This is a practical guide by the VivaCity team to generating the specific types of data that grant assessors are looking for, and how to use that data at every stage of the funding cycle.

Securing funding for transport infrastructure in Australia and New Zealand has never been more competitive, or more data-dependent. Governments at every level are demanding rigorous, objective evidence before committing to investment. In response to the 2024 road toll reaching a 12-year high in Australia, funding programs have become more targeted, performance-oriented, and demanding of continuous, multimodal data.

The challenge for most councils is that traditional methods, like expensive manual counts, pneumatic tubes, or infrequent video surveys, leave a data gap that weakens or loses bids. VivaCity’s AI computer vision sensors have been helping over 260 authorities globally, including a growing number in ANZ, to collect rich and highly accurate data on a large number of road user types and modes. This data offers actionable insights to plan, monitor, evaluate and manage schemes with data-led evidence of what is working and how to prove it.

All these insights and lessons learned by working with our clients are packed inside this guide to help you understand the mechanics of a strong transport data strategy and how it can impact securing funding for your projects.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

✅ What Funders Actually Want: Understand the logic underpinning every grant program in this space and how to answer the fundamental questions grant assessors are asking.

✅ The ANZ Funding Landscape: Detailed insights and key data requirements for major programs, including the Federal Active Transport Fund, Victoria's TAC Local Government Grant Program, Queensland Active Transport Grants, NSW Road Safety Program, and Waka Kotahi's NLTP and Active Travel Fund.

✅ The VivaCity Data Toolkit: Learn which specific datasets (from smart traffic monitoring to proactive road safety management) to use for establishing baseline demand, visualising conflict points, and post-implementation reporting.

✅ 5 Step-by-Step Scenario Guides: Practical implementation guides for securing funding across active travel infrastructure, road safety and Vision Zero schemes, public space and "place" making, monitoring temporary trials, and smart city data sharing initiatives.

✅ Overcoming Deployment Challenges: How to tackle common barriers, like a lack of suitable poles or power, using standalone permanent solar or portable battery solutions, and a structural guide on how to write the data section of your grants application.

WHAT IS IN IT FOR YOU?

If you are a transport professional at a local authority across Australia or New Zealand, this guide is designed for you. It explains in practical terms how a data-led approach builds institutional knowledge, enables evidence-based advocacy that shifts political debate, and ultimately secures permanent infrastructure funding.

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