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April 15, 2025

Are Australians finally ready to accept automated vehicle technologies?

CCAT Stakeholder Event summary covering EastLink's Annual Victorian Self-Driving & Electric Car Survey

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February 27, 2025

What can Australia learn from the UK's approach to connected and automated vehicles?

CCAT's Melbourne stakeholder event discussion and summary on realising the benefits of driverless vehicles from UK's experience.

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January 31, 2025

Mobility as a Service or Mobility as a Business?

Explore how autonomous vehicles will transform road networks from a public service into commercial assets, prompting governments to adapt their roles.

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December 2, 2024

2024 AGM Recap

A recap of the 2024 CCAT Annual General Meeting (AGM).

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November 29, 2024

CCAT Welcomes Four New Board Members

CCAT announces new board members from their 2024 AGM Meeting.

Autonomous Safety Technology on car in road

November 28, 2024

Advanced vehicle technologies to combat horrors of drivers losing consciousness behind the wheel

Brook Hall discusses the benefits of automated technologies in our vehicles to help fight incidents occur when driver loses consciousness.

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October 30, 2024

Brook Hall Appointed as Acting Executive Director

Brook Hall appointed as Acting Executive Director for CCAT

CCAT Event Cover Brisbane Use Cases

September 26, 2024

Brisbane Stakeholder Event: Use cases for automated vehicles in Australia

CCAT hosted a stakeholder event in Brisbane to explore automated vehicle use cases in Australia, featuring expert insights and a panel discussion.

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August 9, 2024

Webinar: C-ITS Roadmap for WA

CCAT and Main Roads WA host webinar on WA's C-ITS Roadmap, exploring the future of Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems. Read key insights.

CCAT Melbourne Event w Rahila and Special Guests

June 27, 2024

Public acceptance key to Australia's automated vehicle transition

CCAT event explores EastLink survey on public attitudes towards automated vehicles. Experts discuss trends and strategies to improve acceptance.

CCAT Stakeholder Briefing Webinar Cover

April 22, 2024

Stakeholder Briefing on National Summit

CCAT was in Melbourne attending the National Transport Commission (NTC) Industry Forum in March 2024.

NTC Industry Forum Rahila and Michael

March 27, 2024

CCAT in Melbourne for NTC Industry Forum

CCAT was in Melbourne attending the National Transport Commission (NTC) Industry Forum in March 2024.

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March 13, 2024

Get to know the CCAT Board: Sal Petroccitto

An interview with CCAT board member Sal Petroccitto on his work in the future of transport, and what excites him about the possibilities in this space.

Night highway

February 28, 2024

Commonwealth Governmnet Releases Principles for a National Approach to Co-operative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS) in Australia

Australia is embracing Co-operative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS) with agreed principles from transport ministers and industry.

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February 13, 2024

GET TO KNOW THE CCAT BOARD: EVAN WALKER

An interview with CCAT board member Evan Walker on his work in the future of transport, and what excites him about the possibilities in this space.

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February 4, 2024

GET TO KNOW THE CCAT BOARD: SIMON BERRY

CCAT's new board member Simon Berry was interviewed about his career in the connected and autonomous vehicle industry, and what he's most excited about.

Women in Driverless Vehicle

December 19, 2023

CCAT’s submission to the Draft National Road Transport Technology Strategy and CAV Action Plan.

CCAT provided a submission to the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts on their Draft National Road Transport Technology Strategy and Draft National CAV Action Plan.

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December 15, 2023

CCAT's AGM 2023: Recap of Achievements, New Board Election, and Vision for 2024

CCAT’s first AGM was held on 6 December 2023, with members in attendance both in person in Melbourne and online.

CCAT Document Mockup

October 24, 2023

CCAT publishes ‘Transport in transition: Preparing for a connected, automated and sustainable future’.

The Centre for Connected and Automated Transport (CCAT) has today released its report ‘Transport in transition: Preparing for a connected, automated and sustainable future’. The report brings together the learnings from CCAT’s International Outreach, which took a delegation of government and industry leaders to the UK, Germany and Sweden in June 2023.

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September 22, 2023

CCAT Webinar - Learnings from the International Outreach

The CCAT delegation learnt a great deal about the connected and automated transport on this international outreach program such as the policy it requires and the infrastructure that needs to be implemented for this technology to work within the Australian transport industry.

CCAT UK Trip

June 30, 2023

CCAT’s Learnings from the International Study Tour

The CCAT delegation learnt a great deal about the connected and automated transport on this international outreach program such as the policy it requires and the infrastructure that needs to be implemented for this technology to work within the Australian transport industry.

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June 30, 2023

Road infrastructure’s potential for supporting automated trucks. Learnings from Transurban’s automated truck trial

Results from Australia’s first trial involving a highly automated truck operating in live-traffic conditions are in. The trial, run by toll-road-operator Transurban, found that infrastructure to road (I2V) connectivity has potential in supporting the future transition to connected and automated vehicle (CAV) operations on Australian roads.

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May 31, 2023

CCAT's National Launch and Summit Announcement

The Centre for Connected and Automated Transport (CCAT) has held its official industry launch at Parliament House, Canberra. The industry launch of the new entity to guide Australia and New Zealand’s connected and automated transport transition, was hosted by CCAT Executive Director Rahila David. Several guests were in attendance, including speakers for the evening Ian Webb, Chair of CCAT, Rob Sharp, Secretary of Transport for NSW, Marion Terrill, Transport and Cities Program Director at Grattan

March 31, 2023

Eastlink’s Annual Victorian Self-Driving & Electric Car Survey: Latest Results

In late 2022, EastLink conducted its sixth Annual Victorian Self-Driving & Electric Car Survey. More than 11,000 motorists who use Melbourne’s EastLink participated in the latest survey, confirming the EastLink tracking survey as the largest of its kind in the world.

CCAT Launch Event

November 8, 2022

CCAT Official Launch Held in Canberra

The Centre for Connected and Automated Transport (CCAT) has held its official industry launch at Parliament House, Canberra. The industry launch of the new entity to guide Australia and New Zealand’s connected and automated transport transition, was hosted by CCAT Executive Director Rahila David. Several guests were in attendance, including speakers for the evening Ian Webb, Chair of CCAT, Rob Sharp, Secretary of Transport for NSW, Marion Terrill, Transport and Cities Program Director at Grattan

CCAT Position Statement

September 15, 2022

CCAT Releases Position Statement

The Centre for Connected and Automated Transport (CCAT) has released a Position Statement, outlining its plans, work program and frequently asked questions. CCAT will be the next iteration of ADVI - the Australia and New Zealand Driverless Vehicle Initiative - which successfully promoted and facilitated driverless technology in Australia and New Zealand for the past seven years. You can download the CCAT Position Statement here

CCAT ED Rahila David

August 31, 2022

Australia's connected and automated future takes new direction

The Centre for Connected and Automated Transport (CCAT) has appointed Rahila David as its inaugural Executive Director. CCAT will be focusing primarily on the application of autonomous and connected technology to transport rather than the development of the technology itself. Its mission is to bring together Government and industry in a new partnership to focus on how the infrastructure that is being planned, built and maintained will be able to enable a connected and automated future. Formerly

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May 25, 2022

High speed Australian rail network a boost

A high speed rail network on the east coast of Australia could boost land value and property prices around high-speed stations by up to $140 billion, preliminary research suggests. The growth in land value could be used to fund the high speed rail projects and support the creation of more liveable cities and regions, a report from the University of NSW has found. “From our estimates of infrastructure-related value uplift combined with our ‘what if’ scenarios for planning-related value uplift, th

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