Prof William Young - Researcher Profile

Biography

Professor William Young is Chair of Civil Engineering, Monash University.  He has a distinguished professional and academic career, having worked at Monash University since 1975 (37 years) and prior to joining Monash in the transport industry in England, Germany and several States of Australia for 4 years.  He has also held visiting positions at Oxford, Nanyang, Karlsruhe, Michigan State and Hong Kong Universities, and the Australian Bureau of Transport Economics and Communication Economics.

He received his BE (with Honours) degree from the University of New South Wales (1970), his Graduate Diploma in Management and MBA from Deakin University (1997, 1999), and his Master of Science (1990) and PhD (1982) from Monash University.

Professor Young has wide-ranging interests and has researched, consulted and published widely in the land-use/transport/environment interaction, parking, engineering management and education areas.  He has worked on several international research projects with teams from Sweden, Hong Kong, Japan, the UK, Germany and Indonesia, and was an Associate Editor of the international journal Transportation for 12 years.  He has published over two hundred papers and co-authored four books on transportation.  He has been awarded a Chartered Institute of Transport Excellence Award, Bureau of Transport and Communication Fellowship, Alexander Von Humboldt Fellowship, and Monash Postgraduate Award.

He has 37 years experience in teaching at an undergraduate and postgraduate level, and has also developed and run many distance education programs, short courses and workshops for industry.

Professor Young has held a number of senior administrative positions at Monash, including: Head of the Department of Civil Engineering (1999-2007), Head of the Caulfield Division of the Department of Civil Engineering (1995-7), Head of the Institute of Transport Studies (Monash) (1995-8, 2005, 10, 11-date), Head of the Monash Transport Group (1994,5,6, 2008-date), Director of Graduate and Further Education in the Faculty of Engineering (2001-7) and Chairperson of the Monash University Advisory Committee on People with Disabilities (1997-2002).

Keywords

Civil engineering, Parking systems, Traffic Engineering, Transport, Urban and regional patterns, road safety, signal treatment, traffic safety, heavy vehicles, dilemma zone

Qualifications

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Institution: Deakin University

Year awarded: 1999

MSC

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 1990

PHD

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 1982

ENGINEERING

Institution: University of New South Wales

Year awarded: 1970

Publications

Books

Taylor, M.A., Bonsall, P.W., Young, W., 2000, Understanding traffic systems: Data, Analysis and Presentation, Ashgate Publishing Ltd, Aldershot UK.

Young, W., Gregory, P.G. (eds), 1998, Proceedings of 7th Annual Australasian Conference of Engineering Management Educators (ACEME), Office of Continuing Education, Monash University, Clayton Vic Australia.

Book Chapters

Young, W., 2008, A view of parking policy in an Australian city, in The Implementation and Effectiveness of Transport Demand Management Measures - An International perspective, eds Stephen Ison and Tom Rye, Ashgate, UK, pp. 151-163.

Young, W., Tan, Y.W., 2005, Data and Parking Simulation Models, in Simulation Approaches in Transportation Analysis - Recent Advances and Challenges, eds Ryuichi Kitamura and Masao Kuwahara, Springer, New York NY USA, pp. 235-267.

Young, W., 2002, Transport Infrastructure, in Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change, eds Prof. I. Douglas, John Wiley & Sons, New York NY USA, pp. 1-6.

Young, W., 2001, Parking and traffic control, in Handbook of Transport Systems and Traffic Control, eds K J Button and D A Hensher, Elsevier Science Ltd, Kidlington UK, pp. 375-386.

Garling, T., Young, W., 2001, Perspectives on travel behaviour: decision paradigms, in Travel Behaviour Research - The Leading Edge, eds David Hensher, Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford UK, pp. 219-225.

Young, W., 2000, Modelling Parking, in Handbook of Transport Modelling, Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford England UK, pp. 409-420.

Journal Articles

Hamer, P., Young, W., Currie, G., 2012, Do long stay parkers pay the Melbourne congestion levy?, Transport Policy [P], vol 21, Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford UK, pp. 71-84.

Aghabayk Eagely, S.K., Sarvi, M., Young, W., 2012, Understanding the dynamics of heavy vehicle interactions in car-following, Journal of Transportation Engineering [P], vol 138, issue 12, American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston VA USA, pp. 1468-1475.

Sobhani, A., Young, W., Logan, D., Bahrololoom, S., 2011, A kinetic energy model of two-vehicle crash injury severity, Accident Analysis and Prevention [P], vol 43, issue 3, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford UK, pp. 741-754.

Aghabayk Eagely, S., Moridpour, S., Young, W., Sarvi, M., Wang, Y., 2011, Comparing heavy vehicle and passenger car lane-changing maneuvers on arterial roads and freeways, Transportation Research Record-Series [P], vol 2260, National Academy of Sciences, Washington DC USA, pp. 94-101.

Bonsall, P., Young, W., 2010, Is there a case for replacing parking charges by road user charges?, Transport Policy [P], vol 17, issue 5, Pergamon Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford UK, pp. 323-334.

Archer, J., Young, W., 2010, Signal treatments to reduce the likelihood of heavy vehicle crashes at intersections: Microsimulation modeling approach, Journal of Transportation Engineering [P], vol 136, issue 7, ASCE - American Society of Civil Engineers, USA, pp. 632-639.

Archer, J., Young, W., 2010, The measurement and modelling of proximal safety measures, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Transport [P], vol 163, issue 4, ICE Publishing, London, England, pp. 191-201.

Shackleton, M., Young, W., 2010, Toward performance measures for road infrastructure research programs: Australian experience, Transportation Research Record-Series [P], vol 0.298, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington DC, pp. 48-53.

Archer, J.M., Young, W., 2009, Signal treatments to reduce heavy vehicle crash-risk at metropolitan highway intersections, Accident Analysis and Prevention [P], vol 41, issue 3, Elsevier Ltd, UK, pp. 404-411.

Young, W., Archer, J.M., 2009, Traffic microsimulation modeling to study a traffic signal incident reduction function, Transportation Research Record-Series [P], vol 0.259, issue 2103, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington DC USA, pp. 80-87.

Currie, G.V., Sarvi, M., Young, W., 2007, A new approach to evaluating on-road public transport priority projects: balancing the demand for limited road-space, Transportation, vol 34, issue 4, Springer Science + Media, Dordrecht The Netherlands, pp. 413-428.

Currie, G.V., Sarvi, M., Young, W., 2007, Balanced road space allocation: A comprehensive approach, ITE Journal on the Web, vol 77, issue 7, Institution of Transportation Engineers, Washington DC USA, pp. 75-83.

Bonsall, P., Liu, R., Young, W., 2005, Modelling safety-related driving behaviour - Impact of parameter values, Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, vol 39, Pergamon, Kidlington UK, pp. 425-444.

Norojono, O., Young, W., 2003, A stated preference freight mode choice model, Transportation Planning and Technology, vol 26, issue 2, Taylor & Francis Ltd, Abingdon UK, pp. 195-212.

Young, W., Ayati, E., 2002, Estimation of the cost of rural road crashes in a developing country, Traffic Engineering and Control, vol 43, issue 2, Hemming Group, London UK, pp. 56-60.

Young, W., Ayati, E., 2002, The cost effectiveness and rate of return of investments in traffic safety projects in a developing country, Transport Engineering and Control, vol 43, issue 8, Hemming Group, London UK, pp. 307-315.

Norojono, O., Young, W., 2001, The application of an ordered probit model to investigate shippers' perceptions of rail freight services in Indonesia, Road & Transport Research, vol 10, issue 2, ARRB Transport Research, Vermont South Vic Australia, pp. 40-49.

Norojono, O., Young, W., 2000, Freight mode choice behaviour: Lesson from a small sample size analysis, Gadjah Mada International Journal of Business, vol 2 issue 1, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta Indonesia, pp. 53-62.

Le, H., Young, W., 1998, Modelling shopping centre traffic movement (1): Model validation, Transportation Planning and Technology, vol . 21 no. 3, Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 203-233.

Le, H., Young, W., 1998, Modelling shopping centre traffic movement (2): Model application, Transportation Planning and Technology, vol . 21 no. 4, Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, Amsterdan Netherlands, pp. 309-321.

Gu, K., Young, W., 1998, Verifying and validating a land use - transport - environment model, Transportation Planning and Technology, vol . 21 no. 3, Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 181-202.

Young, W., Hadgraft, R., Young, M., 1997, An Application of "Jigsaw Learning" to Teaching Infrastructure Model Development, European Journal of Engineering Education, vol 22, Carfax Publishing Company, Abingdon Oxfordshire (UK), pp. 11-18.

Young, W., Lemass, B., 1997, An intelligent decision support system for road pavement design, Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies, vol 2, Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies, Tokyo Japan, pp. 505-524.

Yue, W., Young, W., 1997, An introduction of a parking design and simulation model, Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies, vol 2, Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies, Tokyo Japan, pp. 595-613.

Conference Proceedings

Aghabayk Eagely, S.K., Sarvi, M., Young, W., 2012, A macroscopic study of heavy vehicle traffic flow characteristics, 25th ARRB Conference - Shaping the Future, 23 September 2012 to 26 September 2012, ARRB Group, Perth WA Australia, pp. 1-11.

Wang, Y., Dong, W., Chin, S., Papageorgiou, M., Rose, G., Young, W., 2012, A note on speed modeling and travel time estimation based on truncated normal and log-normal distribution, Proceedings of TRB 91st Annual Meeting, 22 January 2012 to 26 January 2012, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington DC USA, pp. 1-15.

Sobhani, A., Young, W., Bahrololoom, S., Sarvi, M., 2012, Calculating time-to-collision for analysing right turning behaviour at signalised intersections, ATRF - 35th Australasian Transport Research Forum, 26 September 2012 to 28 September 2012, Western Australian Department of Transport, Perth Western Australia, pp. 1-16.

Aghabayk Eagely, S.K., Sarvi, M., Young, W., 2012, Effective variables on following behaviour of heavy vehicle drivers, ATRF - 35th Australasian Transport Research Forum, 26 September 2012 to 28 September 2012, Western Australian Department of Transport, Perth Western Australia, pp. 1-14.

Hamer, P., Currie, G., Young, W., 2012, Equity implications of parking taxes, TRB 2012 - Transportation Research Board 91st Annual Meeting, 22 January 2012 to 26 January 2012, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington DC USA, pp. 1-16.

Aghabayk Eagely, S.K., Sarvi, M., Young, W., Wang, Y., 2012, Investigating heavy vehicle interactions during the car following process, Transportation Research Board 2012 Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers, 22 January 2012 to 26 January 2012, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington DC USA, pp. 1-13.

Yeo, R., Young, W., 2012, Towards improved characterization of cemented pavement materials, Advances in Pavement Design through Full-scale Accelerated Pavement Testing, 19 September 2012 to 21 September 2012, Taylor & Francis Group, London UK, pp. 397-409.

Sobhani, A., Young, W., Sarvi, M., 2011, A simulation approach to assess the safety performance of road locations, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Road Safety and Simulation, 14 September 2011 to 16 September 2011, Transportation Research Board, USA, pp. 1-22.

Aghabayk Eagely, S., Young, W., Sarvi, M., Wang, Y., 2011, Examining vehicle interactions during a vehicle-following manoeuvre, Proceedings of ATRF 2011 - 34th Australasian Transport Research Forum, 28 September 2011 to 30 September 2011, University of Sth Australia and the Sth Australian Dept of Transport, Energy and Infrastructure, Adelaide SA, pp. 1-14.

Sobhani, A., Young, W., Logan, D., 2011, Exploring the relationship of conflict characteristics and consequent crash severity, Proceedings of ATRF 2011 - 34th Australasian Transport Research Forum, 28 September 2011 to 30 September 2011, University of Sth Australia and the Sth Australian Dept of Transport, Energy and Infrastructure, Adelaide SA, pp. 1-15.

Hamer, P., Currie, G., Young, W., 2011, Parking price policies - A review of the Melbourne congestion levy, Proceedings of ATRF 2011 - 34th Australasian Transport Research Forum, 28 September 2011 to 30 September 2011, University of Sth Australia and the Sth Australian Dept of Transport, Energy and Infrastructure, Adelaide SA, pp. 1-16.

Archer, J., Young, W., 2010, A traffic microsimulation approach to estimate safety at unsignalised intersections, Proceedings of Transport Research Board 89th Annual Meeting, 10 January 2010 to 14 January 2010, Transportation Research Board - National Academy, Washington DC USA, pp. 1-19.

Young, W., Beaton, D., Satgunarajah, S., 2010, An analysis of the spatial disturbance of parking supply policy and demand, Proceedings of the 2010 ATRF 33rd Australasian Transport Research Forum, 29 September 2010 to 1 October 2010, Department of Infrastructure and Transport, Canberra Australia, pp. 1-15.

Wang, Y., Papageorgiou, M., Gaffney, J., Papamichail, I., Rose, G., Young, W., 2010, Local ramp metering in random-location bottlenecks downstream of metered on-ramp, Proceedings of Transport Research Board 89th Annual Meeting, 10 January 2010 to 14 January 2010, Transport Research Board - National Academy, Washington DC USA, pp. 1-20.

Sobhani, A., Young, W., Logan, D., Archer, J., Sarvi, M., 2010, Modelling the safety of intersections, Proceedings of 15th International Conference Road Safety on Four Continents, 28 March 2010 to 30 March 2010, VTI National Transport Authority, Linkoping Sweden, pp. 230-241.

Wang, Y., Papageorgiou, M., Gaffney, J., Papamichail, I., Rose, G., Young, W., 2010, Pi-Alinea for local ramp metering involved with random downstream bottlenecks, 24th ARRB Conference Proceedings, 12 October 2010 to 15 oCTOBER 2010, ARRB Group, Melbourne Australia, pp. 1-14.

Sobhani, A., Logan, D., Young, W., Bahrololoom, S., 2010, Towards a microscopic approach for modelling the traffic safety of intersections, Proceedings of the 24th ARRB Conference - Building on 50 years of road and transport research, 12 October 2010 to 15 October 2010, ARRB Group, Melbourne Australia, pp. 1-15.

Aghabayk Eagely, S., Moridpour, S., Wang, Y., Young, W., Sarvi, M., 2010, Understanding the lane changing behaviour of large vehicles on arterial roads, Proceedings of the 24th ARRB Conference - Building on 50 years of road and transport research, 12 October 2010 to 15 October 2010, ARRB Group, Melbourne Australia, pp. 1-15.

Aghabayk Eagely, S., Young, W., Wang, Y., Sarvi, M., Allahverdizadeh, P., 2010, Understanding the need for heavy vehicle research on traffic flow, The 10th International Conference on Traffic & Transportation Engineering, 23/11/2010 - 24/11/2010, Tehran Traffic and Transport Centre, Tehran Iran, pp. 1-12.

Hamer, P., Currie, G.V., Young, W., 2009, Exploring travel and parking impacts of the Melbourne CBD parking levy, Proceedings of the 2009 Australasian Transport Research Forum (ATRF2009), 29 September 2009 to 1 October 2009, New Zealand Ministry of Transport, Auckland New Zealand, pp. 1-13.

Archer, J.M., Young, W., 2009, The application of a micro-simulation model to study the safety performance of a traffic signal incident-reduction function, Proceedings of the 88th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, 11 January 2009 to 15 January 2009, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington DC USA, pp. 1-16.

Shackleton, M.C., Young, W., 2008, Assessing the impact and quality of transportation research, Proceedings of the 23rd ARRB Conference (ARRB08) - Collaborate: Research Partnering with Practitioners, 30/07/2008 to 1/08/2008, ARRB Group Ltd, Melbourne VIC Australia, pp. 1-14.

Archer, J.M., Spiridonos, F., Young, W., 2008, Transport data, models, analysis and, knowledge development, Third International Symposium on Transport Simulation 2008 (ISTS 2008) - Symposium Proceedings, 6 August 2008 to 8 August 2008, Institute of Transport Studies, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 1-14.

Young, W., Currie, G.V., 2006, Parking and urban development, Research into Practice: Proceedings of the 22nd ARRB Conference, 29 October 2006 to 02 November 2006, ARRB Group Ltd, Vermont South Vic Australia, pp. 1-12.

Taylor, R., Young, W., 2006, Transport systems and system quality, Delivering Sustainable Transport - "It's Got Legs", Proceedings of the 2006 AITPM National Conference, 3 August 2006 to 4 August 2006, Australian Institute of Traffic Planning and Management Inc., Adelaide SA Australia, pp. 169-179.

Currie, G., Sarvi, M., Young, W., 2005, Roadspace allocation for public transport priority, Priority Treatment: Juggling Competing Demands: Proceedings of the AITPM National Conference 2005, 27 July 2005 to 29 July 2005, Australian Institute of Traffic Planning and Management Inc., Adelaide SA Australia, pp. 77-94.

Currie, G., Sarvi, M., Young, W., 2004, A comprehensive approach to balanced road space allocation in relation to transit priority, Transportation Research Board 2004 Annual Meeting Proceedings, 11 January 2004 to 15 January 2004, Transportation Research Board, Washington DC USA, pp. 1-14.

Currie, G., Sarvi, M., Young, W., 2004, A new methodology for allocating road space for public transport priority, Urban Transport X - Urban Transport and the Environment in the 21st Century. Series: Advances in Transport Volume 16, 19/05/2004 to 21/05/2004, WIT Press, Ashurst UK, pp. 375-388.

Tan, Y.W., Young, W., 2004, Simulation support for modelling traffic and parking in urban developments, Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Decision-Making in Urban and Civil Engineering, 28 October 2004 to 30 October 2004, University of Coimbra, Coimbra Portugal, pp. 1-10.

Tan, Y.W., Young, W., 2003, The efficient design of traffic systems in and around multi-storey parking facilities, Proceedings of 21st ARRB and 11th REAAA Conference: Transport-Our Highway to a Sustainable Future, 18 May 2003 to 23 May 2003, ARRB Transport Research Ltd, Vermont Vic Australia, pp. 1-17.

Tan, Y.W., Young, W., 2002, Modelling traffic and parking in multi-storey parking systems, Proceedings of the International Conference on Seamless and Sustainable Transport, 25 November 2002 to 27 November 2002, Centre for Transportation Studies, Nanyang Tech., Singapore, pp. 125-134.

Liepe, B., Young, W., 2001, Level of service on collector roads, Proceedings of the Twentieth ARRB Conference (CDRom), 19 March 2001 to 21 March 2001, ARRB Transport Research, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 1-15.

Young, W., Daly, P., 1999, Developments in road pricing and their community acceptance, Proceedings of ITS Australia '99 Smart Solutions at Work, Adelaide SA 18-21 May 1999, ITS Australia (CD Rom), Adelaide SA Australia, pp. 1-8.

Lemass, B., Young, W., 1998, A knowledge-based integration of conceptual and detailed design of road pavements, Proceedings of 19th ARRB Conference, Sydney, NSW 6-11 December 1998, ARRB Transport Research Ltd., Vermont South Vic Australia, pp. 148-164.

Young, W., 1998, Balancing cities infrastructure to maximise quality of life, Proceedings of the First Intenational Conference on Quality of Life in Cities - Issues and Perspectives, Singapore 4-6 March, 1998, School of Building & Real Estate, Nat. Uni. Singa, Singapore, pp. 405-414.

Taylor, S.Y., Young, W., 1998, Privatisation and Management Education in the Transport Industry, Proceedings fo the Seventh Annual Australasian Conference of Engineering Management Educators (ACEME), Clayton, Victoria 30 April - 1 May 1998, Office of continuing Education, Monash University, Clayton Vic Australia, pp. 203-207.

Gu, K., Young, W., 1997, A comparison of the impact of different urban strategies on travel and the environment in Adelaide and Melbourne, Papers of the Australian Transport Research Forum, Adelaide, 24-26 Sep 1997, Transport Systems Centre, Uni. of South Australia, Adelaide SA Australia, pp. 823-834.

Yue, W., Young, W., 1997, Simulation in selecting the best parking lot layout, MODSIM '97- International Congress on Modelling and Simulation Proceedings, Hobart, Tas 8-11 Dec 1997, Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia Inc., Canberra ACT Australia, pp. 1484-1489.

Other

Young, W., 2010, Parking, A dictionary of transport analysis, vol dictionary, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, Cheltenham UK, pp. 298-300.

Young, W., 2010, Traffic engineering, A dictionary of transport analysis, vol dictionary, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, Cheltenham UK, pp. 420-422.

Brindle, R., Ashley, D., Milthorpe, F., Smith, N., Taylor, M., Young, W., Daly, P., Morris, J., Morris, J., 1999, Improving urban transport demand model and their use, Contract report, ARRB Transport Research, Vermont South Vic Australia.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

A model for public good tansportation research institutions.

Supervisors:

Young, W (Main).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Heavy vehicle car-following and lane-changing behaviour on urban arterials.

Supervisors:

Young, W (Main), Sarvi, M (Associate), Wang, Y (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Study of Traffic Safety Pre-evaluation Process.

Supervisors:

Sarvi, M (Main), Young, W (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The effect of multiple axle group loads on flexible pavement performance.

Supervisors:

Young, W (Main).

Completed Supervision

Student:

Carpenter, L.

Program of Study:

PRACTICALITY OF THE INDEX OF STREAM CONDITION FIELD SURVEY SAMPLING PROGRAM. (Masters) 2008.

Supervisors:

Young, W (Main), Peterson, J (Associate).

Student:

Hamer, P.

Program of Study:

Impact of Parking Price Policies: A Case Study of the Melbourne Congestion Levy. (Masters) 2011.

Supervisors:

Currie, G (Main), Young, W (Associate).

Student:

Liepe, B.

Program of Study:

RESEARCH TITLE UNAVAILABLE. 2000.

Supervisors:

Young, W (Main).

Student:

Martin, T.

Program of Study:

Predicting sealed granular pavement deterioration at a road network level. (PHD) 2008.

Supervisors:

Young, W (Main).

Student:

Yeo, R.

Program of Study:

The performance of cemented pavement materials under heavy axle loading. (PHD) 2012.

Supervisors:

Young, W (Main).