The Auckland Regional Transport Authority (ARTA) published guidelines on undertaking integrated transport assessments (ITAs) in the Auckland region, in October 2006. These guidelines seek to ensure that adverse transport effects associated with development are avoided or minimised. This is in contrast to traditional traffic impact assessments, which seek to mitigate the effects and have a natural focus on traffic rather than other transport issues. The development of guidelines is expected to go some way towards ensuring that a transport assessment covers all aspects of the transport system and that developments, structure plans, or plan changes will be integrated with land use planning and that they will pay due regard to all relevant policies. This paper will: 1. set the context regarding the planning and transport situation in Auckland; 2. summarise the contents of the ARTA ITA guidelines; and 3. outline the availability of traffic or transport guidelines throughout Australia, and identify common grounds and inconsistencies. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E216297.
Samenvatting