COAG urban congestion review

At its meeting on 13 April 2007, the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) considered the report of a major inter-jurisdictional Review of Urban Congestion Trends, Impacts and Solutions. (The communiqué from the meeting is available at www.coag.gov.au).

Other urban congestion papers are also available on this page.

Urban Congestion Working Group: Critical transport modelling reviews

October 2009

Reports commissioned in 2009 by the National Transport Modelling Working Group (NTMWG) critically reviewed the current status of the modelling tools available through each of the government agencies in relation to the various models' capability in each capital city. The work identified a number of enhancements for measuring the potential impacts of demand management approaches on road outcomes such as urban congestion. The NTMWG comprises members from each of the government agencies with ownership of the transport models for the respective capital cities; the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government; and the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics.

Urban Congestion Working Group: Australian Capital City Congestion Management Case Studies	May 2009
This document presents a number of case studies by Australian jurisdictions on interventions they have undertaken to alleviate urban congestion pressures across their transport systems. Good congestion interventions can lead to significant improvements in congestion management and economic, environmental and social savings.

Improving urban congestion information for decision making: report to COAG from the Australian Transport Council

November 2008

In April 2007, COAG considered the Urban Congestion Review it had commissioned in February 2006, and tasked the Australian Transport Council (ATC) with establishing arrangements to improve urban congestion data, modelling and performance information for decision-making. The following document, 'Improving Urban Congestion Information for Decision-Making', is a progress report to COAG of mid-2008. At its 7 November 2008 meeting, ATC noted further progress with implementing agreed approaches, including establishing a National Transport Modelling Working Group, progressing improved consistency between road-based and public transport congestion indicators, a survey of business sector travel, and analyses of specific congestion initiatives.

COAG urban congestion review	April 2007
At its meeting on 13 April 2007, the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) considered the report of a major inter-jurisdictional Review of Urban Congestion Trends, Impacts and Solutions. (The communiqué from the meeting is available at www.coag.gov.au).