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In this episode, we chat with Robyn Robertson, the President and CEO of The Traffic Injury Research Foundation (TIRF) - a Canadian-based foundation that works with governments, communities, industries, and road safety organizations to make roads safer and reduce road deaths and injuries. TIRF has worked to improve road safety across Canada by generating and sharing knowledge on current and emergin...

In this episode, we chat with Paul Higgins, the Co-founder of HelloCars - an all-inclusive car subscription service providing flexible access to different makes and models to suit the needs of Australian drivers.  In this episode, you'll learn about: Trends in car subscription services Consumer demands for flexibility and access to shared vehicles Shift away from traditional car ownership and...

Our guests today are Susie and Ritz, the Founders of Singe Network - a Berlin-based company that is focused on gender equality, travel, integration and immigration. The team has developed a program called Pretty Deadly Self-Defense, which is a new forward-thinking take on women's self-defense programs.  In this episode you'll learn about: EmpowerWISM and the importance of programs that celebr...

Our guest today is Sam, the Founder of ProximalSpace - a Melbourne-based work near home solution for the remote and hybrid workforce that focuses on sustainability and strengthening ties in local communities. In this episode you'll hear about: How WFH affects corporate governance KPIs around sustainability and the environment Will the future of work impact the way we design and dedicate space for...

Do we need an EV re-education? We sat down with Riz Akhtar, the Founder of Carloop, to discuss how an education gap may be what's keeping Australian consumers at bay when it comes to purchasing Electric Vehicles (and no, we don't just mean cars). You'll learn about: creating more inclusive EV debates that are inclusive of other forms of e-mobility, the myths and misconceptions about EVs, and how e...

From safer spaces, cleaner streets, faster Zoom calls, and better network connectivity and stability, there's more to 5G than just better load times for your daily social media scroll. In this episode, Louise Hyland, the CEO of the Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (or AMTA for short), talks through all the ways that 5G is being utilised across different sectors of the economy. You'...

Have you ever considered the hidden privilege in your ability to choose how you commute? Whether that be owning a private car, or something as simple as the distance between where you live and public transport or micro-mobility. Our conversation also raises a few questions: Why is mobility as a service important? Is the ideal of a 15 minute city still possible? and, importantly, How do we make mob...

Balancing negative impacts and disruption on people in the community is often a sticking point for many infrastructure projects. Regulations can make it difficult for project managers to navigate planning, strategy, and execution, often in projects that are designed to benefit the community in the first place. My guest today is Micah Gabriels, the Founder and CEO of Mooven. In this episode you'll...

Nothing strikes frustration into the hearts of Australians like a red Auspost collection letter. Particularly when you've been patiently mulling around at home waiting for your delivery, only to get the dreaded notification: Sorry, we missed you.  This week's guest is Geoffroy Henry, the CEO and Founder of Ofload, an Aussie logistics startup, discussing the disruption of one of our oldest and...

Too Long; Didn't Listen - the best bits from our episodes in 15 minutes or less. In this episode, we break down the best bits of our interview with David Brown, including: The importance of diversity in data The myth of  the 'average' Electric Vehicle misconceptions Does more money always = better outcomes?

From COVID-19, to political tensions impacting trading partners, to boats stuck sideways in major shipping channels, 2021 has been a difficult year for those in logistics and freight trades. In this episode, we chat with Jackson Meyer, the Managing Director at Verus and Fickle. A Forbes 30 under 30 Alumni, and an Australian Top 100 Young Entrepreneur winner (just to name a few achievements), Jacks...

The Electric and Net Zero Emissions Vehicle discussion has reached a fever pitch in Australia. Difference state governments are busy replacing their own diesel bus fleets with electric buses, new legislation continues to swirl around, but what does this all mean for you as a car owner or potential EV buyer? In this episode we chat with Paul Maric, the Managing Editor at CarExpert. Paul is a wealth...

Meet Schneider Electric's Rajesh Thangaraj, responsible for the leading Edge business enablement in pacific region, within the Secure Power division. Rajesh is a wealth of knowledge of all-things emerging technology and Edge Computing across multiple sectors, including health, retail, and transport. But what Rajesh sees as the most important thing a company can do to stay ahead of the never ending...

In this episode of TL;DL we share a snippet of our latest webinar "The Emergence of Connected Vehicles: Applications in the Transport Space", held on the 5th August, 2021. We asked our three panelists what they hoped the future of connected vehicles might look like, and what was their favourite emerging innovation. You'll hear from: Sam Gray, the Principal Manager of Traffic Network Optimisation a...

In Australia, more than 4.4 million people live with some form of disability. That's roughly 1 in 5 people.  Often there is a stereotypical depict that a 'disability' is something more permanent or severe, such as blindness or wheelchair use. But a disability isn't necessarily something that is long-term. Quite often, you or someone you know has suffered an illness or an injury that impacts t...

We've been inundated with data. In particular, the transport sector is having a data renaissance; it's everywhere and available for almost everything. But there can be too much of a good thing. We sat down with David Brown, Life Member and Past National President of the Australian Institute of Traffic Planning and Management (AITPM), to discuss some of the biggest trends in transport. David walks...

Transport has a marketing problem. Often we way we approach behavioural change is through fear, stressing the environmental consequences, or the health benefits of leaving the car at home in favour of a bike or public transport. But what if we were going about this the wrong way?  On this episode, Emily chats with Rachel Smith - Transport and urban planner, author, and 2x TEDx talk speaker -...

Too Long; Didn't Listen - the best bits from our episodes in 15 minutes or less. In this episode, we break down the best bits of our interview with Lauren Bourke, including: - Gender diversity in transport - Misconceptions from businesses and candidates - Practical tips for businesses to improve diversity

Parking is probably the last on the list to be considered a sexy transport topic. For most of us, the drudgery of often blindly hunting for parking is an ugly necessity in our journey from A to B.  Michael Doherty, the Head of Business Development at Smarter City Solutions, wants to change this. He talks through the ways technology and smart sensors are improving the customer experience...

The advent of new technology has opened the floodgates for people working within Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) and general public alike. In the last 5 years, we've seen applications of IoT, Digital twin tech, connected vehicles, and smart sensors to our road networks when less than 10 years ago, such applications were deemed impossible.  Our guest today is Jeff Sharp, General Manager of...

Driver training is a fairly overlooked and unregulated process. Many of us first learn to driver from our parents or guardians for a majority of the mandated hours under government L-plate schemes; but does the ability to drive automatically give you the ability to teach and pass on good driving behaviours? Not necessarily. In this episode we sit down with Gene Corbett , the Managing Director of T...

Often when we consider innovations across transport, we think of AI, automation, and Big Data. But what if there are much simpler solutions that are right under our noses? Often we neglect to think about how we can augmented the infrastructure we've already got - improve road friction, or even the user experience of a pedestrian crossing.  On this episode, we chat with Dave Jones, External Af...

Did you know that the term 'micro-mobility' didn't even exist until around 2012? Or that it was thought to be first used by a Romanian visionary, Horace Dediu? Neither did we until this week! Emily sits down with Monica Zarafu , the managing director of BYKKO to talk about mobility and micro-mobility in the built environment. In a world where one of the biggest fears we install in our children fro...

What would you do if suddenly you became totally unemployable? That's exactly what happened to today's guest when she came back to Australia after working in Europe for 10 years. On today's episode, we chat with Enrica Centorame , Managing Director of Global Forwarding , the the first certified women-owned logistics company in Australia. Enrica is an advocate for procurement diversity and connects...

Did you know that women only make up 16.9% of all roles in the transport sector? That includes all drivers, admin, and office roles. It's no secret that the transport industry has long been dominated by men. New data is helping shed light on the severity of the imbalance we are facing, and the tangible benefits to a business' bottom line of addressing it. In celebration of NSW Womens Week (8th -14...