Bus, Light Rail & Ferry Investment Planning - Veitch Lister Consulting - VLC

Key team members

Ross Savedge

Principal Consultant | PT Network & Operations Planning Lead

Plan public transport services and infrastructure that improve mobility, access and customer outcomes.

Public transport investment is most effective when service planning, infrastructure needs, land use and customer outcomes are considered together. VLC helps clients plan, test and justify bus, light rail and ferry investments with clear evidence.

The challenge

Public transport networks must respond to growth, changing travel patterns, constrained road space, interchange requirements and evolving customer expectations.

Decision-makers must:

Understand current and future public transport demand
Link service planning with infrastructure investment
Plan interchanges and access improvements
Test options against patronage and service outcomes

How we help

VLC supports public transport network planning, investment planning, modelling and business case evidence.

We combine public transport planning, strategic modelling, patronage analysis, infrastructure advice and People Movement Data analysis to:

Develop and test network and service options
Assess interchanges, feeder services and priority infrastructure
Forecast patronage and customer impacts
Create practical evidence for investment and advocacy

The result is stronger alignment between public transport services, infrastructure and the outcomes communities need.

Capabilities we bring

We bring together a set of integrated capabilities to support public transport investment decisions:

Transport Analytics & Forecasting

Forecast demand, test scenarios and understand network performance.

Transport Planning

Develop evidence-based strategies that connect transport, land use, growth and delivery priorities.

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Transport Economics

Build economic evidence to compare options, support business cases and justify investments.

Strategic Advisory

Prioritise programs, align projects with objectives and support complex transport decisions.

Planning or evaluating public transport investment?

VLC can help build the evidence base for bus, light rail, ferry planning and business cases.

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