Pathways to a more sustainable and inclusive transport future for Australia

Working towards a sustainable and inclusive transport future for Australia

ITS Australia is the peak body for the transport technology sector and many of our 140+ member organisations play a role at the leading edge of new and emerging technologies to improve safety and efficiency on our transport networks. A key element of these advances has been the deployment of traditional ITS and development of C-ITS, with over 20 years of steady progress both nationally and internationally building standards and trialling systems to demonstrate the benefits of cooperative intelligent transport systems and connected vehicle technology.

Transport is a fundamental requirement of high-quality, efficient, and sustainable communities. ITS Australia is committed to addressing the challenges of building future transport systems that are safe, sustainable, equitable, and accessible to all Australians.

A multi-factorial approach to decarbonising transport in Australia requires addressing a range of aspects of the transportation sector and implementing a combination of strategies. These could allow transport to play an important role in reducing our environmental footprint and GHG emissions more generally – by reducing emissions in the available fleet coming into Australia, implementing more efficient and sustainable infrastructure and services, and delivering more sustainable transport systems and networks, enabling increased active and public transport.

A non-exhaustive list of interventions to support the decarbonising of the transport sector include:

• Adoption of more stringent Fuel Efficiency and Vehicle Emission Standards
• LZEV fleet transition
• Circular low-carbon supply chains
• Public and active transport infrastructure and services
• Transport and Road user charging
• Mode shift to more sustainable transport
• Integrated transport planning