Russell is an Associate Professor in Transport Engineering in the Department of Infrastructure Engineering at the University of Melbourne in Australia. His research areas are City Logistics, Physical Internet (PI), resilient transport systems and intelligent transport systems.
He has over 20 years of experience in freight research.
Russell has been involved in a numerous local and international studies relating to urban freight, including the European Union’s Best Urban Freight Solutions (BESTUFS) project and the OECD report on urban distribution.
Russell was a founding Director and has been the Vice President of the Institute for City Logistics based in Kyoto since 1999. He is also a Team Leader of the Volvo Research and Education Foundation’s Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Urban Freight Systems. He has been involved in several studies that have estimated the economic, environmental and safety benefits of performance based standards. Russell has published over 15 books and 100 refereed publications in the field of urban freight. He is currently involved in a number of projects involving the Physical Internet.
Russell leads the Transport research program in the Centre of Disaster Management and Public Safety (CDMPS) and coordinates projects relating to the disruption and recovery of traffic networks, traffic guidance systems and humanitarian logistics.
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Russell Thompson's highlights
FEATURED Journal article
A multi-class toll-based approach to reduce total emissions on roads for sustainable urban transportation
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Developing Procedures To Evaluate Loading Dock Capacity Provision
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A multi-criteria spatial evaluation framework to optimise the siting of freight consolidat..
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Mechanical Testing Of Large Letter Tray For Roobox
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Receivers-led delivery consolidation policy: Estimating the characteristics of the most in..
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Review And Estimate The Impact And Value Of Metropolitan Heavy Vehicle Externalities
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Current research on city logistics and possible adoption in developing countries
Conference Proceedings
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Projects
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Project Types
4
Research Contracts
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Research Grant
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Internal Research Grant
Additional Information
2015 - 2017: Sarvi, Rajabifard, Seible, Thompson, Miller-Hooks, Wall, Leighton and Alison, Planning and managing transport systems for extreme events through spatial enablement, Monash University, The University of Melbourne, VicRoads, Mornington Peninsula Shire Council, ARC LP140100369, Total Funding $525k
2013-2015: S. Winter, M. Savelsbergh, M. Wallace, L. Kulik, R. Kotagiri, R. Thompson and C. Duffield, 'Integrated Mobility on Demand in urban transport infrastructures', ARC LInkage Project with VicRoads, Yarra Trams, Haasz technology Pty Ltd, Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV) Limited, Victorian Department of Transport, Australian Research Council, ARC funding $330K
Scholarly Works
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Credentials
Positions
Positions
Associate Professor In Transport Engineering
Infrastructure Engineering
Education
Education
Master of Engineering Science (Transport)
Monash University
Doctor of Philosophy
University of Melbourne
Bachelor of Applied Science (Mathematics)
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology