Transportation and Traffic Management

• Event impacts and stakeholders - from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration website.  
• Going for Gold: Transport for London's 2012 Olympic Games, Vol 1, 2006  (79p. PDF) - House of Commons, Transport Committee. 
• Guide to Traffic and Transport Management for Special Events Version 3.4 2006 (83p. PDF) - The NSW Police, Local Government and the Roads & Traffic Authority have compiled this guide as a multi-agency approach to managing traffic and transport for special events in NSW.
• Information Kit for Event Organisers - Events affecting Public Transport, 2007 (28p. PDF) - Department of Transport, Melbourne, Vic.
• Managing Travel for Planned Special Events, 2003 (448p. PDF) - U.S. Office of Transportation Management.  Handbook written to assist responsible agencies in managing the ever-increasing number of planned special events impacting transportation system operations.  Download from website.
• The Pedestrianisation of Trafalgar Square: How Do We Deliver a Sustainable Scheme At a World Heritage Site? - download paper from European Transport Conference 2004 website.
• Planned Special Events: Checklists for Practitioners, 2006 - presents six checklists on event-specific planning for special event travel management.  Prepared by U.S. Department of Transportation,  Federal Highway Administration, Office of Transportation Management.
• Planned Special Events Traffic Management - U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration.
• Planning transport for special events: a conceptual framework and future agenda for research (Journal article) in International Journal of Tourism Research, Vol.9, No.5, 2007, pp.303-314.  (Available to UTS staff and students via Library Catalogue.  Also available via Wiley InterScience website.)
• Public transport planning for the greatest event - the 2004 Olympic Games - download paper from European Transport Conference 2003 website.
• Rail developments for Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and Shanghai 2010 World Expo (26p. PDF) Phillippe Bovy, IOC Transport Advisor.
• The role of transport in mega event organization: from bidding to legacy, 2008 (28p. PDF) - Prof. Philippe Bovy, IOC Transport Advisor.
• The XVII Commonwealth Games Manchester - July/August 2002 'Transporting the games to success' - download paper from the European Transport Conference 2003 website.
• Solving outstanding mega-event transport challenges: the Olympic experience, 2006 (3p. PDF) - Prof. Philippe Bovy, IOC transport expert. 
• Special event transport management - Transportation management during sport and cultural events, construction projects and emergencies, 2010 - from the Victoria Transport Policy Institute, this chapter describes ways of managing transport to special events, and during construction projects and disasters.
• Traffic Management Plan Checklist indicates traffic, parking, and pedestrian management techniques to mitigate anticipated problems on the day-of-event.  Part of U.S. Department of Transportation publication "Managing Travel for Planned Special Events Handbook".
• Traffic and Transport Issues - Transport Management Plan in Event Starter Guide, prepared by NSW Government, Office of Protocol and Special Events.
• Traffic and Transport Management of Special Events, 2006 (7p. PDF)  - NSW RTA checklist.
• Transport and tourism investments for hosting big events: the case of the 2013 Meditteranean Games in Volos, Greece - download paper from the European Transport Conference 2008 website.
• TravelSmart Special Events Planning Resource Kit, 2004 - includes case studies of transport issues involving  Suncorp Stadium 2003, Brisbane, Subiaco Oval, Perth, and Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.       
• World Mega-event Global Transport and Traffic Management (28p. PDF) - Metro China 2004 - Olympic Games, World Expo and development of Urban & Regional Rail Transit in China - Phillipe H. Bovy, IOC Transport Expert.