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David M Levinson
David M Levinson
@dmlevinson@walksydney.org

Prof. David Levinson teaches at the School of Civil Engineering at the University of Sydney, where he leads TransportLab and the Transport Engineering group.

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  • Annual General Meeting

    Walk Sydney will hold its Annual General Meeting via Zoom at 2:00 pm on Saturday, September 12, 2020. All members are welcome to attend. If you are not a member, please join. If you plan to join, and want to attend, contact walksydney1 at gmail dot com for details. Current members should have received notice…

  • Lines of Desire

    In the image shown, in Moore Park, we see a dirt desire line connecting from here to there. We know people want to use this path, because it is well worn, the dirt is compacted. But despite the hundreds of millions available for new stadia, where is the effort to make this a bit better…

  • Kerb Ramps

    Consider the image. In the center of this image we see a brand new raised and marked pedestrian crosswalk just a bit up the street. This is great. In the lower left of this image we see a kerb ramp, designed for those pedestrians on wheels to easily transition from street to footpath. It’s been…

  • Overgrowth: Thinking about 3-Dimensional Pedestrian Paths

    One of the quieter issues about walkability is the overgrowth of plants and trees into the footpath. This either narrows the footpath itself, or, if elevated, the walking path, leading one to walk into branches and bushes, or scoot over to avoid them. The footpath is normally treated as a two-dimensional object. That it is…

  • Disconnected

    As one wanders around greater Sydney, one notices really small things, like missing links in the footpath network. None of these are completely offputting for a healthy, fully-abled pedestrians. For those with mobility challenges, each of these is another unnecessary obstacle. Each of these has a particular reason, related to who owns the property, the…

  • Don’t Fence Me In

    Walking across the street away from the intersection is strongly discouraged on some roads. Purportedly for safety but in many cases to improve motor vehicle traffic flow. This creates a chaffingly regulated environment for the pedestrian who wants to cross, for instance, a shopping street. Now when the shopping street is 6 (or more) lanes…