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Upali Vandebona

BSc(Eng) Ceylon, MEng AIT, PhD Monash

Upali Vandebona

Senior Lecturer


Contact Details


Office Location:
CE 508 Civil Engineering Building (H20)
Phone: +61 2 9385 5056
Fax: + 61 2 9385 6139
Email: u.vandebonaroberto@unsw.edujlo.au

Teaching Areas


  • Transport systems and operations design
  • Traffic engineering
  • Transport planning, transport infrastructure development, transport economics and environmental assessments
  • Highway Engineering

Research Areas


  • Modelling of Transport Systems
  • Development of simulation and animation models for light rail train systems and bus services. Analytical modelling related to access and reliability.
  • Facility Location
    Optimization of station locations and bus stop locations. Optimal configurations of routes and networks. Analysis of flexible routing and stopping strategies. Environmental considerations related to transport facility location.
  • Demand Modelling
    Traffic flow estimations under road pricing schemes. Analysis of public awareness and attitudes related to transport systems.
  • Air Transport
    Terminal geometry, walking distance, air traffic control strategies.
  • Intelligent Transport Systems
    Analysis of route guidance systems.Ê Modelling of traffic information delivery systems. Signage systems.

Selected Publications


U Vandebona & TS Vu (2008) Analysis of telecommuting for sustainable development of a transport system, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development Conference, January 28-29, 2008, Thailand.

TS Vu & U Vandebona (2008) Evaluation of telecommuting in traffic assignment, 30th Conference of Australian Institutes of Transport Research, December 10-12, 2008, Perth WA Australia.

H Tsukaguchi & U Vandebona (2007) Network methods for modelling collector truck routes, The 11th World Conference on Transport Research, June 24-28, 2007, Berkeley California US.

U Vandebona, H Tsukaguchi, S Sugihara S & K Yeh (2007) Comparison of attitudes toward walking in different types of cities, Proceedings of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies, EASTS 2007 - Conference of Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies, September 24-27, Dalian, China.

U Vandebona & E Ismutulla (2007) Modelling of travel time variability of transport systems, Asian Simulation and Modelling Conference (ASIMMOD 2007), January 9 - 11, 2007, Chiang-mai, Thailand.

Telecommuting and its impacts on vehicle-kilometre travelled, International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, December 10-13, 2007, Christchurch NZ.

U Vandebona & V Rossi (2006) Bus rapid-transit corridors in Sydney for a sustainable transport system: Benefits of advance detectors, Road and Transport Research, Vol15(1), pp54-60.

U Vandebona (2006) Network design concepts for subway systems, 28th Conference of Australian Institutes of Transport Research, December  6-8, 2007, UNSW Sydney.

U Vandebona & B Rossi (2006) Bus rapid transit corridors in Sydney for sustainable development, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development Conference, January 25-27, 2006, Thailand.

Yossyafra and Vandebona, U. (2002) "Modelling of Bus Passenger Collection Strategies", Proceedings of 25th Australasian Transportation Research Forum, 15p (CDROM)

Wirasinghe, S.C. and Vandebona, U. (1999). "Planning of Subway Transit Systems", Proceedings of the International Studies of Transport and Traffic Theory, Elsevier Science Ltd., pp. 759-778

Vandebona, U. and Upadhyay, P.K. (1997). "Simulation Modelling of Route Guidance Concept", Transportation Research Record 1573, pp. 44-51

Wirasinghe, S.C. and Vandebona, U. (1987). "Passenger Walking Distance Distribution in Single and Dual Concourse Centralized Airport Terminals", Transportation Research Record 1147, pp. 40-45

Richardson, A.J., Kok, Y.S., and Vandebona, U., (1983), "Microcomputers and Computer Graphics in Transport Planning and Design", Forum Papers, 8th Australian Transport Research Forum, Vol. 1., pp. 323-343

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