Paul Mees
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Paul Mees is an Australian academic, currently serving as a senior lecturer at the school of Global Studies, Social Science and Planning at RMIT University
, previously at University of Melbourne
. Originally a lawyer prior to becoming an academic, he lectures in statutory planning and transport planning.
He is a past President of the Public Transport Users Association
in Melbourne and has been a very high-profile contributor to public debates on transport planning in Victoria over the last decade. Some of the most notable controversies involving Dr. Mees have been his legal actions attempting to prevent the construction of transport projects contrary to his views on good public transport
policy. A very prominent example of this was his attempt during the late 1990s to question the legality of aspects of the largest urban infrastructure project in Australia's history, the CityLink
tollway system in Melbourne. More recently he contested the legality of the project to build a marshalling yard and a new tram "superstop" in front of the main entrance to the University of Melbourne's Parkville campus on Swanston Street.
His doctoral research was undertaken at the University of Melbourne and involved a comparison of public transport in Toronto and Melbourne. The thesis was concerned to account for the relative success of the former compared to the latter in the post-war period, given the otherwise physical and demographic similarities of the two cities.
RMIT University
RMIT University is an Australian public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. It has two branches, referred to as RMIT University in Australia and RMIT International University in Vietnam....
, previously at University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne is a public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1853, it is the second oldest university in Australia and the oldest in Victoria...
. Originally a lawyer prior to becoming an academic, he lectures in statutory planning and transport planning.
He is a past President of the Public Transport Users Association
Public Transport Users Association
The Public Transport Users Association is a community-based public transport lobby group in Victoria, Australia, based in Melbourne.- History and Aims :...
in Melbourne and has been a very high-profile contributor to public debates on transport planning in Victoria over the last decade. Some of the most notable controversies involving Dr. Mees have been his legal actions attempting to prevent the construction of transport projects contrary to his views on good public transport
Public transport
Public transport is a shared passenger transportation service which is available for use by the general public, as distinct from modes such as taxicab, car pooling or hired buses which are not shared by strangers without private arrangement.Public transport modes include buses, trolleybuses, trams...
policy. A very prominent example of this was his attempt during the late 1990s to question the legality of aspects of the largest urban infrastructure project in Australia's history, the CityLink
CityLink
CityLink is a system of tolled urban Highways in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The company Transurban was awarded the contract to augment two existing freeways and construct two new Toll roads—labelled the Western and Southern Links—directly linking a number of existing freeways to...
tollway system in Melbourne. More recently he contested the legality of the project to build a marshalling yard and a new tram "superstop" in front of the main entrance to the University of Melbourne's Parkville campus on Swanston Street.
His doctoral research was undertaken at the University of Melbourne and involved a comparison of public transport in Toronto and Melbourne. The thesis was concerned to account for the relative success of the former compared to the latter in the post-war period, given the otherwise physical and demographic similarities of the two cities.
Selected publications
- Mees, Paul (2009) Transport for Suburbia: Beyond the Automobile Age, Earthscan (ISBN 9781844077403)
- Mees, P, The Age 28/1/07 Opinion, Connex justification off the rails
- Mees, Paul (2000) A Very Public Solution: public transport in the dispersed city, Carlton South, Vic: Melbourne University Press (ISBN 0522848672)
- Mees, Paul (1996) Do public choice and public transport mix? An Australian-Canadian comparison, Canberra. A.C.T. : Urban Research Program, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University (ISBN 073152517)
External links
- Paul Mees' staff webpage at RMIT
- http://www.smithstreet.org/cag/expert_opinions/paul_mees.phpPaul Mees paper on Melbourne 2030Melbourne 2030The Metropolitan Strategy Melbourne 2030 is a Victorian Government strategic planning policy framework for the metropolitan area of Greater Melbourne, intended to cover the period 2001-2030. During this period the population of the metropolitan area is expected to grow by a million people to over 5...
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