Páraic Carroll
@paraiccarroll.bsky.social
Lecturer in Transport Planning at The University of Melbourne 🇦🇺
- Research in travel behaviour, rural/regional transport, transport geography, micromobility
- Páraic = "Por-rick" 🇮🇪
Profile: https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/1097654-paraic-carroll
- Research in travel behaviour, rural/regional transport, transport geography, micromobility
- Páraic = "Por-rick" 🇮🇪
Profile: https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/1097654-paraic-carroll
Check out our newly published paper in the Journal of Urban Mobility: lnkd.in/ehvJMWAa
The paper explores the multifaceted concept of #StreetVitality, increasingly viewed as a key indicator of high-performing urban environments.
The paper explores the multifaceted concept of #StreetVitality, increasingly viewed as a key indicator of high-performing urban environments.
November 20, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Check out our newly published paper in the Journal of Urban Mobility: lnkd.in/ehvJMWAa
The paper explores the multifaceted concept of #StreetVitality, increasingly viewed as a key indicator of high-performing urban environments.
The paper explores the multifaceted concept of #StreetVitality, increasingly viewed as a key indicator of high-performing urban environments.
Reposted by Páraic Carroll
Hosting a webinar with the Australasian Transport Research Forum Public Transport Research Committee on the topic of Integrating Micromobility into Public Transport Networks
🗓️ Wed 5 Nov 2025 | 2pm AEST / 4pm NZST
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October 23, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Hosting a webinar with the Australasian Transport Research Forum Public Transport Research Committee on the topic of Integrating Micromobility into Public Transport Networks
🗓️ Wed 5 Nov 2025 | 2pm AEST / 4pm NZST
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In this newly published paper we examine equity concerns in the roll out of EV charging. Findings highlight need for policymakers to establish minimum charging accessibility standards for disadvantaged communities to support equitable charging planning
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November 4, 2025 at 8:54 AM
In this newly published paper we examine equity concerns in the roll out of EV charging. Findings highlight need for policymakers to establish minimum charging accessibility standards for disadvantaged communities to support equitable charging planning
url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/wF1wCL7rxD...
url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/wF1wCL7rxD...
Hosting a webinar with the Australasian Transport Research Forum Public Transport Research Committee on the topic of Integrating Micromobility into Public Transport Networks
🗓️ Wed 5 Nov 2025 | 2pm AEST / 4pm NZST
🎙️ Free event with leading experts from 🇦🇺🇺🇸🇳🇿
Register 👉 unimelb.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🗓️ Wed 5 Nov 2025 | 2pm AEST / 4pm NZST
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October 23, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Hosting a webinar with the Australasian Transport Research Forum Public Transport Research Committee on the topic of Integrating Micromobility into Public Transport Networks
🗓️ Wed 5 Nov 2025 | 2pm AEST / 4pm NZST
🎙️ Free event with leading experts from 🇦🇺🇺🇸🇳🇿
Register 👉 unimelb.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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“Transition of the passenger vehicle fleet from [internal combustion engine] vehicles to EVs accounts for most of this change,” the government says.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
September 19, 2025 at 3:39 AM
“Transition of the passenger vehicle fleet from [internal combustion engine] vehicles to EVs accounts for most of this change,” the government says.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
In our newly published paper it was particularly interesting from a transport planning perspective, that children in #rural areas, especially girls and low-income households, face unique educational and mental-health risks from poor transport access.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Improving Child Wellbeing: The Effects of Transport and Residential Energy Poverty on Education and Mental Health of Children and Adolescents - Child Indicators Research
This paper investigates whether transport and residential energy poverty affect the educational and mental health outcomes of children and young people in Ireland. Existing research on residential ene...
link.springer.com
September 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM
In our newly published paper it was particularly interesting from a transport planning perspective, that children in #rural areas, especially girls and low-income households, face unique educational and mental-health risks from poor transport access.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Expanding rail is vital, but the quickest and most cost-effective way to tackle transport gaps in Melbourne’s low-density growth areas is a frequent bus network: reliable, every 10–15 mins, and easy to access. Ready years before new rail arrives.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
'Deliver it now': Outer suburbs councils call for new stations to ease choked roads
The outer Melbourne community where only 1.2 per cent of people use public transport.
www.abc.net.au
August 23, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Expanding rail is vital, but the quickest and most cost-effective way to tackle transport gaps in Melbourne’s low-density growth areas is a frequent bus network: reliable, every 10–15 mins, and easy to access. Ready years before new rail arrives.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
Reposted by Páraic Carroll
PhD opportunity at the University of Melbourne exploring reskilling for work futures in regional Australia with @leahruppanner.bsky.social, @brenchurchill.bsky.social @lillicrovara.bsky.social and me! 🙌✨ We hope this will be of interest to honsand masters students in Aus 👉 go.unimelb.edu.au/eo9p
go.unimelb.edu.au
August 20, 2025 at 2:11 AM
PhD opportunity at the University of Melbourne exploring reskilling for work futures in regional Australia with @leahruppanner.bsky.social, @brenchurchill.bsky.social @lillicrovara.bsky.social and me! 🙌✨ We hope this will be of interest to honsand masters students in Aus 👉 go.unimelb.edu.au/eo9p
If 'it is time for less carrot and more stick' and if action is needed, how about tackling car use and on street parking with the stick and allocate more space to pedestrians, wheelchair users and cyclists to move freely in the CBD.
www.news.com.au/national/vic...
www.news.com.au/national/vic...
www.news.com.au
August 18, 2025 at 1:50 PM
If 'it is time for less carrot and more stick' and if action is needed, how about tackling car use and on street parking with the stick and allocate more space to pedestrians, wheelchair users and cyclists to move freely in the CBD.
www.news.com.au/national/vic...
www.news.com.au/national/vic...
100% agree
Proposed e-bikes ban on trains - Make a submission to the Victorian government by 18 August 2025 streetsalivedarebin.org/journal/prop...
Proposed e-bikes ban on trains — STREETS ALIVE DAREBIN
The Victorian Government is proposing to ban ebikes on trains. If this proceeds it will disrupt the transport of many people, which may force many to take cars. However, the underlying pro...
streetsalivedarebin.org
August 6, 2025 at 11:27 AM
100% agree
In the context of ongoing discussions on whether micromobility devices should be allowed on public transport in Victoria, our paper explores what can be done on a network and stop level to make it easier for ebike and escooter riders to get to and from PT www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Measuring the integration of micromobility and public transport – the development of a new network analysis tool
The integration of micromobility and public transport is an increasingly relevant and desirable strategy to promote more sustainable alternatives to p…
www.sciencedirect.com
August 5, 2025 at 12:48 PM
In the context of ongoing discussions on whether micromobility devices should be allowed on public transport in Victoria, our paper explores what can be done on a network and stop level to make it easier for ebike and escooter riders to get to and from PT www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Glad to see our work on transport and energy poverty cited extensively in this report by the National Economic and Social Council (NESC) www.nesc.ie/publications...
June 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Glad to see our work on transport and energy poverty cited extensively in this report by the National Economic and Social Council (NESC) www.nesc.ie/publications...
Delighted to see the success of this pilot project and to have contributed to its development via the Transport and Access Innovation Group.
upperyarra.mailcommunity.com.au/news/2025-05...
upperyarra.mailcommunity.com.au/news/2025-05...
Shuttle buses to help tourists around Warby
A community led group, with support from Council, EV – Strengthening Communities (formerly Eastern Volunteers), CIRE Services and the University [...]
upperyarra.mailcommunity.com.au
May 7, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Delighted to see the success of this pilot project and to have contributed to its development via the Transport and Access Innovation Group.
upperyarra.mailcommunity.com.au/news/2025-05...
upperyarra.mailcommunity.com.au/news/2025-05...
Really enjoyable afternoon today bringing our Transit-Oriented Development students on a field trip to Moonee Ponds.
April 8, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Really enjoyable afternoon today bringing our Transit-Oriented Development students on a field trip to Moonee Ponds.
Happy to share our #new paper. It presents a thematic framework and meta analysis to facilitate the study and interpretation of research on multidimensional residential #energy and #transportpoverty together
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A systematic review and meta-analysis of residential and transport energy poverty
Historically, energy poverty research has been dominated by an analysis of residential energy use. More recently, efforts to capture the full extent o…
www.sciencedirect.com
April 7, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Happy to share our #new paper. It presents a thematic framework and meta analysis to facilitate the study and interpretation of research on multidimensional residential #energy and #transportpoverty together
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Delighted to co-edit 'Lecture Notes in Mobility' published and available open access from Springer Nature at: link.springer.com/book/10.1007....
March 12, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Delighted to co-edit 'Lecture Notes in Mobility' published and available open access from Springer Nature at: link.springer.com/book/10.1007....
Victorian Government is preparing its 2nd Climate Change Strategy 2026-2030. From an emissions perspective, yes 'target for 50% of new light vehicle sales to be zero emissions by 2030, all new public buses to be zero emissions from 2025' & expanding train services are all important measures to take
Victoria’s Climate Change Strategy
Have your say on Victoria's 2026-30 Climate Change Strategy.
engage.vic.gov.au
March 11, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Victorian Government is preparing its 2nd Climate Change Strategy 2026-2030. From an emissions perspective, yes 'target for 50% of new light vehicle sales to be zero emissions by 2030, all new public buses to be zero emissions from 2025' & expanding train services are all important measures to take
We are pleased to extend the abstract submission deadline for the UTSG 2025 to Friday 28th February, 2025.
This year's conference will take place for the first time in University College Dublin, Ireland from 25 - 27 June, 2025.
For more details: utsg.net/annual-confe...
This year's conference will take place for the first time in University College Dublin, Ireland from 25 - 27 June, 2025.
For more details: utsg.net/annual-confe...
February 17, 2025 at 9:50 PM
We are pleased to extend the abstract submission deadline for the UTSG 2025 to Friday 28th February, 2025.
This year's conference will take place for the first time in University College Dublin, Ireland from 25 - 27 June, 2025.
For more details: utsg.net/annual-confe...
This year's conference will take place for the first time in University College Dublin, Ireland from 25 - 27 June, 2025.
For more details: utsg.net/annual-confe...
The 57th Universities’ Transport Studies Group (UTSG) Annual Conference will take place at University College Dublin, Ireland between 25 and 27 June, 2025.
The conference will be co-hosted by University College Dublin and Trinity College Dublin
The conference will be co-hosted by University College Dublin and Trinity College Dublin
December 12, 2024 at 5:17 AM
The 57th Universities’ Transport Studies Group (UTSG) Annual Conference will take place at University College Dublin, Ireland between 25 and 27 June, 2025.
The conference will be co-hosted by University College Dublin and Trinity College Dublin
The conference will be co-hosted by University College Dublin and Trinity College Dublin
Happy to be in Hong Kong this week for the Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies (HKSTS) conference
December 9, 2024 at 1:17 PM
Happy to be in Hong Kong this week for the Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies (HKSTS) conference
Enjoyed attending my first Australasian Transport Research Forum (ATRF) conference this week at Monash University in Melbourne. As a newbie to Melbourne, it was great to meet many new faces and some older friends from the Australian transport research community.
November 30, 2024 at 2:50 AM
Enjoyed attending my first Australasian Transport Research Forum (ATRF) conference this week at Monash University in Melbourne. As a newbie to Melbourne, it was great to meet many new faces and some older friends from the Australian transport research community.
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The very idea of so many incredible geography friends and colleagues at the University of Wollongong being in scope for possible redundancy next month is absolutely gut wrenching www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11... 1/5
University to cut 137 academics due to $35m drop in international student enrolments
The University of Wollongong has approached staff across 25 disciplines for redundancies in a restructure the union fears could abolish its degrees in history, mathematics, geography and languages.
www.abc.net.au
November 15, 2024 at 6:01 AM
The very idea of so many incredible geography friends and colleagues at the University of Wollongong being in scope for possible redundancy next month is absolutely gut wrenching www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11... 1/5
This was such a fun event and for a great cause! Well done to all involved in the organisation of it.
Also delighted to be on the winning team, picking up a pair of these flashy socks! 🧦
Also delighted to be on the winning team, picking up a pair of these flashy socks! 🧦
November 21, 2024 at 1:38 PM
This was such a fun event and for a great cause! Well done to all involved in the organisation of it.
Also delighted to be on the winning team, picking up a pair of these flashy socks! 🧦
Also delighted to be on the winning team, picking up a pair of these flashy socks! 🧦
Reposted by Páraic Carroll
The University of Melbourne Starter Pack is live! 🎉
Whether you're a researcher, student, or staff at #UniMelb, join in to connect with our amazing and growing community here. Know someone we missed? Tag them below and help spread the word! #HigherEd #Research #Melbourne #Australia
Whether you're a researcher, student, or staff at #UniMelb, join in to connect with our amazing and growing community here. Know someone we missed? Tag them below and help spread the word! #HigherEd #Research #Melbourne #Australia
November 12, 2024 at 3:29 AM
The University of Melbourne Starter Pack is live! 🎉
Whether you're a researcher, student, or staff at #UniMelb, join in to connect with our amazing and growing community here. Know someone we missed? Tag them below and help spread the word! #HigherEd #Research #Melbourne #Australia
Whether you're a researcher, student, or staff at #UniMelb, join in to connect with our amazing and growing community here. Know someone we missed? Tag them below and help spread the word! #HigherEd #Research #Melbourne #Australia