▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁International ▁Ad vis ory ▁Council ▁for ▁Paris ' s ▁New ▁M ob ility ▁Ag enda ▁Project . ▁His ▁most ▁recent ▁research ▁was ▁on ▁planning ▁decision ▁support ▁tools ▁for ▁mult im od al ▁urban ▁transport ▁systems , ▁and ▁improvements ▁to ▁urban ▁public ▁transport ▁planning ▁in ▁Australia . ▁ ▁Activ ism ▁ ▁With ▁an ▁early ▁interest ▁in ▁environmental ▁and ▁social ▁justice ▁issues , ▁Me es ▁studied ▁environmental ▁law ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁his ▁under grad uate ▁degree . ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁his ▁interests ▁seg ued ▁to ▁a ▁focus ▁on ▁sust ain able ▁transport , ▁and ▁he ▁became ▁involved ▁in ▁public ▁transport ▁advoc acy ▁through ▁the ▁Public ▁Transport ▁Users ▁Association ▁in ▁Melbourne , ▁becoming ▁President ▁of ▁the ▁organisation ▁from ▁ 1 9 9 2 ▁to ▁ 2 0 0 1 . ▁ ▁Me es ▁was ▁a ▁provoc ative ▁and ▁art ic ulate ▁contrib utor ▁to ▁public ▁deb ates ▁on ▁transport ▁planning ▁in ▁Victoria , ▁Australia ▁over ▁three ▁dec ades , ▁and ▁arg u ably ▁the ▁best - known ▁authority ▁on ▁public ▁transport ▁and ▁urban ▁planning ▁in ▁Australia . ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁the ▁many ▁public ▁platforms ▁he ▁shared ▁with ▁exper ts ▁and ▁comment ators , ▁Me es ▁was ▁a ▁sought - after ▁media ▁sp ok esp erson , ▁making ▁hundreds ▁of ▁appearances ▁in ▁both ▁print ▁and ▁electronic ▁media ▁around ▁Australia ▁over ▁the ▁dec ades . ▁Only ▁a ▁month ▁before ▁he ▁died ▁he ▁was ▁interview ed ▁on ▁ABC ▁TV ' s ▁ 7 . 3 0 ▁Report . ▁ ▁Among