Date: Friday, 21 June 2024
Location: Online, 1:00 – 2:00pm AEST
Organiser: Austroads
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Join us for a webinar aimed at helping local governments (LGs) across Australia and New Zealand to navigate the evolving landscape of connected and automated vehicles (CAVs). As managers of a large portion of the road network, LGs play a pivotal role in shaping the future of transport.
This webinar will provide an overview of an Austroads project that developed guidance to enhance LGs’ preparedness for CAV integration. The webinar will explore ten critical areas essential for LGs seeking to prepare effectively, spanning legal considerations and infrastructure readiness as well as financial impacts and stakeholder engagement. The session will also outline the proposed actions to support current and near-term vehicles with human operators and longer-term, fully automated vehicles.
The webinar will also cover a proposed LG CAV Preparedness Framework and an Inflection Point Monitoring tool developed to assist LGs with decision making amidst the evolving landscape of CAV adoption.
The webinar will start by presenting the results of the initial consultation exercise, giving context to the understanding of what LGs considered to be most useful and relevant for their needs. It will then run through an overview of the developed tools and resources.
There will be question and answer opportunities during the session.
The webinar will be presented by David Yee and Andrew Somers.
David Yee is Managing Director of Transport Management Consulting with more than 25 years’ experience in various transport management and transport technology roles across government and private industry. He has extensive experience in traffic and transport planning and operations, business and technology strategy, project and program planning and delivery, intelligent transport systems and CAVs.
Andrew Somers is a specialist consultant in future mobility and ITS and Director of Transoptim. He has extensive experience in ITS and network operations, with a focus on practical approaches to apply innovative technologies and operational strategies to deliver real outcomes.
No charge but registration is essential. Can’t make the live session? Register and we’ll send you a link to the recording.