australian Urban Design Research Centre (AUDRC) – Level 2, 1002 Hay St, Perth.
PATREC Seminar - Smart Cities, Smart Planning Tools

PATREC Seminar - Smart Cities, Smart Planning Tools

Tuesday, 29 October 2019, 9:00AM to 12:00PM at the Australian Urban Design Research Centre – Level 2, 1002 Hay St, Perth. This event is FREE of charge.
PATREC Researchers Present Work at Australasian Transportation Research Forum

PATREC Researchers Present Work at Australasian Transportation Research Forum

The 41st Australasian Transportation Research Forum (ATRF) was held this week in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory and featured PATREC researchers presenting their work to government, academia and private industry. The ATRF was co-founded by the late John Taplin, a long…

our Latest
Projects

Current and Due to Commence

Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithm (MOGA) Optimisation for Network Widening and Maintenance Scheduling (Main Roads WA, 2019/20)

The objective of the project is to incorporate the use of MOGA to optimise locality and timing of integrated works…
Drone video analytics (Main Roads WA, 2019/20)

Drone video analytics (Main Roads WA, 2019/20)

The objectives of this project are to explore new techniques for automated camera calibration and undertake video analytics from drone…
Managing transport system investment risk: enhancing patronage predictions and adapting strategic asset management and appraisal processes to account for emerging trends and uncertainty (iMOVE CRC-PATREC, 2019-2020)

Managing transport system investment risk: enhancing patronage predictions and adapting strategic asset management and appraisal processes to account for emerging trends and uncertainty (iMOVE CRC-PATREC, 2019-2020)

Governments are responsible for ensuring public funds are invested wisely for the benefit of society. For transport planners and government…
Planning intermodal and general logistics infrastructure for the future needs of Perth (iMOVE CRC-PATREC, 2018-2019)

Planning intermodal and general logistics infrastructure for the future needs of Perth (iMOVE CRC-PATREC, 2018-2019)

This project consists of a suite of related research streams to support the state of WA and the WestPort Taskforce…
Supervision and Collaboration

PhD OPPORTUNITIES

PATREC collaborates with our university partners in the supervision of PhD candidates. Should you have a research proposal in line with PATREC focus areas, please contact us at using the form at the bottom of the page.