Freight Movements Shape Cities

Priscilla Radice September 2016

Principal, Arup

Embracing the Cities theme making the agenda work for us

Topics in todays presentation:

Why the focus on cities matters and how we can benefit1

Technology driving change 2

The need for open data 3

Ports then Cities

Once a symbiotic relationship…

Common themes impacting Australian capital cities

Productivity & resilience 1

Infrastructure delivery - $ and NIMBY2

Congestion3

Maintaining liveability4

Innovation & adaptability5

Affordable housing – workers where employment is 6

Common themes impacting Australian capital city ports

Freight the forgotten factor in capital city planning

1

Matching port side capacity with land side capacity - productivity

2

Land side access & modal share3

Social Licence

4

Innovation & adaptability

5

Adjusting to economic factors – mega trends & global competitiveness

6

City growth V Trade growth – the loss of symbiosis

7

Digital costs money

How will it be funded?

Rental/Yield

But we have our unique challenges

Local Government

Private

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The many moving parts are coming together

Research & Australian government initiatives

Move towards independent infrastructure bodies

Data & technology driving change

Privatisation – a louder voice

State governments taking notice to varying degrees – intermodals coming on line

1Global radical change

Disrupters are good news for freight

Land use & transport planning 1

Technology driving open market

2

Education & social licence 3

Modal integration

4

Increasing Public / Private trust & maturity5

Global lessons learnt6

Arup introduction

Over 12,000 people in more than 90 offices around the world

Over 12,000 people in more than 90 offices around the world

Our ambition is to shape a better world. That is why we strive to go further than just delivering the most high quality creative work for our clients. We also aim to leave a lasting and sustainable legacy for the future.

We invest for industry benefit

oneTransport Port cities research

Cities research

Next generation transport data – the shift to open data is vital

Transport Infrastructure

ITS and Operational Strategies

Data Analytics

Social Technologies

oneTRANSPORT is a platform for change

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It’s a collaboration of private & public sectors1

A globally standardised & scalable platform2

Enabling integrated travel for customers3

With better analysis of transport networks for operators 4

Providing information to influence travel behaviour

Development path to access other sectors data 6

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