LOCAL GOVERNMENT INNOVATION AWARD

Local Government is critical to driving innovation in our transport systems. Councils often exercise the ability to make a real difference to their residents by trialing innovations such as new ways of accommodating active travel, new ways of encouraging micro-mobility, promoting ‘place’ to complement ‘movement’, or simply trialing new materials in transport infrastructure.

This award is made to an Australian or New Zealand Local Government Council (or group of Councils) and their employees who have implemented an innovative practice or design that relates to transportation and in so doing provided benefits to ratepayers and other stakeholders.

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RESEARCH-INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIP AWARD

Partnerships between research entities and industry are strongly promoted by government, private sector and academia as a means of driving innovation in a range of fields.

This prize is awarded to partnerships comprising at least one Australian or New Zealand research entity and at least one Industry Partner whose research, development and implementation support activities have made a significant improvement to operational quality and/or cost of transportation operations or transport infrastructure and in so doing achieved considerable impact for the community.

The impact for this award may include social, economic, political, technological, legal or environmental factors.

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SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE AWARD

Transport operations – whether micro-mobility, public
transport or freight of any size – require infrastructure.
This may be intermodal infrastructure for passengers
or freight, bicycle stations/precincts, foot or cycle
paths, rail or road links or a precinct encompassing
several of these or other transportation elements.

This award is made to any organisation or group
of organisations that has implemented innovative,
science-based practice to improve the sustainability
of elements of Australia’s and/or New Zealand’s
transportation infrastructure. These organisations can
be from any sector – public, private or academic.

For the purposes of this award, sustainability can
be interpreted in its broadest sense; environmental,
economic, social (including safety and security) or any combination thereof.

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RESEARCH RISING
STAR AWARD

Training of researchers is essential to ensure
sustainability of our problem-solving capabilities.
Because transportation has so many touch points with society, we need to be training experts in a broad range of disciplines – including but not limited to engineering, science, design, business,
economics and the humanities.

This award is made to an Australia or New Zealand based researcher under 35 years of age, who has made significant progress in tackling a transportation related problem in the previous 12 months as part of their research activities.

Nominees must be able to identify – when they are part of a research team – their specific contribution in the progress made. Nominees must be under 35 years of age on 31 December 2020. Nominees can self-nominate.

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LIFETIME
CONTRIBUTION AWARD

This award is presented in recognition of an
individual’s outstanding leadership and contribution
to the Australian and New Zealand land transportation
sector over 25 years or more, based on an enduring track record of research, development and implementation activities.

This award recognises an individual who has:

- An established history of rigorous first principles
and applied research
- A track record of creating implementable
outcomes from their research
- Undertaken extensive knowledge transfer, training
and education activities related to their work
- A track record of developing and mentoring
younger professionals in their field

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