David Levinson

Recently published: Levinson, D.

In 2022, I wrote Sydney FAST 2030, wherein I argued that Sydney needs frequent surface transport that gets people to jobs, schools, shops and services.

On 19 October I was on ABC Radio’s Breakfast program in Melbourne with Bob Murphy and Richelle Hunt, talking about the toll caps Labor and the Coalition are promising before Victoria’s 28 November election.

Recently published: Askari, S., Tilahun, N. and Levinson, D. (2026) Determinants of automated speed camera location choice.

Recently published: Ji, A., Ma, Z., Yang, H., Khattak, A.

There’s crime to be solved in 1960s San Francisco, and Karl Malden and Michael Douglas are not yet ready.

Another month, another month.

Personal safety often gets more attention than road safety.

Below summarises my presentation at a Forum on Vehicle-Generated Noise Pollution at New South Wales Parliament House on September 23.

There is a conflict at the heart of higher education: we are rewarded for teaching students and graduating them, but trusted to uphold standards that may require us to fail them.

Congratulations to Dr.

Recently published: Wang, Z., Ramezani, M. and Levinson, D. (2027) A communication-free decentralised two-dimensional trajectory controller for autonomous vehicles on a lane-free road: A level-k game approach.

Recently published: Mann, I. and Levinson, D.

If you are reading this I survived open heart surgery to remove a Myxoma from my left atrium.

I have returned to work after an unplanned excursion into the Australian health care system, including open-heart surgery.

Recently published: Levinson, D. (2026) Testing Pedestrian Flow and Delay Estimation from First-Actuation Latency.

Michelangelo’s David (source Wikipedia) Writing and editing are, ideally, two stages in a complete creative process, yet we often prioritise the act of creation over the art of curation.

I promise I did not kick these bikes over.

Most of you received the TransportLab: July 2026 post, so I gave you a pause.

Full time fixed term for 12 months at Camperdown Campus Opportunity to join a pioneering research program focused on digital innovation, quantum-enhanced modelling, and resilient infrastructure systems Base Salary Level A, $117,936 – $125,896 + 17% supera…

Recently published: Song, C., Levinson, D. and Moylan, E. (2026) A simulation-based policy evaluation of healthcare access using heterogeneous emergency medical services vehicles and incidents.

Recently published: Gao, Y. and Levinson, D. (2026) A stochastic queueing model for travel time reliability with spatial density heterogeneity.

Recently published: Levinson, D. (2026) Braess’s Paradox Implies Reduced Demand.

Recently published: Soltani, A, Ramezani, M. and Levinson, D.M. (2026) A stochastic delay model for signal-free intersections.

Some notes I drew up for a June 15 panel discussion of AI in Academic Publishing at a conference I attended at Southwest Jiaotong University in Chengdu.

Recently published: Levinson, D. (2026) The ‘b’s’ Knees: Logistic Stage-Transition Rules as Percentile Conventions on a Standardised Time Scale.

Welcome to the latest issue of The Transportist, especially to our new readers.

Recently published: Hao, W., Fang, Y., and Levinson, D. (2026) User-organized pre-pooled ride-hailing: exploring a new mode.

Recently published: MILLS, S., LEVINSON, D. (2026) Missed Opportunities: Using Access to Assess Alternative Historical Urban Rail Networks.

STREET, short for Simulating Transportation for Realistic Engineering Education and Training, is a set of web-based simulation modules built to improve teaching in undergraduate units that cover travel demand modelling, geometric design, traffic flow, and…

Recently published: LEVINSON, D. (2026) Trends in Twin Cities Travel Behavior, 1970–2023.