Research & policy
Traffic generation studies for NSW
Large-scale research for residential, business park, service station, medical centre and child-care land uses, supporting updates to NSW traffic-generation guidance.
Traffic engineering & transport planning
Clear advice for places that need to move well.
TEF Consulting delivers professional solutions in traffic engineering, transport planning and road safety, combining rigorous analysis with practical engineering for developments and transport networks.
Since 1996Independent transport expertise
End-to-endEvidence, strategy, design and review
NSW-basedExperience across public and private sectors
What we do
Specialist thinking.
Practical outcomes.
From early feasibility through approvals, detailed design and post-construction review, our work is built around clear evidence and advice clients can act on.
01
Transport planning
Integrated transport and land-use strategies, corridor planning, town-centre studies, active transport and community consultation.
View service 02Traffic engineering
Traffic impact assessments, intersection design, access strategy, construction traffic management and independent peer review.
View service 03Parking & access design
Practical layouts for cars, service vehicles, bicycles and pedestrians, supported by swept-path and vertical-clearance analysis.
View service 04Traffic & transport modelling
Intersection, network and microsimulation modelling to test development impacts, access arrangements and future scenarios.
View service 05Surveys & research
Traffic, parking, pedestrian and origin-destination surveys, special-purpose studies and evidence-led analysis.
View service 06Road safety & environment
Road safety studies, crash analysis, pedestrian planning, transport-noise assessment and environmental management advice.
View service
Transport systems, understood as a whole.
How we work
Evidence first. Design with purpose.
We combine field data, modelling and deep professional judgement to identify what matters, test options and make the preferred solution easy to understand.
- 01Understand
Define the decision, constraints and approval pathway.
- 02Test
Gather evidence and examine credible scenarios.
- 03Resolve
Deliver concise advice and buildable recommendations.
Selected experience
Work that turns complexity into direction.
Network modelling
Complex precinct and campus planning
Intersection and network modelling experience spanning health campuses, business parks, education precincts and local government transport studies.
Design
Parking, access and servicing
Detailed advice to architects and developers, including non-standard vehicles, controlled access, loading areas, ramps and certification support.
Microsimulation
Barton Highway / Ellenborough Street intersection upgrade
Aimsun microsimulation of two closely spaced, interacting intersections in Lyneham, testing roundabout, signalised and hybrid upgrade options across commuter peaks.
Transport assessment
Highfields Circuit health and education precinct
Traffic and parking assessment for a mixed-use health, education and residential precinct linking Port Macquarie Base Hospital and Charles Sturt University.
Traffic & access
Pacific Highway car wash facility, Waitara
Traffic, parking and access assessment for a proposed multi-format car wash facility at 100 Pacific Highway and Romsey Street, Waitara.
Sectors
Residential & mixed-useHealth & aged careEducation & child careCommercial & industrialLocal governmentPublic realm & active transport
People
Senior expertise stays close to the work.
Clients work directly with experienced practitioners who understand the technical detail and the wider planning context.
OS
Director
Oleg Sannikov
MEngSc (Traffic) · PEng · MIEAust · FAITPM
Oleg is a traffic and transport engineer with more than 40 years of experience in traffic and parking impact assessment, transport modelling, parking and access design, road safety, complex traffic management and expert evidence. He founded TEF Consulting in 1996.
VP
Senior Traffic Engineer / Transport Modeller
Vladimir Pantyukhin
MEngSc (Traffic Engineering)
Vladimir is a traffic and transport engineer with more than 16 years of experience in traffic, parking and road-safety studies, development impact assessment, network and microsimulation modelling, surveys, local-area traffic management, and parking, access and heavy-vehicle design.
SS
Principal Consultant
Stephen Samuels
Specialist advice on roads, transport noise and the environmental impacts of transport infrastructure.
Let’s talk
Bring us the transport question.
Tell us what you are planning, where the project stands and what decision you need to make. We will respond with a clear next step.