PATREC Publications
Since 1993, independent research has been our contribution to better transport and planning outcomes.
Planning and Transport Research Centre (PATREC) is an independent research centre at The University of Western Australia. We work alongside government, industry, and communities to produce evidence that shapes transport and planning policy across Australia.
PATREC technical reports document the outcomes of funded research projects — from freight planning and road maintenance to working from home and autonomous vehicles — and are made available here as a public archive for stakeholders, practitioners, and policymakers across Western Australia.
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PATREC researchers publish regularly in peer-reviewed journals and international conference proceedings, covering topics such as transport modelling, land use planning, active transport, and emerging mobility technologies.
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Chapter 1:
Boom: Boon or Doom? (Fiona Haslam McKenzie)
Chapter 2:
Boomtown Globalising: Perth as an Internationally Connected Resource Hub (Kirsten Martinus and Thomas Sigler)
Chapter 3:
Understanding the Demographic Character of Perth’s Population (Amanda Davies)
Chapter 4:
Boomers in Boomtown: Age-Friendly Planning in Australia (Mariana Atkins)
Chapter 5:
Local Government Amalgamation and the lack of a Metropolitan Government: A Political Geography? (Roy Jones)
Chapter 6:
Unsettling Planning in Perth: Indigenous Planning in a Boom (Tod Jones, Shapan Cox and Paul Cozens)
Chapter 7:
The Triumph of Suburbia? The (In)ability of Planning to contain the ‘Great Australian Dream’ (Paul J. Maginn)
Chapter 8:
Infrastructure Planning in Perth: Past, Present and Future (Peter Newman)
Chapter 9:
Will Perth have enough water for its diverse needs in a drying climate? (Don McFarlane)
Chapter 10:
Natural Environments, Ecosystem Services and Green Infrastructure: Planning for Perth’s ‘Green’ Matrix (Natasha Pauli and Bryan Boruff)
Chapter 11:
Periurban Open Spaces: A Missing Dish on the Boomtown Planning Menu? (Valerià Paul)
Chapter 12:
Liveable, Sustainable and Walkable Boomtown (Fiona Bull and Paula Hooper)
Chapter 13:
Understanding Cycling Behaviour in Boomtown Perth (Tim Perkins and David Blake)
Chapter 14:
Specific Road Safety Issues in Perth (Lynn Meuleners, Michelle Fraser, Matthew Govorko and Peter Palamara)
Chapter 15:
Boundary Objects as Tools for Integrated Land Use-Transport Planning (Sharon Biermann and Kirsten Martinus)
Chapter 16:
Mean Streets or High Streets? Challenges of Implementing Strategic Planning for Activity Corridors in Perth (Anthony Duckworth-Smith)
Chapter 17:
Transport and Land-Use Functions of Four Rail Station Configurations in Perth (Courtney Babb, Ryan Falconer, Doina Olaru, Anthony Duckworth-Smith and Richard Isted)
Chapter 18:
Cities as Systems: Node and Place Conflict Across a Rail Transit Network (Ryan Falconer, Courtney Babb and Doina Olaru)
Chapter 19:
Road Freight Activity in Perth’s Grocery Supply Chains (Tim Hoffman and Courtney Babb)
Chapter 20:
The Role of Industry in Promoting Evidence-Based Policy – A Case Study of the Freight and Logistics Council of WA in Planning for Freight Noise (Fred Affleck, Evan Jones and Kareena May)
Chapter 21:
Does Perth’s Growing Wealth Lead to Better Public Transport Accessibility? (Carey Curtis and Jan Scheurer)
Chapter 22:
Public Transport Patronage Success – The Role of Park’n’Ride (Brett Smith, Ying Huang and John Taplin)
Chapter 23:
Hype or Hope – Can Future Transport Technologies Ease Congestion? (Yuchao Sun, Laura Gladstone and John Taplin)
Chapter 24:
Managing and Motivating Sustainable Travel Behaviour Change (Cathering Ferguson)
Chapter 25:
Travel Demand Management Options for Perth (Courtney Babb, Brett Smith, Brett Huges and Ryan Falconer)
Chapter 26:
The Role of Parking in Limiting Traffic Growth and Congestion (Emmerson Richardson)
Chapter 27:
Easing Congestion through Employment Decentralisation: A Paramatta (or two?) for Perth? (Gary McCarney and Sharon Biermann)
Chapter 28:
Funding Transport Infrastructure to support Perth’s Growth – Options and Strategies (Paul McLeod)
Contributor Biographies
Reviewers
Prof Michiel Bliemer delivered his presentation at the Management & Organisations Department Seminar at UWA.
Biermann, S and Martinus, K, (2021) FACTBase Bulletin 73, Making strategic jobs count: addressing issues of spatial inequality. February 2021, Committee for Perth.
The Conversation Article by Dr Sae Chi and Dr Linda Robson.
The webinar covered the progress and outcomes of our recently completed Managing transport system investment risk project. Partners on this project included the Department of Transport (Western Australia), Main Roads Western Australia, University of Western Australia, Edith Cowan University, and PATREC.
Prof Mark Stevenson delivered his presentation at the John Taplin Memorial Lecture at UWA.
Dr Alan Finkel AC has delivered his keynote at the ATRF 2023 Conference.
Peter Woronzow delivered the presentation slides at the ATRF 2023 Conference.
Glenn Lyons delivered the presentation slides at the ATRF 2023 Conference.
Prof Julie Lee delivered the presentation slides at the ATRF 2023 Conference.