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Flows of Finance and the Flows of a City: How One Corporation Came to Control Australia’s East Coast
Date: 18 NOV 2016 (FRI) Time: 19:00-20:00 Venue: CPD-2.14, 2/F, Central Podium Level, Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong. Speakers: Abstract:Transurban is one of the world’s largest motorway corporations and the operator of the major tolled motorways in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne. The seminar examines the reasons for the growth and success of…
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Towards the Next Generation of Integrated Urban Models
Date: 09 DEC 2016 (FRI) Time: 19:00-20:00 Venue: Kwan Fong Lecture Theatre, Room 223, 2/F Knowles Building, The University of Hong Kong. Speaker: Abstract:Integrated models of urban transportation and land use have evolved from the pioneering models of the 1960’s and 1970’s to operational implementation in many urban regions worldwide. They are not yet,…
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How Many Cars are Too Many?
Date: 14 OCT 2016 (FRI) Time: 19:00-20:00 Venue: Wang Gungwu Theatre, Graduate House, The University of Hong Kong Speaker: Abstract:Drawing on on-going work with A. Loder, the talk will sketch a model system able to give a first answer to this question. The work was inspired by the predicament of Singapore and its transport…
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Challenges and Opportunities of Hong Kong’s Aviation Industry
Date: 20 SEP 2016 (TUE) Time: 19:00-20:00 Venue: Wang Gungwu Theatre, Graduate House, The University of Hong Kong. Speaker: Abstract:This seminar will discuss the opportunities and challenges for Hong Kong’s aviation industry. Important recent developments include: 1) the 2008 global financial crisis; 2) the growth of Mainland China’s aviation sector and high-speed railway network;…
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Career Strategies in Transport and Logistics
Date: 29 APR 2016 (FRI) Time: 19:30-21:30 Venue: CILTHK Office Speakers: Mr Anthony S H Wong Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in Hong Kong Mr. Anthony Wong is a professional accountant qualified in 1974 and has been a fellow member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in…
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Transportation Infrastructure Asset Management in the New Millennium
Date: 20 APR 2016 (WED) Time: 18:00-19:00 Venue: Room Y302, 3/F, Lee Shau Kee Building (Block Y), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Speakers: Abstract:The presentation will discuss the motivation for developing an integrated transportation asset management (TAM) tool as a system of infrastructure systems, in the context of challenges and opportunities from emerging information…
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How much is too much for tolled road users: toll saturation and the implications for car commuting value of travel time savings
Date: 15 JAN 2016 (FRI) Time: 18:30-19:30 Venue: Room 2.58, Central Podium Level, Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong. Speakers: Abstract:The current practice of forecasting the demand for new tolled roads typically assumes that car users are prepared to pay a higher toll for a shorter journey, and they will keep doing so…
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Tackling Traffic Congestion from both the Control and Demand Perspectives
Date: 16 DEC 2015 (WED) Time: 19:00-20:00 Venue: Wang Gungwu Theatre, Graduate House, The University of Hong Kong. Speaker: Professor Gang-Len ChangProfessor and the Director of Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland, U.S.A. and Manager of the Applied Technologies for Traffic Operations and Safety…
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On the Geography of Road Accidents: Challenges and Opportunities
Date: 24 NOV 2015 (TUE) Time: 19:00-20:00 Venue: Wang Gungwu Theatre, Graduate House, The University of Hong Kong. Speaker: Professor Isabelle ThomasResearch Director of the Belgian Fund for Scientific Research (FRS-FNRS) and Professor at the Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL) Isabelle Thomas (PhD in geography) is research director of the Belgian Fund for Scientific…
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Time Determinant in Container Shipping and Port Competitiveness
Date: 20 NOV 2015 (FRI) Time: 19:00-20:00 Venue: LG.34, LG/F, Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong. Speakers: Abstract:Time is a key component of supply chains. As ocean shipping becomes integrated increasingly in global supply chains the question of ocean transit times between ports and ship dwell times within ports have become factors in…