CSIRO – Video 1 Overview
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[Image changes to show text on a white screen: TraNSIT, Transport Network Strategic Investment Tool]
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Narrator: Strong and resilient freight supply chains are of critical importance to Australia’s economy and the livelihoods of its communities.
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They can span more than 2000 kilometers from the point of production or import through to their destination.
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Elements of a supply chain network like roads and driver restrictions can be strengthened or upgraded to improve its efficiency and resilience.
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CSIRO developed a data-driven digital platform to model these sorts of changes through what-if scenario analysis.
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These scenarios consider the current freight metrics for a given area and modelled metrics under changed conditions.
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The Transport Network Strategic Investment Tool or TraNSIT provides evidence-based analyses to inform infrastructure investments and policy decisions for transport and supply chains.
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TraNSIT modelling considers the logistics and costs associated with transport of a commodity across Australia’s road, rail, shipping and air transport networks.
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It currently models more than 850,000 supply chains between over 550,000 enterprises, representing over 28 million road freight trips and over 200,000 rail freight trips per year for 217 commodities.
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Output information includes maps and tables that are tailored for each client.
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The model relies on a comprehensive dataset based on supply chains and freight movements.
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We prioritise the most recent and best available data sourced from numerous trusted providers, including government and industry, and comply fully with confidentiality agreements and data governance standards.
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The tool has been used extensively to determine the impacts of road and rail upgrades, transport-related regulatory changes and investment in new or upgraded intermodal or processing facilities.
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Outputs have helped to target infrastructure investments that provide the highest operating cost reduction for transport users, benefiting farmers, processors and other freight providers.
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Since 2021, TraNSIT’s capability has been expanded to analyse the impacts from road closures caused by weather and other types of disruptions, determining the amount and type of freight disrupted and options for alternative supply routes.
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Whereas most analyses have been run in-house by the expert CSIRO team, a growing demand for users to set up and run their own transit applications inspired the development of a web-based tool, TraNSIT Web.
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TraNSIT Web offers users the ability to explore freight movements across Australia’s road, rail and shipping networks.
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Users can filter outputs by commodity or location and access deeper insights using built-in tools like Critical Link Analysis or the Supply Chain Benchmarking Dashboard.
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For more advanced needs, government users can run what-if scenarios such as simulating road closures or testing infrastructure upgrades and receive automated reports outlining the supply chain impacts.
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The tool also includes a closure events feature, drawing on daily road closure data from across Australia to show day-to-day disruptions and potential alternative routes.
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TraNSIT Web is available to government clients under licence.
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No technical expertise is required to use the platform, though a working knowledge of Australian freight transport will help with interpreting results.
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Regular updates add new features and refresh the underlying data.
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Separate short videos are available to help users get started and make the most of TraNSIT Web.
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