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DR JOHN STONE



Contact Details

Organization: Architecture, Building and Planning
Position: LECTURER IN TRANSPORT PLANNING
Email:
Work: 8344 6453
Room: 410a
Level: 04
Building: Old Commerce Building
Campus: Parkville

Biography

Since 1989, John has played a key role in strengthening the policy base for modern approaches to transport planning in Melbourne in local government and in the community sector.  His work at GAMUT is centred on creating linkages and improving knowledge transfer to these sectors, and continuing research into best practice for public transport planning in Australasian cities. He recently gained a grant from the 2008 Land Transport New Zealand research program to continue this work in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.

Beforing coming to GAMUT in April 2007, John completed PhD studies at Swinburne University. His research on "Political factors in the decline of mass transit: an investigation of failure in through comparisons with Perth and Vancouver" was supported by an APAI scholarship with local government industry partners. The thesis compares the political and institutional landscape surrounding public transport reform in Melbourne, Perth and Vancouver since the 1970s.

In 1998, John wrote Melbourne's first modern local government Integrated Transport Strategy for Moreland City Council and worked on the Council staff to see the Strategy adopted and implemented.

He has published a number of important pieces of research and analysis of Melbourne's transport system, and has debated the professional planning community in its own forums and in the wider community.

Between 1989 and 1997, John was part of the management team of Environment Victoria, Victoria's peak community environment advocacy group.

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Public transport planning and politics public transport Australia, New Zealand, Canada

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
New Zealand Massey University Research, Technical Assistance/Training
Norway The Institute of Transport Economics Research
Switzerland Swiss Federal Railways Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
PhD Swinburne University of Technology 29-May-2008
Science University of Melbourne

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Prize Urban Policy and Research Journal The 2008 McLoughlin Postgraduate Award for paper 'Contrasts in reform: How the Cain and Burke years shaped public transport in Melbourne and Perth' 15-Apr-2009

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Consultancies

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
RESEARCH AGREEMENT FOR LITERATURE REVIEW, DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS IN REPORT AND PRESENTATION FORMAT FOR FUTURE URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORT SERVICE SUPPLY FOR THE GREATER MELBOURNE AREA Chief Investigator UOM COMMERCIAL LTD

Additional Grant and Contract Information

2008-2009 Land Transport New Zealand (LTNZ) Research Grant
in collaboration with researchers from Massey University, RMIT and the Norwegian Institute for Transport Economics - Investigating the application of best practice public transport planning  techniques in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.

 

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2011

Conference Publications/Papers

  • Active Transport to School:  A Study of Political Barriers in Glen Eira


    Year: 2011
    Event name: State of Australian Cities National Conference 2011
    Conference Publication: State of Australian Cities National Conference 2011
    Page numbers: 1-12
    Publisher: Australian Sustainable Cities and Regions Network(Melbourne)
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  • Can European Models of Public Transport Governance Help to Save Australian Cities
    Year: 2011
    Event name: State of Australian Cities National Conference 2011
    Conference Publication: State of Australian Cities National Conference 2011
    Page numbers: 1-12
    Publisher: Australian Sustainable Cities and Regions Network(Melbourne)
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  • Spatial Distribution of the Journey to Work by Sustainable Modes in Australian Cities
    Year: 2011
    Event name: Australian Transport Research Forum - ATRF 2011
    Conference Publication: Australian Transport Research Forum - ATRF 2011
    Page numbers: 1-15
    Publisher: ATRF 2011 (Australasian Transport Research Forum)(Adelaide)
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Publications in 2010

Journal Articles

  • Planning Public Transport Networks in the Post-Petroleum Era
    Year: 2010
    Journal: Australian Planner
    Volume: 47
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 263-271
    Author(s):
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Turning Over a New Franchise:  Assessing the Current Health of Public Transport Management in Melbourne


    Year: 2010
    Event name: ARTF Conference 2010
    Conference Publication: ARTF Conference 2010
    Page numbers: 1-14
    Publisher: Planning and Transport Research Centre (PATREC)(Bentley WA)
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  • An Investigation of Institutional Arrangements for Design and Delivery of Multimodal Public Transport
    Year: 2010
    Event name: ARTF Conference 2010
    Conference Publication: ARTF Conference 2010
    Page numbers: 1-15
    Publisher: Planning and Transport Research Centre (PATREC)(Bentley WA)
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  • Network planning for more effective public transport in New Zealand cities
    Year: 2010
    Event name: 12th World Conference on Transport Research
    Conference Publication: Selected Proceedings of the 12th World Conference on Transport Research
    Publisher: World Conference on Transport Research Society(Lyon)
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Publications in 2009

Journal Articles

  • Contrasts in reform: How the Cain and Burke years shaped public transport in Melbourne and Perth
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Urban Policy and Research
    Volume: 27
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 419-434
    Author(s):
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • The role of planner in contention over transport policy: Contrasting behaviour and outcomes in Melbourne and Vancouver
    Year: 2009
    Event name: 32nd Australasian Transport Research Forum (ATRF 2009
    Conference Publication: Conference Papers: The 32nd Australasian Transport Research Forum (ATRF 2009)
    Page numbers: 0-0
    Publisher: Ministry of Transport, New Zealand(Auckland)
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  • Waning or just gone underground? Union power in public transport in Melbourne
    Year: 2009
    Event name: State of Australian Cities National Conference (SOAC): City Growth, Sustainability, Vitality and Vulnerability
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the State of Australian Cities National Conference: City Growth, Sustainability, Vitality and Vulnerability
    Page numbers: 0-0
    Publisher: Australian Sustainable Cities Research Network(Perth)
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Reports

  • Public Transport Network Planning: A guide to best practice in New Zealand cities
    Year: 2009
    Customer: New Zealand Transport Agency
    Publisher: New Zealand Transport Agency(Wellington)
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  • Submission to the Senate Inquiry into Urban Public Passenger Transport
    Year: 2009
    Customer: Australian Senate
    Publisher: GAMUT, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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  • Submission to the Victorian Legislative Council Select Committee on Train Services
    Year: 2009
    Customer: Victorian Legislative Council Select Committee on Train Sevices
    Publisher: GAMUT, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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