Future Transport Needs Innovation

Abstract

The Future Transport: Smart Cities 2019 report, published by Roads Australia, details the findings of a study tour to North America and Canada (July 2019). Subtitled Regulatory and Technological Innovation, it suggests that structural change in the way Australia’s universities compete for funds will be necessary to transition to a future with zero emission vehicles, a network of connected autonomous vehicles, and the use of mass data and interconnectedness which will be required to use existing infrastructure efficiently. The report recommends a holistic review of the way in which governments – local, state and federal – work together in order to prepare for a future which will be shape-shifted by new vehicles and connected transport technologies