Paul Retter National Transport Commission, Australia

Freight Technology: How Do We Ensure Public Safety

Remove ‘regulatory barriers’ to new, innovative

transport services and products

Develop national land transport laws

Independent agency

The Australian Context

The Freight

and

Passenger

Task in

Australia

• Fully automated trucks

• Fully automated trains

• Monitoring technology for driver

fatigue and distraction

Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto

Guardian Systems

World Leader

Drivers of Transport Change

Consumer

demand Market

structure

New

technology

Digital Transport Marketplaces Facilitate

transactions

resulting in the

movement of

people or goods

1990s

2010s

2017 –

Blockchain

Apps & the

‘internet of

things’

Online

Automated Vehicle

Regulation in

Australia

Small

Automated

Vehicles

Regulation in an Era of Rapid Change

Less prescription

Performance-based

Responsive and flexible

The Future:

What’s Next?

More information: www.ntc.gov.au

Paul Retter – pretter@ntc.gov.au

James Williams – jwilliams@ntc.gov.au

Ensuring Driver Safety through ADAS and Automated Vehicles

(Room 511C, 09:45 – 11:15)