PTRG staff and research associates presented a total of 16 papers in both lectern and poster sessions at the 37^th Australasian Transport Research Forum (ATRF), held in Sydney from 30 September to 2 October 2015. The theme for the conference was ‘Informing transport’s future through practical research’. Papers included:

1. A New Approach to Exploring the Operational Performance of Public Transport Links, the case of Melbourne, Australia (Katerina Pavkova, Prof Graham Currie, Dr Alexa Delbosc, Prof Majid Sarvi)
2. A study of traffic conflict with surrounding traffic during mandatory lane-changing execution (Xiaoying Cao, Prof Bill Young, Prof Majid Sarvi)
3. Bringing Better Buses to Brimbank—Implementing Bus Network Reform in Melbourne (Chris Loader, Naomi Langdon, Effie Robotis)
4. Car design for distributed microfactory production (Dr Mark Richardson, Frank Will, Dr Robbie Napper)
5. Comparing the transit-oriented nature of development around trams to other transit modes in Melbourne (Laura Aston, Prof Graham Currie, Katerina Pavkova)
6. Crowd Safety through Architectural Design of Exit Corridors (Asadi Bagloee, Prof Majid Sarvi, Mitra Heshmati, Dr Chris De Gruyter)
7. Examining route section level tram-involved crash frequency using the random effects negative binomial model (Farhana Naznin, Prof Graham Currie, Dr David Logan, Prof Majid Sarvi)
8. Investigating commuter train boarding and alighting dispersal by contemporary agent based modelling techniques (Dr Selby Coxon, Dr Tom Chandler, Elliot Wilson)
9. Investigating multiplier effects created by combinations of transit signal priority measures on arterials (Long Tien Truong, Prof Majid Sarvi, Prof Graham Currie)
10. Measuring Station Design Quality for Personal Safety—Preliminary Results (Mustafizur Rahaman, Prof Graham Currie, Dr Carlyn Muir)
11. Park-and-Ride network design in a bi-modal transport network optimising network reliability (Shahi Islam, Prof Terry Liu, Prof Majid Sarvi)
12. Public Transport Congestion Relief Measurement—A Framework and Its Impacts (Nguyen Phuoc Quy Duy, Prof Graham Currie, Prof Bill Young)
13. The impact of a new bus route on a new suburban development in Melbourne (Dr Alexa Delbosc, Prof Graham Currie, Dr Larissa Nicholls, Dr Cecily Maller)
14. Tilting Human Powered Trikes: Designs, Principles and New Developments (Stephen Nurse, Dr Mark Richardson, Dr Robbie Napper)
15. Travel plans for new residential developments: Insights from theory and practice (Dr Chris De Gruyter, Prof Geoff Rose, Prof Graham Currie)
16. Public Transport Comfort—An inclusive taxonomy of attributes (Dr Robbie Napper, Dr Selby Coxon, Dr Mark Richardson)

Copies of all papers presented are available from the ATRF website.