Public consultations–updates to the Australian Transport Assessment and Planning (ATAP) guidelines

New draft research report for comment - 20 February 2025

The ATAP Guidelines Steering Committee is releasing the following research report for public consultation:

Public consultation ends on 20 March 2025.

Please submit your comments using this comments template DOCX: 18 KB

Other recent public consultation releases

The following are ATAP drafts recently released for public consultation:

  • Valuing place effects PDF: 5 MB
  • Willingness-to-pay national survey: Report 3: Final report and survey results PDF: 4 MB
  • Willingness-to-pay by car occupants for improvements in travel times, reliability and safety: Research report PDF: 2 MB

They will remain on this site until the final versions of these reports are published on the ATAP Guidelines website.

ATAP public consultation process

Updates of the Guidelines occur in line with the ATAP work program. When a new or revised piece of guidance has been developed, it is released by the Steering Committee for public comment. Interested parties can provide their comments and/or feedback to:

The publication consultation process is as follows:

  1. Draft ATAP guidance is released for public comment for a period between 3 to 6 weeks depending on the complexity of the guidance and the time of year.
  2. Following the closure of the comment period, comments received are reviewed by the ATAP Steering Committee and updates made to the draft guidance as necessary.
  3. The final draft guidance is then approved by the Infrastructure and Transport Senior Officials Committee.
  4. The new or updated guidance is then incorporated into the ATAP Guidelines and made available on the ATAP website. Registered ATAP subscribers are then notified of the publication.

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