The Centre for Connected and Automated Transport (CCAT) has today released its report ‘Transport in transition: Preparing for a connected, automated and sustainable future’. The report brings together the learnings from CCAT’s International Outreach, which took a delegation of government and industry leaders to the UK, Germany and Sweden in June 2023.
The report presents detailed learnings across a number of themes, from the imperatives for connected and automated transport, through to the ecosystem, testing and research environment, infrastructure and regulation that can support its deployment. It also exposes the clear link between the transition to connected and automated transport and the decarbonisation journey.
The report also presents CCAT’s recommendations on the way ahead for Australia and New Zealand as we prepare for connected and automated transport here. CCAT’s nine recommendations are:
- Identify the imperatives for connected and automated transport
- Establish a coordinated, government-led ecosystem
- Ensure testing and research address implementation
- Understand and prepare for the pipeline
- Prioritise the emerging challenges of public acceptance, workforce capability and data exchange
- Renew momentum to implement regulatory frameworks
- Deploy and maintain future transport infrastructure
- Recognise the interconnection with the decarbonisation journey
- Dismantle sector silos.
These recommendations are further detailed in the report.
‘CCAT’s International Outreach gave us the opportunity to learn directly from global leaders about their successes and challenges on the road to connected and automated transport,’ said CCAT Chair, Ian Webb. ‘These insights are invaluable for us as we navigate our own pathway to deployment.’
CCAT’s Executive Director, Rahila David, said ‘The International Outreach highlighted the need to think bigger than just connected and automated transport. We need to recognize the journey as one from zero emissions, to connected, to automated; and we must ensure that the transport, technology and energy silos are ready to accommodate all of these technologies together.’
You can read CCAT’s report here.