Laura Aston's guest appearances

Laura Aston

This Must Be The Place Podcast

Researching Transit

The Chris & Sandy Show

Lisa Loeb

Lee Brice

Scotty McCreery

Don McLean

Elizabeth Lyons

Chris Smith

Brett Kissel

Ian Smith

Liz Longley

Tim Ross

Caylee Hammack

Randy Travis

Kristian Bush

Scott Hamilton

Walker Hayes

OwlTail

We had a great conversation with Laura Aston on The Chris &amp; Sandy Show. We talked about so many things from family, passion, music, sacrifices, she told some great stories to a whole lot more! Shes even been compared to the great Patsy Cline!She also performed her son "Bible Paper Thin" on the show! We had a great time getting to know her!

We had a great conversation with Laura Aston on The Chris &amp; Sandy Show. We talked about so many things from family, passion, music, sacrifices, she told some great stories to a whole lot more! Shes even been compared to the great Patsy Cline! She also performed her son "Bible Paper Thin" on the show! We had a great time getting to know her!

The Chris & Sandy Show with UK Artist Laura Aston

Nick Fournier

"In every instance ... the user is paying. They're either paying by getting up early, by walking much further, or they're paying in frustration in looking for the perfect park and there's a time penalty you can translate directly into dollars”. Who pays for transport, and who benefits from it? In this episode of This Must Be The Place, Liz is joined over lunch by transport researchers Laura Aston, Nicholas Fournier and Knowles Tivendale to discuss equity in transport pricing. Lunch isn’t free, but getting around sometimes is – or at least it seems to be, for some people. Talking tickets, tolls and time are Laura Aston (http://publictransportresearchgroup.info/our-team/research-students/laura-aston/): a PhD Candidate from Monash’s Public Transport Research Group. Nick Fournier (http://publictransportresearchgroup.info/our-team/staff/nick-fournier/) is a research fellow at PTRG who recently moved to Melbourne after finishing his PhD at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, on multi-model travel decision making and equity. Knowles Tivendale is Director of consulting firm Movement &amp; Place (http://www.movementandplace.com.au/), and a lecturer and associate of PTRG. Why was congestion charging successful in London but not Manchester? Why was congestion pricing so appealing in Stockholm that the public voted for it at a referendum after a successful trial? Why do Melbourne’s toll-roads differ in their model of who pays? Are transit users the only beneficiaries of public transport infrastructure? The episode ponders the principles and practicalities of how mobility costs and benefits are distributed, and what this might mean for Colac (a town that, for some reason, comes up a lot).Re: parking, Knowles suggests “there are times when the demand is so light that free access is fine…but when things get very congested, that’s clearly a time to ration the resource”. He questions whether rationing parking based on availability in time (rewarding those who get up early) is the best way to ensure fair access to the train network. Regarding CBD congestion, Nick suggests “you can move 1000 cars per hour per lane..if you’ve got more people than that moving through, then they probably shouldn’t be in cars, they should be walking”. Nick also brings a US perspective, highlighting some surprising differences in the way the US funds highways, contracts public transport, manages congestion and deals with commercial vehicles. Nick argues transport pricing needs to be nuanced, offer alternatives and “not just gouge people”. Fallout over taxi medallions: http://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/21/nyregion/newyorktoday/nyc-news-taxi-medallions.html 98 per cent of U.S. commuters support other people using public transportation: http://www.theonion.com/report-98-percent-of-u-s-commuters-favor-public-trans-1819565837.  The Swedish Congestion Charges: Ten Years On: http://www.transportportal.se/swopec/CTS2017-2.pdf.  US highway trust fund: http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/briefing-book/what-highway-trust-fund-and-how-it-financedLaura and Knowles are active twitter users: @laura_aston and @knowles_tivNote/ apology: This episode is recorded over working lunch, and contains much ambient restaurant noise.

"In every instance ... the user is paying. They're either paying by getting up early, by walking much further, or they're paying in frustration in looking for the perfect park and there's a time penalty you can translate directly into dollars”. Who pays for transport, and who benefits from it? In this episode of This Must Be The Place, Liz is joined over lunch by transport researchers Laura Aston, Nicholas Fournier and Knowles Tivendale to discuss equity in transport pricing. Lunch isn’t free, but getting around sometimes is – or at least it seems to be, for some people. Talking tickets, tolls and time are Laura Aston (<a href="http://publictransportresearchgroup.info/our-team/research-students/laura-aston/):" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://publictransportresearchgroup.info/our-team/research-students/laura-aston/):</a> a PhD Candidate from Monash’s Public Transport Research Group. Nick Fournier (<a href="http://publictransportresearchgroup.info/our-team/staff/nick-fournier/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://publictransportresearchgroup.info/our-team/staff/nick-fournier/</a>) is a research fellow at PTRG who recently moved to Melbourne after finishing his PhD at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, on multi-model travel decision making and equity. Knowles Tivendale is Director of consulting firm Movement &amp; Place (<a href="http://www.movementandplace.com.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.movementandplace.com.au/</a>), and a lecturer and associate of PTRG. Why was congestion charging successful in London but not Manchester? Why was congestion pricing so appealing in Stockholm that the public voted for it at a referendum after a successful trial? Why do Melbourne’s toll-roads differ in their model of who pays? Are transit users the only beneficiaries of public transport infrastructure? The episode ponders the principles and practicalities of how mobility costs and benefits are distributed, and what this might mean for Colac (a town that, for some reason, comes up a lot). Re: parking, Knowles suggests “there are times when the demand is so light that free access is fine…but when things get very congested, that’s clearly a time to ration the resource”. He questions whether rationing parking based on availability in time (rewarding those who get up early) is the best way to ensure fair access to the train network. Regarding CBD congestion, Nick suggests “you can move 1000 cars per hour per lane..if you’ve got more people than that moving through, then they probably shouldn’t be in cars, they should be walking”. Nick also brings a US perspective, highlighting some surprising differences in the way the US funds highways, contracts public transport, manages congestion and deals with commercial vehicles. Nick argues transport pricing needs to be nuanced, offer alternatives and “not just gouge people”. Fallout over taxi medallions: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/21/nyregion/newyorktoday/nyc-news-taxi-medallions.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/21/nyregion/newyorktoday/nyc-news-taxi-medallions.html</a> 98 per cent of U.S. commuters support other people using public transportation: <a href="http://www.theonion.com/report-98-percent-of-u-s-commuters-favor-public-trans-1819565837" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.theonion.com/report-98-percent-of-u-s-commuters-favor-public-trans-1819565837</a>. The Swedish Congestion Charges: Ten Years On: <a href="http://www.transportportal.se/swopec/CTS2017-2.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.transportportal.se/swopec/CTS2017-2.pdf</a>. US highway trust fund: <a href="http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/briefing-book/what-highway-trust-fund-and-how-it-financed" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/briefing-book/what-highway-trust-fund-and-how-it-financed</a> Laura and Knowles are active twitter users: @laura_aston and @knowles_tiv Note/ apology: This episode is recorded over working lunch, and contains much ambient restaurant noise.

Who pays for transport, and who benefits from it? Laura Aston, Nick Fournier & Knowles Tivendale