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The provision of adequate and secure bicycle parking facilities plays a pivotal role in promoting cycling as a viable means of transportation. These facilities are essential for both commuters and recreational cyclists. Without proper bike parking infrastructure, cyclists may resort to alternative modes of transport, undermining Victoria’s efforts to reduce traffic congestion and carbon emissions.

Vehicle swept path assessments are a critical aspect of road design and traffic management. A swept path assessment involves determining the path that a vehicle will take when it passes through a given section of the road network, or along accessways and within car parking areas. This assessment is done to ensure that there is enough space for vehicles to manoeuvre safely without causing damage to other road users or infrastructure.

Melbourne’s rapid population growth has led to significant challenges in urban development. Urban sprawl and increased reliance on cars has resulted in negative impacts on the environment, public health, and the liveability of the city.

Route Assessments form a critical component of wind farm projects to ensure the oversize and overmass vehicles are able to travel from the delivery port to the site. Hear about our approach when undertaking Traffic Impact Assessments for wind farms to ensure we provide the best possible advice for our clients.

Traffic engineering and transport planning are interrelated fields that play a crucial role in the efficient and safe movement of people and goods within a transportation system. Effective traffic engineering and transport planning is essential for reducing congestion, improving safety, and promoting economic growth.

Transport planning involves the analysis of land use patterns, population growth, and travel demand, to develop plans for the future growth and development of the transportation system.

A traffic engineer is a professional who specialises in the physical and operational aspects of the transportation system. This includes planning, design, and management of transportation systems, as well as analysing traffic flow, designing roadways, and developing traffic control systems such as signals and signs.

The TfNSW Active Transport Strategy is to increase the number of people who use active transportation modes for their daily travel. We regularly work on projects that seek to facilitate this change in travel mode and welcome the new strategy. Read more below for a summary of the document and our approach to incorporating it into our work.

Amber Organisation was established to create a lifestyle company that allowed our team to work how and where they wanted. This could mean working from different locations, at different times, and the ability to work reduced hours if required. Following the pandemic this approach now largely seems to be the new normal as we continue to improve the work life balance of our team and be at the forefront of this movement.

Austroads is an organisation that represents the road transportation agencies of Australia and New Zealand. One of their main goals is to promote the harmonisation of road transportation policies and practices with a key area of focus being temporary traffic management (TTM), which refers to the control of traffic in and around construction and maintenance sites on roads.