12 New and improved infrastructure for local roads

13 New and improved infrastructure for state highways

Investment in state highways and local roads where greatest economic growth and productivity impacts can be achieved through:

Investing in Roads of National Significance (RONS) to improve access through, in and out of the major urban areas

Investing in key freight and tourism routes to lift productivity and improve access to markets

Investing in infrastructure on local road networks that support RONS.

Improving journey time reliability on key routes

Easing severe congestion

Better use of existing capacity

Increasing capacity on key routes

Reducing the risk and number of fatal and serious injuries

Reducing risk from natural hazard or other transport operations disruptions

Managing adverse environmental effects from land transport.

3 Walking and cycling facilities

Improving the contribution of walking and cycling facilities investment to reducing congestion by:

Targeting investment at communities that have long term commitment to significantly increase walking and cycling as a practical and safe travel option.

Reducing the risk and number of fatal and serious injuries

Unlocking the value of past investments by completing key networks to reduce congestion.

5 Public transport infrastructure

Investment in public transport infrastructure where greatest economic growth and productivity impacts can be achieved through:

Improving journey time reliability on key routes

Easing severe congestion

Extracting the maximum value from past and current investments.

Providing more transport choices, particularly for those with limited access to a car and those vulnerable to high oil prices

Contributing to a reduction in adverse environmental effects from land transport

Making better use of existing transport infrastructure

Reducing the risk and number of fatal and serious injuries.

4 Public transport services

Economic growth and productivity through:

Improvements in journey time reliability on key routes

Easing severe congestion.

Effectiveness and economic efficiency of the investment through application of the intervention hierarchy (maintain, operate, build), which enables:

Extracting the maximum value from past and current investments

Optimal fare box recovery rates

Implementation of fare box policies across the public transport network.

Providing more transport choices, particularly for those with limited access to a car and those vulnerable to high oil prices

Network security and resilience

Contributing to a reduction in adverse environmental effects from land transport

Reducing the risk and number of fatal and serious injuries.

8 Maintenance and operation of local roads

9 Maintenance and operation of State highways

10 Renewal of local roads

11 Renewal of State highways

Effectiveness of the investment through application of the intervention hierarchy (maintain, operate, build), which enables:

Extracting the maximum value from past and current investments

Optimising capacity of the existing network on highly trafficked roads before considering new infrastructure.

Economic growth and productivity by:

Linking levels of service to the ability of a key network or route to contribute to economic growth and improved productivity.

Maintaining State highway and local road networks to ensure agreed levels of service are met for:

Reducing the risk and number of fatal and serious injuries

Network security and resilience

Managing adverse environmental effects from land transport.

2 Demand management and community programmes

Investment in demand management and community programmes where greatest economic and/or safety impacts can be achieved through:

Improving transport safety by delivering a significant part of (or significantly supporting) a relevant national road safety strategy.

Travel behaviour change resulting in easing severe congestion.

Reducing the risk and number of fatal and serious injuries

Providing more transport choices, particularly for those with limited access to a car and those vulnerable to high oil prices

Contributing to a reduction in adverse environmental effects from land transport

Contributing to the achievement of public health outcomes

Making people aware of the direct and indirect costs of their transport choices, particularly in major urban areas.

1 Transport planning

Investment in transport planning focused on:

Extracting maximum value from services and infrastructure

Areas where there is increased priority under the activity classes that are likely to be the outputs of the planning. For example, increased priority areas for planning for new and improved infrastructure for state highways and local roads are:

Roads of National Significance to improve access through, in and out of the major urban areas

Key freight and tourism routes

Supporting growth management in areas with fast growing population and employment.

Areas where focus is maintained under the activity classes that are likely to be the outputs of the planning, through achievement of GPS impacts, the purpose and objectives of the LTMA by best practice planning processes including:

Providing long term, strategic local, regional and national planning including activity management plans and road safety action plans

Ensuring integration between transport planning and land use

Creating opportunities for better integration within and between transport modes

Making the better use of existing networks and infrastructure

Managing adverse environmental impacts from land transport

Adopting a coordinated approach with relevant stakeholders.

15 Sector research

Investment in research with the greatest potential to improve the valuation of economic growth and productivity contributions and benefits of land transport activities

Investment in activity management research to improve the performance of land transport activities and assets

Investment in integrated land use and transport systems research to improve the efficiency of transport management and integrated land use.

Transport demand management

Safety, security and public health

Sustainable land transport

Environmental impacts of land transport.