Transit Network Design Short Course

Transit Network Design Short Course

Jarrett Walker

Participant Feedback

October 2012

Transit Network Design Short Course: Participant Feedback

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Transit Network Design Short Course: Participant Feedback

1. How do you plan to implement your newly acquired skills back in the workplace?

-  Be more aware of how P/T could operate when doing land use planning

-  Lots of ways.

-  Whole team attended the training. We will have regular sessions to keep discussing and sharing the understanding and keep sharpening the tools.

-  To inform discussions with transport engineers RE urban design and land use planning

-  Approach will be to consider: How to tackle network coverage thinking about a range of outcomes and thinking. Understanding that there may be more than one solution. Consider urban design more carefully in helping to support usage of networks.

-  Have a greater understanding of the public transport opportunities/constraints in urban planning.

-  More consideration to the complexities of transit networks in Planning

-  Working with master planning and strategic planning. Integrating transport and land-use through infrastructure and route connectivity.

-  Land use/transport planning

-  Through the project I'm working on right now. Through my new learning, I could be more conscious about network, network connectivity, transit times etc

-  Recommend land-use be better located in areas. Explain public transport challenges more clearly.

-  I work in TP so this is completely relevant to my day to day work.

-  Greater appreciation of transport issues

-  Policy analysis

-  Will help my involvement in integrated transport planning

-  With the new developments

-  I am a certified practising planner. I have undertake this course to broaden my knowledge and update my skills as required for continuing professional development (CPD)

-  Better understanding of transport issues at a large. Altitude. Master plan route.

-  With the new knowledge I am able to better understand the role my capital works projects play in overall Canberra transport network.

-  General understanding

-  Greater understanding of network design and issues that need to be considered.

-  In thinking about and making decisions about how best to integrate land use patterns (including accessibility) and public transport.

-  Better understanding of actual costs of bus operation

-  Implementing PT projects. Initiating new P.T capital works.

-  Skills will provide an understanding of complexities of transit decisions - will assist in assessment.

-  I work in land use and transport policy planning. It helped make the links clearer.

-  I am working in Transport Planning so it will help me in day to day work.

-  Plan rapid transport and local transport route on the master plan in a more effective way.

-  The knowledge gained during the course would be helpful in planning future improvements to the existing network

-  Better understand public transport + frequency + coverage in planning.

-  In sustainable transport planning. Planning efficiently within the budget.

-  This will be useful when analysing business cases.

-  In providing advice on public transport policies and business cases.

-  Future PT Network and Estate Development Plan

-  Greater understanding of public transport network design.

-  In assessing Das, EDPs and concept plans and in development and review of transport models and model outputs.

-  The workshop will be directly relevant to the major project I am working on at EDD - capital metro / Gungahlin to civic project office.

-  Use as background knowledge for ongoing work/research requirements.

-  Territory Plan (land use tool) changes to work with transport planning. Working with transit team for Northbourne Avenue and Coordination. ? Office for redevelopment potential.

-  Better understanding of the challenges! Intend to share/try to explain the knowledge to others who have not been lucky enough to attend the course - especially. The impact of walking a little more to higher quality service that's frequent; need to be ? to interchange ? as Canberra's P.T improves!

2. What, if anything, would you change about the course?

-  More theory + objective for the tasks

-  A free copy of Jared's book included

-  Generally well done; given the fact that there is more than one right answer.

-  More on other forms of transport and transport theory less practical tasks

-  Understanding of the process (start to finish) a transport planner would undertake to develop a transit network.

-  Cartesian (American) grid useful for first principles explanation - what about non grids?

-  Maybe more processing of the "games"

-  Make a strong suggestion to read materials before course. Better description of areas - include all information in words as well as spreadsheets eg "East Bank has lots of jobs, huge population". Make area names bolder and gridlines darker easier to count

-  not much

-  A bit more theory would be useful. For example I found the graph (demand graph) quite useful.

-  This is really about the basics of network planning not actually transport planning and integration with built and social environment.

-  Practical problems example

-  Examples of his own work.

-  The maps with information could be clearer; less ambiguous. Perhaps utilise clear sheets with the information printed on them. Additionally would be good to have take home information

-  Written takeaway notes to summarise key learning.

-  To be able to really apply it (as against understand) I would need to use the software as an individual (not one person in the team) 2. More applied to Canberra (to improve local but I understand technique (planning) of fictional place to teach.

-  more clarity on maps - cell graphics

-  Looking into the challenges of transport planning at East Lake

-  In planning of ACTION Network "13"

-  In land-use transport discussions and structure plans

-  Couple of typos in spreadsheets, but easily fixed.

-  I loved it - it was hard work.

-  Better handouts that keep the rules of the games clearly in front of you.

-  The course is complete about the transport planning.

-  A bit more theory based principles. Examples of other cities network - pros and cons.

-  Bit of more explanation in few lecture sessions.

-  If possible, less group work.

-  More radial cities to design for.

-  Possibility allow some extra time - start 8:30 finish 5:30

-  A little more general theory.

-  Move contextual information, behavioural and modal analytics - e.g. What drives choice and modal shifts - are there catalysts for change?

-  Integration of transport network land-use and density

-  Grid network of Newport easy to understand and digest the concept but some more labrynthian subdivision design would add a "Canberra" (20th century suburb) design

-  Through better understanding

-  It was frustrating to not have a bit more time - but I would change the rate of progress for each activity. There is a lot to absorb. Some short summary notes to take away (already printed) would perhaps be useful.

-  More theory and analysis of other cities' networks. Notes to take home. Rules on every table - it was difficult to remember what was said on the slides and caused some confusion amongst the group.

3. What did you like about the course?

-  Interactive, hands on

-  Good delivery, very involved, fun.

-  Well designed activity sessions

-  Intense group work interaction/ accessibility with facilitator

-  Interactive team activities rather than 'lecturing'. issue of material prior to course very helpful. Open discussion of team's maps and rationale following each activity.

-  Hands on and practical

-  The presenter made it enjoyable.

-  I liked the hands on approach. Also working with an imaginary but well detailed map with different approaches to delivery transport helped to understand the trade offs.

-  Intelligent, fun, creative, engaging

-  The activity were pretty much like real life so great practical "experience"

-  Games were excellent in illustrating the challenges

-  Lots of fun. Put what could be day topic into an interactive, fun, easy to understand method.

-  mix of talk and activities

-  Its practicality

-  Was very interactive in a group and material involvement.

-  Learn by doing - then got feedback and input

-  Great interactive approach

-  Additional knowledge of the PT

-  It was fun and I learnt a lot

-  Hands on workshop.

-  Hands on mixed well with technical content.

-  Practical and well organised.

-  Everything

-  Interactive learning dispersed with critique and information

-  I liked the way Jarrett turned the usual classroom style approach upside down - starting with group practical exercise and analysing/accessing and provides them subsequently so that we could learn from what we actually did.

-  Interactive small group activities. Discussions sessions - whole group. Application of principles and strategies to Canberra context.

-  A bit more variety in the exercise

-  A bit more theory upfront about key principles we could use in understanding the activities - although it is also useful to learn as you go!

-  Learning by doing was fantastic and allowed us to fund out for ourselves.

-  It was all about transport - the facts

-  Interactive nature based on scenario "gameplay"

-  Practical

-  The way to teach about public transport more interesting.

-  The activities - hands on - easy to understand. Through the activities - better understanding of principles.

-  The interactive mode of course delivery is fantastic in teaching the concepts of public transport network design.

-  Interactive session. Having short games/workshop. Group work.

-  The interactive approach.

-  The use of activities as a tool to learn ideas and concepts.

-  Interactions with ? Planners

-  Interactive and workshop activities.

-  It was mostly participatory and thereby gave a very good understanding.

-  Interactive

-  Clarity and presentation and use of practical exercise to illustrate public transport network design principles and problems.

-  Practical application of material

-  Practical application

-  The exercise/games good fun.

-  Provide A3 Maps of Newport to scribble concepts prior to using A1 sheet.

-  The amount of practical work and discussion/problem-solving.

-  The group work was fun.

4. Any other comments about your training experience (including quality of venue and catering).

-  All good.

-  Venue was good to be away from the office. No disruptions.

-  Fruit, full cream milk.

-  It was a lot of information to take in. Venue is fine.

-  Need to be more explicit about the transport focus. Not particularly useful for land use planning purpose.

-  Great. Enjoyable. Fascinating.

-  Venue and catering was adequate.

-  Venue great! Natural light is always appreciated when doing drawings.

-  Lunch catering would have been a t.

-  Great presenter.

-  Noisy venue, too open.

-  The group discussion sessions

-  The challenge of an unknown City

-  Game/group work very fulfilling and great hands on learning exercise.

-  Venue - Great. Catering - I brought my own lunch.

-  Thank you for our time in delivering the course across the agencies as it provides a common understanding among the participants.

-  Venue was excellent for the purpose.

-  Venue centrally located and very good.

-  Good

-  Need to top up hot water and provide chilled water for coffee across the whole of the sessions.

-  Lunch provided would have been nice. A more private venue without thorough fare would have been good too.

-  Needed more water.

-  Hands on

-  All good. Difficult but would be interesting to build in ACT Government governance arrangement for transport plans given there are serious disconnects.

-  Had to stick by early decisions in order to complete

-  All very good! Great location for access to/from home. Bright/well lit room.

-  Great location

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Transit Network Design Short Course: Participant Feedback

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Transit Network Design Short Course: Participant Feedback

RSVP List

23-24 October 2012

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Justinieta / Balberona
Kristin / Blume
Irene / Chan
Abu Sayem / Chowdhury
George / Cilliers
Jim / Corrigan
James / Cox
Celia / Craig
Tanya / Cullen
Craig / Egle
Les / Gallagher
Damien / Geary
Steven / Gianakis
Elizabeth / Hall
Paul / Isaks
Jasmina / Jonceski
Priya / Kalendran
Catherine / Keirnan
Paul / Magarey
Alicia / McIntyre
Belinda / McNeice
Bronwyn / Noack
Carl / Pillig
Dipak / Rathod
Sandy / Sandanam
Paula / Sutton
Stephan / Walter
Michaela / Watts
Ian / Wood-Bradley
Katrina / Wyse
Brooke / Yates

25-26 October 2012

First Name / Surname
Miloje / Beljic
Dale / Billing
Jenny / Brett
Debra / Burnett
Katherine / Campbell
Maggie / Chapman
Stephen / Colbert
Rohen / Conners
Garance / Detering
Richard / Gallagher
Suzanne / Jurcevic
Kuga / Kugathas
Christine / Laurence
Cindy / Lee
Stuart / Mackenzie
Imogen / Markus
Richard / Matto
Trina / McFarlane
Kathreen / Miralles
Alison / Moore
Chris / Murray
Rachel / Muscat
Tom / Percival
Mike / Quirk
Joyce / Rajasekaram
Ben / Riches
Steve / Smith
Jamie / Valdivia
Uma / Vasudevan
Maurice / Walker
Darwin / Zeta

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