Conference Aim

Assigning priority treatment to particular traffic movements on the road network has long been the cornerstone of practice for the delivery of safe and efficient transport network outcomes.

The focus has now shifted to more broadly encompass modes other than private vehicles. Along with this has come the ability to assign special priority treatments for different users (in vehicles and otherwise) to deliver economic and social outcomes. Professionals are being asked to respond to new priorities. Aiding this, technology now allows traffic and transport practitioners to be more discriminating in assigning priorities for different users.

In addition to the technical provision of priority, there is also an emerging trend for political priority setting through the political mandate established by our election cycles.

At the same time, transport planning for our cities needs to recognise long time horizons for delivery of major projects and the time needed to achieve shifts in behaviour and activity patterns which deliver more sustainable outcomes.The conference is your opportunity to contribute to traffic planning and management practice – your chance to:

Identify promising technical approaches
Help get our priorities right, and
Fairly treat all road users.