Staff Profiles

Carey is an active national and international researcher. She has won five Australian Research Council research grants, collaborates in two major international research centres (Australasian Centre for the Governance and Management of Urban Transport; OMEGA Centre at University College, London) and a European Union Concerted Research Action: TU1002 ‘Accessibility Instruments for Planning Practice in Europe’.  Carey was awarded Curtin University’s Early Career Researcher award in 2007 and again 2009. In 2011 she was awarded ‘best research paper’ by the Faculty of Humanities. She has published over 60 papers, book chapters and books. 

Carey is Chair of the International Editorial Board of the Journal ‘Urban Policy and Research’ and a research articles Editor.  Carey is a member of the Planning Institute Australia and the UK Royal Town Planning Institute.  Carey was elected to the inaugural Board of the World Society of Transport and Land Use Research in 2011.

Carey is a member of the Western Australian Planning Commission's Sustainable Transport Committee and served as Commissioner on the Western Australian Planning Commission for seven years (2003-2010). She played a key role in the State government planning initiative ‘Dialogue with the City' and her research contributions led to the development of the concepts with the Network City Spatial Planning Framework for metropolitan Perth. She also advised on the planning aspects of the new Perth-Mandurah railway within the Perth CBD.

Carey's research interests cover land use planning and transport planning, including a focus on city form and structure, transit oriented development, personal travel behaviour, accessibility planning, institutional barriers to sustainable transport, governance and transport policy.

• Australian Research Council Discovery Grant (2011-2013) 'Spatial Network Analysis for Multimodal Urban Transport Systems: A Planning Decision Support Tool' with Paul Mees, RMIT.
• Australian Research Council Discovery Grant (2010-2013) 'Children, Active Travel, Connectedness and Health' with Dr Matt Burke, Griffith University; Prof Kerry Mummery and Dr Mitch Duncan, Central Quuensland University, A/Prof Carolyn Whitzman, University of Melbourne; Dr Paul Tranter, University of New South Wales.
• Australian Research Council Linkage Grant (2010-2013) 'Independent Mobility, Active Travel and Children's Health' with Prof Brendan Gleeson and Dr Matt Burke, Griffith University; Prof Kerry Mummery and Dr Mitch Duncan, Central Quuensland University, A/Prof Carolyn Whitzman, University of Melbourne; Dr Paul Tranter, University of New South Wales, Ms Christine Arnt, Moreland Community Health Service.
• Australasian Centre for the Governance and Management of Urban Transport (established in 2006), in collaboration with University of Melbourne and Griffith University, funded by Volvo Research and Education Foundation':Project 1-'The Capacity of State and Local Government to Deliver Sustainable and Integrated Transport: A case study of Perth and Melbourne'; Project 2 -"Investigation of the Assessment of Mega-transport Projects.' In collaboration with the OMEGA Centre, Univesity College London.
• Australian Research Council Linkage Grant (2005-2009) Impacts of transit-led development in a new rail corridor with John Taplin, Min Qiu University of Western Australia and Peter Lawrence, Edith Cowan University.
• Public Transport Authority Western Australia, 2009, Application of the Spatial Network Analysis for Multimodal Urban Transport Systems (SNAMUTS) accessibility tool to examine the performance of the proposed twenty year public transport strategy, with Dr Jan Scheurer.
• 'DPI Research Grant, 2008, Network City Activity Centres: Developing an analysis, conception and communication tool for integrated land use and transport planning in the Perth metropolitan area'
• 'Office for Climate Change, 2008, Complementary Measures Review of the Transport Sector'
• 'Curtin University and Western Australian Planning Commission - Linkage Grant 2007, Transitioning Activity Corridors: Place Making and Traffic Management’ with Dr Reena Tiwari.
• Australian Research Council Discovery Grant: Discursive and Institutional Barriers to Environmental Sustainability - with Assoc. Prof. Nick Low, University Melbourne and Prof. Brendon Gleeson, Griffith University.
• Planning and Transport Research Centre 'Perth's South West Metropolitan Railway: Balancing Benefits and Costs'.
• Australian Greenhouse Office: Universities Travelsmart Kit.
• National Greenhouse Taskforce: Urban Form and Greenhouse Gas Emissions.
• Department for Planning and Infrastructure: Future Perth – Transport Issues and Options.
• Ministry for Planning: Development of Traffic Management Guidelines for the Liveable Neighbourhoods Community Design.
• Ministry for Planning: Sustainable Urban Design - Claremont and Mirrabooka.
• Department of Transport: Travel Behaviour and Attitudes to changing from car to other modes:
• Perth Central Area commuters;
• Garden City Regional Shopping Centre, Perth;
• Mirrabooka Regional Shopping Centre, Perth;
• Claremont Shopping Centre, Perth.
• Department of Transport: The application of Transport Impact Assessment in Development Planning.
• Department of Transport: Shenton Park Integrated Transport Study.
• City of Fremantle: Accessibility Indicators for Public Transport and Walking

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• Member Planning Institute Australia.
• Member Royal Town Planning Institute.

• Faculty of Humanties -'Best Research Paper' (2011)
• Early Career Researcher with the Highest Research Performance Index Points in the Faculty of Humanities (2009).
• Early Career Researcher with the Highest Research Performance Index Points in the Faculty of Humanities (2007).
• Certificate of Service and contribution to City of Fremantle Transport Advisory Committee (2006)
• Dialogue with the City /Network City (2005) Planning Institute of Australia National Award for Excellence – Community-Based Planning Category - Merit
• Sustainable Transport Coalition, Western Australia – Inaugural Award 2004 – Winner of Outstanding Individual Contribution Category.
• Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management (CAPAM) – International Innovation Awards Programme – Finalist 2004 - 'Dialogue with the City'.
• Cycling Promotion Fund – 2003 Australian Bicycle Achievement Awards – Nomination for Cycling Advocate of the Year.
• Awarded ‘Best Paper’ in the Transport Track at International Urban Planning and Environment Association Conference – Creating Sustainable Urban Environments: Future Forms for City Living, Oxford, UK 2002 - for paper – 'Taming Traffic in Western Australia: Developing Traffic Management Guidelines to Create Liveable Streets'.
• Planning Institute Australia – Special Commendation Award for Urban Design Plans and Ideas: Coming to as New Vision for Perth – 2002 – Perth City Railway Advisory Committee.
• Curtin Student Guild's Supervisor Award for Excellence in Teaching – Nomination – 2002.
• Curtin University Teaching Excellence Award 2002 – School of Architecture Construction & Planning.

Books (Authored, Research)

• Curtis, C. 1998. Integrated Land Use and Transport Planning Policies: A review of selected initiatives outside Australia and their applicability to land use planning in Perth. Perth: Western Australian Planning Commission.

Book Chapters (Authored, Research Quality)

• Tiwari, R, and Curtis, C. 2010. Approaches to Arterial Road Design in Perth - The Challenges Ahead. In Planning Perspectives from Western Australia: A reader in theory and practice, eds I. Alexander, S.Greive and D.Hedgcock, 289-305. Australia: Fremantle Press.
• Curtis, C. 2010. The Network city metropolitan planning strategy: A paradigm shift for sustainable transport?. In Planning Perspectives from Western Australia: A Reader in Theory and Practice, eds Alexander I, Greive S, Hedgcock D, 258-273. Fremantle: Fremantle Press.
• Curtis, C, Romero, V, Whitzman, C, Burke, M, Duncan, M, and Tranter, P. 2010. Links between children's independant mobility, active transport, physical activity, and obesity. In Preventing Childhood Obesity: evidence, policy, and practice, eds Waters E, Swinburn B, Uauy R, Seidell J, 105-112. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
• Curtis, C. 2009. Implementing Transit Oriented Development through Regional Plans: A Case Study of Western Australia. In Transit Oriented Development: Making it Happen, eds Carey Curtis, John L. Renne, Luca Bertolini, 39-48. Farnham, England: Ashgate.
• Howe, A, Glass, G, and Curtis, C. 2009. Retrofitting TOD and Managing the Impacts: The Case of Subi Centro. In Transit Oriented Development: Making it Happen, eds Carey Curtis, John L, Renne, Luca Bertolini, 65-74. Farnham, England: Ashgate.
• Curtis, C, Bertolini, L, and Renne, J. 2009. TODs for a Sustainable Future: Key Principles to 'Make TOD Happen'. In Transit Oriented Development: Making it Happen, eds Carey Curtis, John L. Renne, Luca Bertolini, 257-268. Farnham, England: Ashgate.
• Curtis, C. 2005. Creating Livable Streets: Developing Traffic Management Guidelines for Western Australia. In Spatial Planning, Urban Form and Sustainable Transport, eds Katie Williams, 183-202. England: Ashgate.
• Curtis, C, and Headicar, P. 1998. The Location of New Residential Developments: Its Influence on Car-Based Travel. In Transport Policy and the Environment, eds David Banister, 219-242. London: E&FN SPON.

Refereed Articles (Scholarly Journals)

• Legacy, C, Sturup, S, and Curtis, C. 2011. Is there a good governance model for the delivery of contemporary transport policy and practice? An examination of Melbourne and Perth`. Transport Policy 19(1): 8-16.
• Curtis, C. 2011. Integrating Land Use with Public Transport: The Use of a Discursive Accessibility Tool to Inform Metropolitan Spatial Planning in Perth. Transport Reviews 31(2): 179-197.
• Curtis, C, and Mellor, R. 2011. Anticipating a New Railway: The Relevance of Transit-Oriented Development to Businesses in a Car-Orientated City. Urban Policy and Research 29(2): 141-165.
• Curtis, C, and Olaru, D. 2010. The relevance of traditional town planning concepts for travel minimization. Planning Practice and Research 25(1): 49-75.
• Scheurer, J, and Curtis, C. 2010. Planning for sustainable accessibility: Developing tools to aid discussion and decision-making. Progress in Planning 74(2): 53-106.
• Curtis, C. 2008. The ecolution of the TOD model for low density cities: A case study of Perth's New Railway Corridor. Planning Practice and Research 23: 285-302.
• Curtis, C. 2008. Planning for Sustainable Accessibility: The implementation Challenge. Transport Policy 15: 104-112.
• Tiwari, R, and Curtis, C. 2008. Transitioning Urban Arterial Roads to Activity Corridors. Urban Design International 12: 105-121.
• Perkins, T, and Curtis, C. 2006. Can Network City Deliver a Sustainable Urban Future ?. The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic & Social Sustainability 2(3): 87-94.
• Curtis, C. 2006. Network City: Retrofitting the Perth Metropolitan Region to Facilitate SustainableTravel. Urban Policy and Research 24(3): 160-180.
• Curtis, C. 2005. The windscreen world of land use transport integration: experiences from Perth, WA, a dispersed city. Town Planning Review 76(4): 423-453.
• Punter, J, and Curtis, C. 2004. Design-led Sustainable development. TPR 75: 31-66.
• Curtis, C, and James, B. 2004. An Institutional Model for Land Use and Transport Integration. Urban Policy and Research 22: 277-297.
• Curtis, C, and Holling, C. 2004. Just how (travel) smart are Australian universities when it comes to implementing sustainable. World Transport Policy and Practice 10: 22-33.
• Curtis, C, and Coleman, C. 1997. Reducing Car-based Journeys to Work: what potential is there and whose responsibility is it?. Local Environment 2: 19-37.
• Curtis, C, and Headicar, P. 1997. Targeting travel awareness campaigns: Which individuals are more likely to switch from car to other transport for the journey to work?. Transport Policy 4(1): 57-65.

Fully written papers (Refereed Conference proceedings)

• Curtis, C. 2011. Resolving the implementation gap in transitioning to Transit Oriented Development: the case of Perth, Western Australia. 3rd World Planning Schools Congress, 04/07/2011. Perth (WA): UWA.
• Curtis, C, Armstrong, R, and Babb, C. 2011. State-local relations and land use and transport integration. 3rd World Planning Schools Congress, 04/07/2011. Perth (WA): UWA.
• Armstrong, R, Curtis, C, and Babb, C. 2011. State-local relations and landuse and transport integration. World Planning Schools Congress, 04/07/2011. Perth: The University of Western Australia.
• Curtis, C. 2011. The Challenge of delivering the 'D' in Transit Oriented Development: Examining the Town Planning contribution. World Symposium on Transport and Land Use Research, 28/07/2011. Whistler, Canada: World Symposium on Transport and Land Use Research.
• Curtis, C, and Olaru, D. 2011. The relationship between accessibility and travel patters of residents in three new station precincts. 3rd World Planning Schools Congress, 04/07/2011. Perth (WA): UWA.
• Curtis, C, Babb, C, and Armstrong, R. 2010. The capacity of state and local government to deliver land use transport integration: an analysis of land use and transport policies in Perth and Melbourne. 12th World Conference, 01/06/2010. Lisbon, Portugal: World Transport Research Conference.
• Scheurer, J, Curtis, C, and Burke, M. 2010. The dead end of demand modelling: supplying a futures-based public transport plan. 24th AESOP Annual Conference. Space is Luxury, 01/06/2010. Helsinki, Finland: Association of European School of Planning.
• Olaru, D, and Curtis, C. 2010. The impacts of a new railway: travel behaviour change of residents in new station precincts. 12th World Transport Research Conference, 11/07/2010. Lisbon, Portugal: World Transport Research Conference.
• Legacy, C, Wigan, M, Curtis, C, and Sturup, S. 2009. Delivering infrastructure and Land use - transport integration policy: Examining good governance issues in Melbourne and Perth. 32nd Australasian Transport Research Forum Auckland The growth engine: interconnecting transport performance, the economy and the environment, 29/09/2009. Sky City Convention Centre, Auckland, New Zealand: Published in conference proceedings and on CD.
• Curtis, C. 2009. The capacity of government to deliver sustainable and integrated transport: The case of transit oriented development in Perth Australia. International Conference on Urban, Regional Planning and Transportation, 24/06/2009. Paris, France: Published in conference proceedings and on CD - Paris, France - WASET.
• Olaru, D, and Curtis, C. 2007. Is transit oriented development reducing activity spaces?. The 11th World Conference on Transportation Research, 24/06/2007. Berkeley, USA: World Conference on Transport Research Society.
• Scheurer, J, and Curtis, C. 2007. Multiple Accessibility: Developing a tool for evaluating land use transport integration. AESOP 2007, 10/07/2007. Naples, Italy: AESOP CD ROM.
• Curtis, C, Porta, S, and Scheurer, J. 2007. Spatial Network Analysis of Public Transport Systems; Developing a Strategic Planning Tool to Assess the Congruencfe of Movement and Urban Structure in Australian Cities. Australian Transport Research Forum 2007, 25/09/2007. Melbourne, Australia: ATRF.
• Olaru, D, and Curtis, C. 2007. Travel Minimisation and the 'Neighbourhood'. European Transport Conference, 17/10/2007. Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands: Association for European Transport.
• Holling, C, and Curtis, C. 2004. Travel demand management at Australian universities: recognition, contemplation or action?. ATRF04 27th Australasian Transport Research Forum, 01/10/2004. South Australia: Transport Systems Centre, University of South Australia.
• Nicholson, D, and Curtis, C. 2003. Sustainable transport initiatives and barriers to implementing them: local transport strategies for Oxford, UK and Fremantle, Western Australia. 21st ARRB and 11th REAA Conference, 01/05/2003. Queensland: ARRB Transport Research.
• Aulabaugh, B, and Curtis, C. 2001. Does Zero Road Toll Make Un-Liveable Neighbourhoods?. 24th Australasian Tranport Research Forum, 17/04/2001. Hobart, Tasmania: Tasmanian Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources.
• Curtis, C. 1999. Turning strategies into actions - integrated land use and transport planning in Western Australia. ATRF 99, 01/09/1999. Perth: Western Australian Department of Transport.