Integrated transport planning

Tabled Report 4: 2017–18

Tabled date

2017-12-12

Report year

2017-18

Infrastructure Transport

Entities audited

Not identified in the published HTML audit scope.

Recommendations

1. QAO's text Addressed to: the Department of Transport and Main Roads (DTMR)

   assesses the merits of amending the Transport Planning and Coordination Act 1992 to require its chief executive to prepare a transport policy for the minister's approval. (Chapter 2)

2. QAO's text Addressed to: DTMR

   strengthens how its regional transport plans integrate with regional land use plans (Chapter 3)

   When both plans are developed in a region, this means documenting how:

   • regional transport plans and regional land use plans align in terms of the goals, outcomes, and input assumptions
   • transport-related actions in regional plans are considered in regional transport plans.

3. QAO's text Addressed to: sets baselines for key performance measures in all 12 regional transport plans (Chapter 4) This

   sets baselines for key performance measures in all 12 regional transport plans (Chapter 4)

   This should be based on the performance measures that are most appropriate for each region.

4. QAO's text Addressed to: develops a plan to implement the actions from the regional transport plans (Chapter 4) This

   develops a plan to implement the actions from the regional transport plans (Chapter 4)

   This should include identifying the resources it requires for each action (including transport modelling tasks), and the timeframe and priority of each action.

5. QAO's text Addressed to: updates the regional transport plans after it has implemented the actions that will help it define the problems for each region. (Chapter 3) This

   updates the regional transport plans after it has implemented the actions that will help it define the problems for each region. (Chapter 3)

   This should include:

   • defining problems for each region based on the evidence it collates when it implements the actions from the plans
   • identifying any necessary new actions
   • prioritising all actions based on the problem definition.

6. QAO's text Addressed to: DTMR

   develops performance monitoring mechanisms for the objectives of the transport coordination plan for all of its modal strategies (Chapter 2)

7. QAO's text Addressed to: updates its modal strategies and once approved, publishes them with the transport coordination plan as an integrated framework. (Chapter 2) The modal strategies

   updates its modal strategies and once approved, publishes them with the transport coordination plan as an integrated framework. (Chapter 2)

   The modal strategies should show how they support the transport coordination plan objectives.

8. QAO's text Addressed to: develops an integrated performance report to track progress against the transport coordination plan objectives. (Chapter 4) DTMR

   develops an integrated performance report to track progress against the transport coordination plan objectives. (Chapter 4)

   DTMR should periodically publish performance results against the transport coordination plan to show the extent to which it achieves the plan's objectives.

9. QAO's text Addressed to: the Department of Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning (DILGP)

   when developing future regional plans, documents its analysis of DTMR's strategic transport modelling and how it uses the modelling to inform regional plans that have a transport focus (Chapter 3)

10. QAO's text Addressed to: develops and implements a performance monitoring framework for regional plans (Chapter 4) This

    develops and implements a performance monitoring framework for regional plans (Chapter 4)

    This should detail how and who will be responsible for:

    • tracking progress against objectives and actions
    • monitoring and reporting progress on outcomes, including transport outcomes
    • identifying whether strategies are performing as expected and adjusting where required.

11. QAO's text Addressed to: clarifies how it will monitor and measure transport outcomes in its existing priority development scheme evaluations. (Chapter 4) This

    clarifies how it will monitor and measure transport outcomes in its existing priority development scheme evaluations. (Chapter 4)

    This should describe the key performance indicators, and the methods DILGP will use to measure progress, and assess and mitigate risks to the achievement of objectives.

12. QAO's text Addressed to: DTMR

    assesses and analyses the risks of not achieving the preferred transport future in ShapingSEQ and reports it to DILGP, where relevant, for the purpose of monitoring and reporting on the performance of the plan. (Chapter 3)

13. QAO's text Addressed to: improve the completeness of evidence retained to support key decisions made in developing land use plans. (Chapter 4) When testing planning scenarios, documentation for transport modelling

    improve the completeness of evidence retained to support key decisions made in developing land use plans. (Chapter 4)

    When testing planning scenarios, documentation for transport modelling should summarise the objectives, scope, assumptions, results, conclusions, any limitations, and any decisions made.

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