Transport planning or land use: who controls what?

Melbourne’s Population is planned to almost double by 2050, our road network is not forecast to double in size. The rail network may have a new link to the airport, or even a metro style link to Caulfield. Overall, as population increases, more pressure is put on our travel behaviour and how we respond. The transport network is changing, but how have we as an industry evolved? The days of traditional Transport Impact Assessment Reports are finished. Historically, impacts of land use developments traffic generation are required to be mitigated, but in a congested network, who really benefits from the improvements.What is the nexus between what is fair and equitable for a development to contribute to a network? This paper seeks to explore how our industry uses traditional tools to understand and measure the impact on the road network, through to new and innovative ways that we can assess the networks performance. This entails investigating and pull apart some of the key ingredients (inputs) in to undertaking an assessment, as well as what is needed to support an assessment. Most importantly, a policy review will seek to understand more about the link between decision makers and technical officers, with some practical examples of how some of Melbourne’s larger developments have been assessed with new and innovative techniques given.

• Authors:
  • Humphreys, R
• Conference:
  • Australian Institute of Traffic Planning and Management (AITPM) National Conference, 2015, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
• Publication Date: 2015-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 7p
• Monograph Title: 2015 AITPM Traffic and Transport Conference, 28-31 July 2015, Brisbane, Queensland

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Decision making; Economic development; Highway traffic control; Land use; Land use planning; Planning; Transportation operations; Travel demand management; Urban development
• Uncontrolled Terms: Policy and planning
• Geographic Terms: Australia; Melbourne (Australia)
• ATRI Terms: Decision process; Economic development; Land use; Traffic management; Transport demand; Transport network
• ITRD Terms: 2248: Decision process; 285: Demand (econ); 1154: Network (transport)
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01578049
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Oct 9 2015 11:30AM