Chris De Gruyter

Chris is a Senior Research Fellow and Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) Fellow leading a project titled 'Impacts of the apartment boom on public transport in Australian cities'.

Chris conducts research in the area of transport and land use planning, with a focus on understanding the impacts of new residential development on the transport system.

Prior to joining RMIT University, Chris was a Research Fellow and Deputy Director in the Public Transport Research Group at Monash University. He also worked in transport planning for 12 years, both with the Victorian government and in consulting.

Chris’ wider research interests span the areas of public transport, land use planning, travel demand management, and parking policy.

Chris is also an Honorary Research Associate at the Transport Studies Unit at the University of Oxford.


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Projects

Packed like sardines: Impacts of the apartment boom on public transport in Australian cities

2022–2026

This project is investigating the impacts of high-density housing on public transport use and service provision to directly inform policy and practice for reducing passenger overcrowding and enhancing liveability in cities.

Innovative responses to urban transportation: current practice in Australian cities

2019–2020

This project investigates drivers and processes of change within Australian metropolitan transport systems to identify future options and directions for policy development.

Publications

Calculation of policy-relevant spatial indicators of urban liveability: experiences of scaling a research programme from local to global

Carl Higgs, , , Deepti Adlakha, , Geoff Boeing, Alan Both, Ester Cerin, Manoj Chandrabose, Chris De Gruyter, Lucy Gunn, Alysha De Livera, Erica Hinckson, Shiqin Liu, Suzanne Mavoa, James Sallis, Koen Simons, Billie Giles-Corti

Analysis & Policy Observatory

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Street space allocation and use in Melbourne’s activity centres – Working paper

Chris De Gruyter, Seyed Mojib Zahraee, Emeritus Professor William Young

Using a case study of Melbourne, this research aims to understand how much street space is allocated to each mode of transport and how this compares to the use of each mode of transport.

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