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From Policy to Permission: Why Transport Policy and Strategy Fails Without Executive and Public Endorsement
- Hosted By
- Transport Professionals Association
- Start
- 21 July 2026 at 1:00 pm
- End
- 21 July 2026 at 2:00 pm
- Where
- Interactive Meeting | Online Via Zoom
About the Event
Format Interactive Meeting - Online via Zoom
CPD 1 Point (Self-Allocated)
Tickets
| Individual Members | $40.00 |
| Student and Graduate Members | Complimentary |
| Government and Corporate Organisational Members | 20% off non-member |
| Non Members | $60.00 |
What to expect
Transport policy rarely fails due to weak evidence or poor technical design. More often, it falters at the point where political risk, executive accountability and public legitimacy intersect.
Drawing on more than 25 years leading and advising transport policy and road safety reform across government and industry - including the delivery of world-first legislative and enforcement initiatives - this session explores why well-intentioned transport strategies stall, soften or fail during implementation.
The presentation reframes transport policy as a decision and influence discipline, not simply a planning exercise. It examines how governance structures, organisational alignment and narrative framing shape whether transport policies are endorsed, defended and sustained by senior leaders.
Participants will gain practical insight into how executives and ministers assess risk beyond cost–benefit analysis, and why strategies and policies that cannot be clearly articulated or defended under scrutiny rarely progress, regardless of the evidence base.
The session introduces a practical lens for designing transport policy that decision-makers can support publicly and politically, while retaining technical integrity. It will be of particular value to policy and strategy professionals, planners, advisors and consultants working at the interface between policy development and delivery in complex transport environments.
Registrations open 21 May 2026.
For more information please contact the team at TPA.
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Learning Outcomes
- Awareness of why transport policies often stall or fail at the point of political risk, executive accountability and public scrutiny.
- Insight into transport policy as a decision and influence discipline, not just a technical or planning exercise.
- Understanding of how governance, organisational alignment and narrative framing affect policy endorsement and delivery.
- Exposure to practical approaches for designing policies that can be supported, defended and sustained by decision makers.
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Who should attend this session
- Transport policy and strategy professionals
- Transport planners working in strategic or advisory roles
- Government advisors and senior officers.
- Consultants in transport policy, strategy and public policy
- Program and reform leads within transport and infrastructure agencies
- Professionals engaging with executive and ministerial decision makers
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