The Department partnered with LaTrobe University and the iMOVE Cooperative Research Centre on a project to investigate how Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs) being deployed in the Australian market will be regulated under the Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport 2002 (Transport Standards) and how they will be accessible to people with disability.

The Department is currently drafting a Consultation Regulation Impact Statement (Consultation RIS) for Stage 2 reforms of the Transport Standards. The Consultation RIS will include policy options for 54 areas of reform which have been endorsed by the National Accessible Transport Taskforce and National Accessible Transport Steering Committee. The Consultation RIS will be made available for public comment in early 2022.