Peter Davidson

Peter Davidson has worked in the transportation planning field for almost 20 years, starting his career at Main Roads, then joining a private consultancy before forming his own company in 1993. He has had broad experience with transport modelling, and has worked on all stages of transport model development; from data collection and software design through to option testing and evaluation. He has been the primary developer of a number of major models including- the Adelaide Model Development Study, the Brisbane Integrated Transport Study, the Austroads Approach to National Road Network Planning and the Caboolture Traffic Model. He has broad skills in two fields –information technology and transportation planning.

He has an extensive background in transport model design, calibration, application and software and has demonstrated an ability to develop world-class practical models within the constraints of time and data availability.

At the smaller end are a number of sketch-planning tools that have implemented a simplified modelling process within Excel spreadsheets. These models have been developed for broad policy analysis in SEQ for the IRTP, land use-transport analysis for the city of Perth as well as tightly focussed operational analysis of the South East Transit Busway and the Brisbane-Gold Coast Corridor.

Peter was also the technical lead for the development of the Integrated Transport Forecasting and Evaluation Method (ITFEM) that was used for the Brisbane Integrated Transport Study (BITS), the Sunshine Coast Integrated Transport Study (SCOTS), and the South Coast Area Integrated Transport Study (SCATS). Peter developed most of the modelling structure and implementation, and was deeply involved in all of the calibration process of the BITS model.

At the National level, Peter has developed the AUSTROADS National Accessibility Analysis Tool. This is a roads-only model for evaluating the system-wide consequences of changes to the road network/land use system. It was developed with very little data but has demonstrated an ability to give a great deal of insight into issues of economic efficiency and social justice. It was subsequently applied to the development of a series of Social and Environmental Indicators for Austroads. Peter has also developed a traffic model for Caboolture Shire, using the EMME/2 modelling package and applied this model to the preparation of an Infrastructure Charges Plan.

Peter has also worked extensively in the area of data collection using the Global Positioning System (GPS). Peter has developed hardware, software and systems necessary for the conduct and analysis of travel surveys using GPS, particularly focussed on travel time, household travel, vehicle emissions, voluntary behaviour change and public transport operations.

Peter also has experience with planning for major projects, having worked on various stages of the evaluation of the Business Case and Impact Assessments of projects such as the North South Bypass Tunnel, Airport Link and Hale St Link (all in Brisbane). He has also had close involvement with the State Government’s approval process for these projects.

Anabelle Spinoulas

Anabelle Spinoulas graduated in 2013 with a Masters in Physics from the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, Canada. Prior to that, she studied Applied Mathematics and Physics at Griffith University, winning the Science Medal for the highest achieving graduate in the Bachelor’s degree (with a grade point average of 6.96/7.0). She has a strong capability in mathematical modelling, and has analysed topics as diverse as the physics of cosmic strings; mathematical models involved in the Global Financial Crisis; and the mathematics of Sudoku.

Anabelle has skills in complex analysis, geographical information system (GIS) and transport modelling. She has worked with TransPosition's 4S model on projects such as the Queensland Motorways toll road bid and the Surat Basin Transport Study Stage 2 and has also used the Saturn traffic model for the Queens Wharf Brisbane Project.