6-7 August 2007 | Stamford Plaza | Brisbane
Smart Urban Transport 2007 Conference, a two-day specialist event, focussed on how to capitalise on investments in individual rapid transit projects to achieve successful networks and desired community outcomes.
Attendees learnt from invited international and Australian experts about the latest developments in transit – the challenges and solutions:
Considerable investment was being made in bus and rail transit across Australia. Critical to the long-term success of these projects was having the right framework to ensure the investments benefit the community, and to be seen to deliver these benefits. A focus on developing integrated networks and services was needed and not just on the infrastructure.
The fifth international Smart Urban Transport conference provided a forum to debate the relevant issues with leading international and Australian transport experts.
Brisbane was chosen as the location for this conference to provide conference delegates with a first hand opportunity to see how new bus rapid transit developments in Brisbane were progressing and talk to the practitioners involved from government and industry.
As an all plenary session conference, key expert speakers from Europe, the Americas, Asia, Australia and New Zealand were invited to provide in-depth viewpoints on new approaches in strategy and policy, case-studies, examples of innovations and practical approaches to dealing with the challenges.
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Venue: Stamford Hotel, Brisbane, a 5 star hotel located in the CBD on the Brisbane River.
Following on from Smart Urban Transport 2007, a separate one and half day course on Economic Appraisal of Urban Transport Projects was given by prominent transport economist, David Bray.
The national and state governments of Australia, through the Council of Australian Governments, agreed in February 2006 to adopt a standard approach to the planning and appraisal of land transport projects in Australia as described in a five volume "National Guidelines for Transport System Management in Australia". The Guidelines were prepared under the auspices of the Australian Transport Council (which comprises all Ministers for Transport) and were last updated in December 2006. The Guidelines provide a standard framework describing processes, methods and tools to assist transport planning, appraisal and decision-making. They introduce new demands for the application of cost-benefit analysis and other forms of evaluation to transport projects.
The course outlined principles that underlie economic evaluation and the framework for evaluations so that participants understood the context, objectives, approach and use of economic evaluation. It examined the costs and benefits that should be included in an evaluation, valuation of them, and the presentation and interpretation of evaluation results. The course also addressed other types of appraisal to give participants a broader perspective of the role and practice of economic evaluation. Particular consideration was given to multi-criteria analysis that encompasses the objectives of triple-bottom line evaluation. The course introduced key features of the national Guidelines on economic appraisal of urban transport projects.
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