Traffic is a favourite topic for trollumnists (troll + columnist) in the Sydney papers who write about the evils of bus lanes, bicyclists, pedestrians, hoons, p-platers, poor infrastructure and daily infra-urban migrations of workers and others. The latest is a column by north-shore darling Miranda Devine who writes with the devastating force of a strong […]
Category Archives: Hoons
Hoon research
Could be back on the telly tonight. For those after my research of views on ‘hooning’ see some of my published academic writing, and my various blog posts on hoons. Also, me on the Sunday show.
Physicists modelling traffic behaviour
A couple of physicists and a computer modeller have studied abstract models of traffic congestion in real world situations to measure the cost of selfish driving behaviour. I have banged on about the myth of the ‘open road’ for a while now. In my TV interview on the Sunday show I located the problem of […]
PhD online
My PhD is now available online through the UWS library. EDIT: Ok, so here it is on the ADT site, not actually loading the pdf, however. EDIT: Ok, try this link.
Hoons
Story is now available for viewing through the NineMSN video player page for the story. From the Sunday website: There is a perception, peculiar to fans of talkback radio, that car hoons have taken over the streets of our capital cities, conducting illegal races that endanger the lives of ordinary motorists and road users. Then, […]