Documents

• International and Domestic Shipping and Ports Study by Meyrick & Associates/GHD/Booz Allen Hamilton (May 2007)

• The National Transport Data Framework
  
  This report adopts a high-level strategic planning focus with the aim of advancing a better approach to assembling data to meet long-term strategic planning of transport infrastructure development and management. The National Transport Data Framework aims to establish a mechanism to better collect, manage and exchange data. The framework is intended to facilitate access to a range of data in a consistent and coordinated way, and will provide a stable environment for delivering core services to both people and systems.

• National Guidelines for Transport System Management in Australia (2nd edition, December 2006)
  
  
  • The first edition of the Guidelines (ATC 2004a) was produced by the Guidelines Assessment Methodology Working Group (endorsed by the Standing Committee on Transport). It incorporated a generic framework, with an initial focus on non-urban land transport (road, rail, inter-modal).
  • In 2005, The Australian Transport Council (ATC) established a Guidelines Implementation Committee (GIC) to review, update and improve the Guidelines in line with learnings and feedback received during their implementation. The ATC also asked the GIC to extend the Guidelines to urban transport.
  • This second edition of the Guidelines has been produced by the GIC in response to the directive of the ATC. The Guidelines have been restructured to make them more concise, accessible and user-friendly, while maintaining rigour. The Guidelines have also been extended to urban transport.
  • The restructured Guidelines comprise five documents, with each document focusing on the needs of a particular audience
    
    
    • Volume 1: Introduction to the Guidelines and Framework - a brief overview of the direction and content of the Guidelines and Framework.
    • Volume 2: Strategic Transport Planning and Development - a detailed description of the Framework.
    • Volume 3: Appraisal of Initiatives - a comprehensive guide to appraisal of transport initiatives.
    • Volume 4: Urban Transport - supplementary material on urban transport, covering the appraisal of public transport initiatives and urban transport modelling.
    • Volume 5: Background Material - contains detailed background material that underpins the methodology outlined in Volume 2 and Volume 3 of the Guidelines.
      
      The Guidelines are available free of charge, and may be accessed by downloading it from this site or by requesting a copy on CD ROM or in printed volumes from:
      
      The Publications Officer
      Bureau of Transport and Regional Economics (BTRE)
      GPO Box 501
      Canberra ACT 2601
      Ph: 02 6274 7210
      
      

• National Transport Commission Inter-Governmental Agreement

• Establishment of the National Transport Commission

  • NRTCA Review Report
  • Rail IGA Review Report

• Provision of Marine Radio Distress and Safety Services

• School Bus Safety in Australia

• National Road Safety Strategy 2001-2010

• National Road Safety Action Plan 2003-04

• National Charter of Integrated Land Use and Transport Planning

  This Charter was endorsed in 2003 nationally by both Ministers for Transport and Ministers for Planning. It is a high level agreement committing to an agreed set of good planning practices and committing to working together to achieve better outcomes for land use and transport planning.

• National Railway Level Crossing Safety Strategy

• Draft National Railway Level Crossing Safety Strategy Action Plan - 2003

• Australia Cycling - The National Strategy 1999-2004

• Booz-Allen & Hamilton Independent Review of Rail Safety Arrangements in Australia

• Measures to Promote Effective and Efficient Container Port Practices

  Final Report prepared for the Marine and Ports Group of the Australian Transport Council by Meyrick and Associates and Tasman Asia Pacific, October 1998

• ATC Integrated National Strategy for Lowering Emissions from Urban Traffic

Last Updated: 2 July, 2007.