Traffic & Transport
Transport Planning and Advisory
Strategic transport advice — from early feasibility and options to policy input and expert review — that helps clients and authorities make sound, defensible decisions.
What it is
Transport planning and advisory is the strategic end of our work: helping clients and authorities think through transport questions before, around and above individual assessments. It spans early feasibility and options analysis for a site or project, transport input to strategic and structure planning, policy and submission advice, expert review and peer review, and general advisory support to government and industry. It's where senior judgement matters most.
When you need it
You need it when the question is bigger or earlier than a single report: is this site viable from a transport perspective; which option should we pursue; what does this policy or plan mean for transport; is this assessment sound; how do we make our case to the authority. It suits early-stage decisions, strategic planning, and situations needing an independent expert view.
Who requires it
Local government and state agencies, developers and landowners at feasibility stage, town planners and other consultancies, and organisations needing independent transport advice, review or advocacy.
What Arcvia assesses
The transport considerations relevant to your decision — access and network implications, likely authority positions, options and their trade-offs, policy and strategic context, and risk — brought together into clear, senior advice. For review work, we assess the soundness of the analysis, assumptions and conclusions in question.
What you receive
Advice in the form your decision needs — a feasibility or options assessment, a strategic transport input, a policy or submission review, a peer-review opinion, or ongoing advisory support — always written to be clear, defensible and genuinely useful to the decision at hand.
Standards, guidelines & authorities
Advice draws on the relevant Austroads guidance, planning provisions, and authority policies applicable to your question (DTP and the Victoria Planning Provisions in Victoria; TMR in Queensland), applied with judgement rather than as a checklist. We confirm the relevant framework for your question at scoping.
Information we need for your fee proposal
The question or decision you need help with; the site, project or policy context; the stage you're at; any material to review; and your timeframe.
Our process
- Scoping — understand the question and the decision it serves.
- Fee proposal — scope and fee in writing.
- Analysis/advice — bring the relevant considerations and judgement to bear.
- Advice delivered — in the form the decision needs.
- Ongoing support — continued advisory input where useful.
Frequently asked questions
It's the strategic and advisory work around transport decisions — feasibility and options at the start of a project, transport input to strategic and structure plans, policy and submission advice, and independent expert or peer review. It's broader and often earlier than a single assessment like a TIA.
Yes — an early transport read on a site (access, network, likely authority requirements, obvious constraints) can save significant time and money before you commit. We keep early advice practical and honest, including telling you where the risks are.
Yes. We provide independent review of transport assessments, models and advice — a clear, evidence-based opinion on whether the work is sound — which councils, agencies and clients often need for confidence or for a decision.
We can advise on the authority's likely position and requirements and help shape your approach and submissions. We give advice in your interest and the public interest, and we're straight about what's achievable — we don't promise outcomes we can't control.
Related services
- Traffic Impact Assessments (TIA)A traffic impact assessment is an engineering report that shows how a proposed development will affect the surrounding road network — and what, if anything, is needed to make it work safely.
- Traffic Modelling and MicrosimulationTraffic modelling and microsimulation predict how intersections and networks will perform — from a single intersection in SIDRA to a whole corridor in microsimulation.
- Safe System AssessmentsA Safe System assessment evaluates how well a road project reduces the risk of death and serious injury, using the nationally adopted Safe System framework.
- Engineering SecondmentsWe provide experienced traffic and transport engineers to work within your team — filling a capability or capacity gap for a defined period.
Sectors & locations
Servicing Victoria and Queensland.
Representative work
Have a project that needs a clear way forward?
Tell us about the decision you're facing and we'll set out how we can help and the fee.