Future Transport 2056

In March 2018, Transport for NSW (TfNSW) unveiled its 40-year transport blueprint: Future Transport 2056 - - a comprehensive framework to promote travel for residents, businesses and visitors that is more personal, integrated, accessible, safe, reliable and sustainable.

Location

New South Wales, Australia

Client

Transport for NSW

Integrating Long-term Land use Planning with Transport

It was released alongside the draft Greater Sydney Region Plan – the first time such long-term land-use planning has been directly integrated with transport.

WSP assisted in developing policy, service and infrastructure plans for both the Greater Sydney Metropolitan area (8 million people) as well as Regional NSW (4 million people) by 2056, and were seconded into Transport for NSW’s Future Transport team on an extended basis to provide technical and strategic advice.

We co-designed a strategic land use and transport plan for the next 40 years which included the establishment of Global Gateway cities such as Canberra and Newcastle to support other centres in Regional NSW.

We were motivated by ten customer outcomes including:

Flexible transport services
Embracing new technology
Movement and place framework
Supporting centres with appropriate transport services and infrastructure
Responding to changes in land use, population and demand
Economic development is enabled by regional transport services and infrastructure
Safety
Network Resilience
Accessibility to employment and services
Improved connectivity, integrated services and better use of capacity.

Together with our client, we developed new approaches to the provision of public transport services and road infrastructure in regional areas through the introduction of future mobility measures such as connected and automated vehicles and shared mobility.

Duration of Plan

40 years

Expected Population in Metropolitan Areas by 2056

8 million

Expected Population in Regional Areas by 2056

4 million