JANUARY-JUNE 2016

GREATER KEY CORRIDORS PERFORMANCE REPORT Contents

GREATER BRISBANE ROAD NETWORK 1 Report findings 1 Highlights 1

GREATER BRISBANE KEY CORRIDORS 2

CORRIDOR TRAFFIC VOLUME SUMMARY 4

NETWORK VEHICLE KILOMETRES TRAVELLED SUMMARY 6 Traffic volume and vehicle kilometres travelled 6

CORRIDOR AVERAGE SPEED 7

AVERAGE NETWORK SPEED SUMMARY 9 Average speed 9

CAUSES OF CONGESTION: CASE STUDY 10

STATE GOVERNMENT CONGESTION INITIATIVES 11 : Rocklea to Darra – Stage 1 and Oxley roundabout 11 Gateway Upgrade North 12 and Junction Road 12

COUNCIL CONGESTION INITIATIVES 13 Telegraph Road corridor upgrade project: Stage 1B detailed design and Stage 2 concept design 13 Congestion reduction projects for January to June 2016 15

BRISBANE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT CENTRE (BMTMC): CASE STUDY 16

FACTORS AFFECTING NETWORK PERFORMANCE 17

B GREATER BRISBANE ROAD NETWORK

This report provides information on the traffic Report findings volume and average speed for the Greater Brisbane key transport corridors over the January to June There are 38 key corridors, covering 337.5 kilometres, in the 2016 period. The corridors include Brisbane City Greater Brisbane area. Council (Council) and Department of Transport and Network vehicle kilometres travelled increased by 0.7% from Main Roads (TMR) managed roads. 2015 to 2016 for the January to June period.

A new Transport and Main Roads’ corridor, Mt Gravatt-Capalaba AM peak average network speed on the 38 corridors is Road-Kessels Road-Riawena Road-Granard Road, has been 39.1 km/h. PM peak average network speed is 39.7 km/h. introduced in this report.

Network summaries are presented in vehicle kilometres travelled (VKT) and average network speeds. The report includes information on initiatives being undertaken by both organisations to manage congestion on the road network.

Highlights Bruce is the busiest corridor with an average daily volume of 157,877 vehicles per day Logan Road (1) is the least busy with 21,566 vehicles Network vehicle kilometres travelled per day increased by 0.7% from the same In the AM peak, February saw the lowest average speed at 37.1 km/h while January had the highest average speed period last year. at 44.5 km/h 39.1 In the PM peak, June had the lowest average speed at 38.7 km/h and January had the highest average speed at AM peak average 43 km/h In the AM peak, Centenary Highway (2) is the fastest at network speed is an average speed of 69 km/h; slowest is Stanley Street at 39.1 km/h 17.2 km/h In the PM peak, is the fastest at 84.5 km/h 39.7 and slowest is Road at 20.1 km/h PM peak average Between 2015 and 2016, AM peak average speed on Council’s 18 key corridors increased by 1.1 km/h (4.3%) network speed is from 27.8 km/h to 28.9 km/h. PM peak average speed also 39.7 km/h improved by 1.4 km/h (4.1%) from 33.3 km/h to 34.7 km/h.

Compiled by Council, with data and analysis jointly undertaken by Council and Transport and Main Roads. Incident data provided by the Brisbane Metropolitan Transport Management Centre (BMTMC).

1 GREATER BRISBANE KEY CORRIDORS

NORTH LAKES

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STRATHPINE

10 4b

BOONDALL

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CHERMSIDE

6 TOOMBUL 4a 9a 5a HAMILTON ASHGROVE THE GAP 7 3 EAGLE FARM WYNNUM 8 2 MANLY MILTON 1 FORTITUDE VALLEY MORNINGSIDE MURARRIE AUCHENFLOWER 12 26

13a SOUTH BANK 24 COORPAROO 13b 23 25a CARINDALE KENMORE STONES CORNER 17 YERONGA 13c HOLLAND PARK 14 ANNERLEY CAPALABA 25b OXLEY 18 CLEVELAND 19a

15 a MOUNT GRAVATT ROCKLEA INALA/DURACK 22 20a THORNLANDS 16a 19b 27

WACOL 21 15b IPSWICH 16b GOODNA REDLAND BAY

FOREST LAKE

SLACKS CREEK

DAISY HILL MOUNT COTTON 20b

SHAILER PARK SPRINGFIELD LAKES BROWNS PLAINS

LOGANLEA

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Brisbane River Motorways State roads Brisbane CBD

Note: This map is not drawn to scale.

2 ROAD START END LENGTH REGION OWNER CORRIDOR NAME () (INTERSECTION) (KM)

Council Inner City Bypass eastbound* 1 Hale Street and Cooksley Street and Kingsford Smith Drive 5.6 Cooksley Street and Kingsford Council Inner City Bypass westbound* 2 Hale Street and Milton Road 5.6 Smith Drive Kingsford Smith Drive- Links Avenue and Kingsford Montpelier Road and Breakfast Council 3 5.5 Breakfast Creek Road Smith Drive Creek Road Lutwyche Road-Bowen Council 4a Norman Avenue and Lutwyche Road and Bowen Bridge Road 3.9 Bridge Road TMR Gympie Road 4b Bruce Highway and Gympie Road and Kedron Park Road 9.5 NORTH TMR Bruce Highway 4c Bruce Highway and Boundary Road Bruce Highway and Gateway Motorway 10.1 Sandgate Road-Abbotsford Council 5a Bayview Terrace and Sandgate Road Campbell Street and Abbotsford Road 3.9 Road TMR Sandgate Road 5b Sandgate Road and Roghan Road Sandgate Road and Junction Road 8.3 East-West Arterial Road- East-West Arterial Road and Southern TMR 6 Stafford Road and South Pine Road 9.4 Stafford Road Cross Way

Council Kelvin Grove Road 7 Samford Road and Enoggera Road Musgrave Road and Kelvin Grove Road 4.2 -Musgrave Council 8 Settlement Road and Waterworks Road Kelvin Grove Road and Musgrave Road 8.1 Road Jubilee Terrace-Wardell TMR 9a South Pine Road and Stafford Road Frederick Street and Milton Road 8.7 Street Old Northern Road and Albany Creek TMR Old Northern Road 9b South Pine Road and Stafford Road 7.8 Road NORTH-WEST Albany Creek Road-South TMR 10 Kremzow Road and Gympie Road Albany Creek Road and Gympie Road 12.6 Pine Road TMR Strathpine Road 11 and Dohles Rocks Road Gympie Road and Kremzow Road 7.4

Council Milton Road 12 Croydon Street and Milton Road Petrie Terrace and Milton Road 2.7 Council Coronation Drive 13a High Street and Benson Street Boomerang Street and Coronation Drive 2.6 Council (1) 13b Russell Terrace and Moggill Road Coronation Drive and High Street 3.3 Moggill Road and TMR Moggill Road (2) 13c Moggill Road and Birkin Road 13.3 ramp Munbilla Street Pedestrian Crossing Moggill Road Roundabout and Coonan Council Oxley Road-Coonan Street 14 8.4 and Oxley Road Street Western Freeway and Ipswich TMR Centenary Highway (1) 15a Western Freeway and Miskin Street 12.6 Motorway SOUTH-WEST Centenary Highway and West of TMR Centenary Highway (2) 15b Western Freeway and Ipswich Motorway 14.2 Augusta Parkway Ipswich Motorway and Brisbane Road- TMR Ipswich Motorway 16 a Ipswich Motorway and Granard Road 20.7 River Road TMR Brisbane Road 16 b Brisbane Road and East Street Brisbane Road and River Road 7.8

Council Fairfield Road- 17 Sherwood Road and Fairfield Road Stanley Street and Annerley Road 6.8 Ipswich Road-Main Street- Council 18 Hamilton Road and Ipswich Road Ann Street and Gipps Street 9.4 Bradfield Highway Old Cleveland Road and Montague Council Logan Road (1) 19a Klumpp Road and Logan Road 7.4 Street Logan Road and Mt Gravatt-Capalaba TMR Logan Road (2) 19b Logan Road and Underwood Road 4.7 Road Pacific Motorway and Gateway TMR Pacific Motorway (1) 20a Pacific Motorway and CBD 15.8 SOUTH Pacific Motorway and Beenleigh Pacific Motorway and Gateway TMR Pacific Motorway (2) 20b 16.9 (North) exit Interchange Mt Lindesay Highway and Park TMR Beaudesert Road 21 Granard Road and Ipswich Motorway 18.5 Ridge Interchange Mt Gravatt-Capalaba Road- Gateway Motorway Interchange and Mt TMR Kessels Road-Riawena Road- 22 Ipswich Road and Granard Road 11.5 Gravatt-Capalaba Road Granard Road

Old Cleveland Road and Cavendish Council Stanley Street (westbound) 23 Grey Street and Vulture Street 4.1 Road Old Cleveland Road and Cavendish Council Vulture Street (eastbound) 24 Grey Street and Vulture Street 4.1 Road Montague Street and Old Cleveland Council Old Cleveland Road (1) 25a Creek Road and Old Cleveland Road 5.9 Road EAST TMR Old Cleveland Road (2) 25b Finucane Road and Delancey Street Old Cleveland Road and Tilley Road 10.7 Council Wynnum Road 26 Belmont Road and Wynnum Road south approach 10.5 Cleveland-Redland Bay Road and Cleveland-Redland Bay Road and TMR Cleveland-Redland Bay Road 27 9.1 German Church Road South Street Note: * Each direction of the Inner City Bypass is treated as a separate corridor.

3 CORRIDOR TRAFFIC VOLUME SUMMARY AVERAGE SIX-MONTH VOLUMES (JANUARY-JUNE 2016)

22,500 45,000 67,500 90,000 112,500 135,000 157,500 180,000

1 AM PEAK/HR 3,942 55,032 Inner City Bypass DAILY 3,746 eastbound PM PEAK/HR

2 AM PEAK/HR 3,672 Inner City Bypass DAILY 48,476 westbound PM PEAK/HR 3,485

3 AM PEAK/HR 4,349 Kingsford Smith Drive- DAILY 62,828 Breakfast Creek Road PM PEAK/HR 3,934

4a AM PEAK/HR 4,266 Lutwyche Road- DAILY 63,153 Bowen Bridge Road PM PEAK/HR 4,214

4b AM PEAK/HR 4,715 DAILY 73,147 Gympie Road NORTH PM PEAK/HR 4,495

4c AM PEAK/HR 9,638 DAILY 157,877 Bruce Highway PM PEAK/HR 10,284

5a AM PEAK/HR 2,770 Sandgate Road- DAILY 39,007 Abbotsford Road PM PEAK/HR 2,534

5,308 5b AM PEAK/HR DAILY 72,941 Sandgate Road PM PEAK/HR 4,266

6 AM PEAK/HR 3,535 East-West Arterial DAILY 57,433 Road-Stafford Road PM PEAK/HR 3,534

3,937 7 AM PEAK/HR DAILY 53,220 Kelvin Grove Road PM PEAK/HR 3,612

8 AM PEAK/HR 1,977 Waterworks Road- DAILY 27,123 Musgrave Road PM PEAK/HR 2,076

9a AM PEAK/HR 2,069 Jubilee Terrace- DAILY 28,150 Wardell Street PM PEAK/HR 1,848

9b AM PEAK/HR 3,093 DAILY 41,648 NORTH-WEST Old Northern Road PM PEAK/HR 2,939

10 AM PEAK/HR 3,118 Albany Creek Road- DAILY 42,475 South Pine Road PM PEAK/HR 3,195

1,652 11 AM PEAK/HR DAILY 27,938 Strathpine Road PM PEAK/HR 2,099

3,304 12 AM PEAK/HR DAILY 46,623 Milton Road PM PEAK/HR 2,989

13a AM PEAK/HR 5,323 DAILY

SOUTH-WEST 73,387 Coronation Drive PM PEAK/HR 4,832 22,500 45,000 67,500 90,000 112,500 135,000 157,500 180,000 NUMBER OF VEHICLES

4 22,500 45,000 67,500 90,000 112,500 135,000 157,500 180,000

13b AM PEAK/HR 2,440 DAILY 36,399 Moggill Road (1) PM PEAK/HR 2,416

2,256 13c AM PEAK/HR DAILY 33,543 Moggill Road (2) PM PEAK/HR 2,302

14 AM PEAK/HR 2,180 Oxley Road- DAILY 31,464 Coonan Street PM PEAK/HR 2,533

15a AM PEAK/HR 6,344 Centenary DAILY 95,878 Highway (1) PM PEAK/HR 6,488

SOUTH-WEST 15b AM PEAK/HR 2,124 Centenary DAILY 29,659 Highway (2) PM PEAK/HR 2,171 6,490 16 a AM PEAK/HR DAILY 95,192 Ipswich Motorway PM PEAK/HR 5,807

1,831 16 b AM PEAK/HR DAILY 28,627 Brisbane Road PM PEAK/HR 1,796

17 AM PEAK/HR 2,302 Fairfield Road- DAILY 27,402 Annerley Road PM PEAK/HR 2,122 18 AM PEAK/HR 3,149 Ipswich Road- DAILY 50,395 Main Street- PM PEAK/HR 3,204 Bradfield ,873 19a AM PEAK/HR DAILY 21,566 Logan Road (1) PM PEAK/HR 1,693

19b AM PEAK/HR 1,333 DAILY 25,693 Logan Road (2) PM PEAK/HR 1,603

AM PEAK/HR 9,856

SOUTH 20a DAILY 150,048 Pacific Motorway (1) PM PEAK/HR 9,848

20b AM PEAK/HR 8,699 DAILY 152,014 Pacific Motorway (2) PM PEAK/HR 10,242

21 AM PEAK/HR 2,975 DAILY 45,260 Beaudesert Road PM PEAK/HR 2,540

22 Mt Gravatt-Capalaba AM PEAK/HR 2,916 Road-Kessels Road- DAILY 49,269 Riawena Road- PM PEAK/HR 3,289 Granard Road

23 AM PEAK/HR 2,165 Stanley Street DAILY 27,235 (westbound) PM PEAK/HR 1,564

24 AM PEAK/HR 1,559 Vulture Street DAILY 30,732 (eastbound) PM PEAK/HR 2,512

25a AM PEAK/HR 2,687 Old Cleveland DAILY 36,360 Road (1) PM PEAK/HR 2,626

EAST 25b AM PEAK/HR 4,145 Old Cleveland DAILY 58,633 Road (2) PM PEAK/HR 3,989 2,406 26 AM PEAK/HR DAILY 39,076 Wynnum Road PM PEAK/HR 2,764

27 AM PEAK/HR 1,521 Cleveland-Redland DAILY 21,776 Bay Road PM PEAK/HR 1,482 22,500 45,000 67,500 90,000 112,500 135,000 157,500 180,000 NUMBER OF VEHICLES

5 NETWORK VEHICLE KILOMETRES TRAVELLED SUMMARY AVERAGE VEHICLE KILOMETRES TRAVELLED FOR 38 KEY CORRIDORS BY MONTH

Traffic volume and vehicle periods are the same for both Transport and Main Roads and Council corridors, 4pm to 7pm. The monthly AM and PM peak per kilometres travelled hour traffic volumes are the average hourly volume for the month over the corresponding AM and PM peak periods, respectively. All traffic volume data includes weekdays only and excludes public holidays. Traffic volumes on Vehicle kilometres travelled (VKT) is a measure of traffic demand on the road network. It is the length of a section of road in kilometres Transport and Main Roads’ corridors were taken at multiplied by the average traffic volume on that section. The daily the road segment with the highest volume. Council VKT is the product of the length of the road and average daily traffic corridor traffic volumes were taken in the middle (ADT). The monthly VKT is the daily VKT multiplied by the number segment of the corridors. of days in the analysis period.

The average daily traffic volume for the month is the number of The AM peak monthly VKT is the product of the length of the road, vehicles utilising the corridor per day, averaged over all weekdays of the average AM peak hourly traffic volume and number of days in the month (excluding public holidays). the analysis period.

AM peak period for Transport and Main Roads’ corridors is from The PM peak monthly VKT is the product of the length of the road, 6am to 9am as the Transport and Main Roads’ network is utilised the average PM peak hourly traffic volume and number of days in earlier, particularly on the outer edges of the Greater Brisbane road the analysis period. network (for example, Bruce Highway, Pacific Motorway and so on). Council corridors’ AM peak period is from 7am to 9am. PM peak The network VKT is the sum of all the corridors in the network.

VEHICLE KILOMETRES TRAVELLED (in millions) 0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500

6 MONTH 2016 182.8181.9 2,242.1 AM ▲ 0.5% PM ▲ 0.9% DAILY ▲ 0.7% TOTAL 2015 181.8180.3 2,225.5

0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500

0 100 200 300 400 500

2016 27.927.1 358.5 JAN AM ▼ -1.3% PM ▼ -3.2% DAILY ▼ -1.7% 2015 28.228.0 364.7

2016 29.7 30.0 388.9 FEB AM ▲ 0.7% PM ▲ 2.3% DAILY ▲ 5.3% 2015 29.6 29.4 369.2

2016 30.4 30.7 378.8 MAR AM ▲ 0.8% PM ▲ 2.3% DAILY ▲ 0.9% 2015 30.1 30.0 375.6

2016 31.1 31.3 381.5 APR AM ▼ -1.7% PM ▼ -0.8% DAILY ▲ 3.0% 2015 31.6 31.5 370.2

2016 32.1 31.6 370.0 MAY AM ▲ 1.5% PM ▲ 2.1% DAILY ▼ -1.4% 2015 31.6 30.9 375.2

2016 31.5 31.2 364.5 JUN AM ▲ 3.0% PM ▲ 2.4% DAILY ▼ -1.7% 2015 30.6 30.4 370.6

0 100 200 300 400 500

AM PEAK/HR 2016 PM PEAK/HR 2016 ADT 2016 AM PEAK/HR 2015 PM PEAK/HR 2015 ADT 2015

6 CORRIDOR AVERAGE SPEED AVERAGE SIX-MONTH SPEED (JANUARY-JUNE 2016)

0 20 40 60 80 100

1 AM 55.55 KM/HR Inner City Bypass eastbound PM 55.76 KM/HR

2 AM 46.79 KM/HR Inner City Bypass westbound PM 58.63 KM/HR

3 AM 25.49 KM/HR Kingsford Smith Drive- Breakfast Creek Road PM 37.13 KM/HR

4a AM 27.08 KM/HR Lutwyche Road- Bowen Bridge Road PM 31.60 KM/HR

4b AM 22.81 KM/HR Gympie Road PM 20.11

NORTH KM/HR

4c AM 50.04 KM/HR Bruce Highway PM 84.45 KM/HR

5a AM 31.22 KM/HR Sandgate Road- Abbotsford Road PM 37.86 KM/HR

5b AM 31.05 KM/HR Sandgate Road PM 28.20 KM/HR

6 AM 25.76 KM/HR East-West Arterial Road-Stafford Road PM 23.88 KM/HR

7 AM 22.51 KM/HR Kelvin Grove Road PM 33.73 KM/HR

8 AM 30.29 KM/HR Waterworks Road- Musgrave Road PM 35.64 KM/HR

9a AM 26.93 KM/HR Jubilee Terrace- Wardell Street PM 24.47 KM/HR

9b AM 26.99 KM/HR NORTH-WEST Old Northern Road PM 26.88 KM/HR

10 AM 36.05 KM/HR Albany Creek Road- South Pine Road PM 37.02 KM/HR

11 AM 31.65 KM/HR Strathpine Road PM 26.83 KM/HR

12 AM 29.57 KM/HR Milton Road PM 30.17 KM/HR

13a AM 19.94 KM/HR SOUTH-WEST Coronation Drive PM 35.24 KM/HR

0 20 40 60 80 100 AVERAGE SPEED (KM/HR)

7 0 20 40 60 80 100

13b AM 31.07 KM/HR Moggill Road (1) PM 25.84 KM/HR

13c AM 42.44 KM/HR Moggill Road (2) PM 47.40 KM/HR

14 AM 28.44 KM/HR Oxley Road- Coonan Street PM 33.39 KM/HR

15a AM 42.64 KM/HR Centenary Highway (1) PM 45.78 KM/HR

SOUTH-WEST 15b AM 69.04 KM/HR Centenary Highway (2) PM 76.96 KM/HR

16 a AM 51.49 KM/HR Ipswich Motorway PM 61.18 KM/HR

AM 16 b 37.76 KM/HR Brisbane Road PM 36.96 KM/HR

17 AM 30.64 KM/HR Fairfield Road- Annerley Road PM 36.66 KM/HR 18 AM 27.21 KM/HR Ipswich Road- Main Street- PM 29.51 KM/HR Bradfield Highway

19a AM 35.19 KM/HR Logan Road (1) PM 35.41 KM/HR

19b AM 30.75 KM/HR Logan Road (2) PM 29.22 KM/HR

AM

SOUTH 20a 57.56 KM/HR Pacific Motorway (1) PM 51.02 KM/HR

20b AM 43.97 KM/HR Pacific Motorway (2) PM 54.11 KM/HR

21 AM 40.10 KM/HR Beaudesert Road PM 42.77 KM/HR

22 Mt Gravatt-Capalaba AM 39.32 KM/HR Road-Kessels Road- Riawena Road- PM 35.17 KM/HR Granard Road

23 AM 17.20 KM/HR Stanley Street 24.85 KM/HR (westbound) PM

24 AM 25.64 KM/HR Vulture Street 24.86 KM/HR (eastbound) PM

25a AM 28.54 KM/HR Old Cleveland 35.49 KM/HR Road (1) PM

EAST 25b AM 46.90 KM/HR Old Cleveland 45.02 KM/HR Road (2) PM

26 AM 25.16 KM/HR Wynnum Road PM 32.42 KM/HR

27 AM 46.51 KM/HR Cleveland-Redland 44.10 KM/HR Bay Road PM

0 20 40 60 80 100 AVERAGE SPEED (KM/HR)

8 AVERAGE NETWORK SPEED SUMMARY AVERAGE SPEED OF 38 KEY CORRIDORS

Average speed 69.04 KM/HR Average speed in kilometres per hour is a measure Average travel times were collected during the AM and PM peak of traffic efficiency on the road network. periods to calculate the average speed of the corridor. Peak 51.49 KM/HR periods are similarly defined as in the VKT calculations. 61.18 KM/HR Average speed is calculated using travel times collected from Transport and Main Roads’ and Council’s extensive network AM peak travel time is taken as the inbound direction while of Bluetooth scanners within the Greater Brisbane road the PM peak travel time is the outbound direction. network. Average corridor speed includes delays at signalised intersections.

AVERAGE SPEED (KM/HR) 0 10 20 30 40 50 60

39.1 6 MONTH 2016 KM/HR AVERAGE 39.7 KM/HR

44.47 JAN 2016 KM/HR 42.99 KM/HR

37.09 KM/HR FEB 2016 39.61 KM/HR

37.35 KM/HR 2016 MAR 39.22 KM/HR

38.77 KM/HR APR 2016 39.03 KM/HR

37.74 MAY 2016 KM/HR 38.70 KM/HR

39.46 KM/HR JUN 2016 38.68 KM/HR

0 10 20 30 40 50 60

AM PEAK 2016 PM PEAK 2016

9 CAUSES OF CONGESTION: CASE STUDY

There are two types of road congestion – Roads’ controlled roads in Greater Brisbane using 2014 data. recurring and non-recurring. Bottlenecks are the largest contributor to congestion, followed by incidents, weather, then roadworks and special events. Recurring congestion occurs when the volume of traffic exceeds the infrastructure capacity. The primary cause of road-based The Government is actively working on mitigating recurring congestion is excessive demand (which usually occurs congestion in . The state government in peak hour) and bottlenecks (a location where the capacity is increasing capacity on the worst-affected roads, minimising of a road is suddenly reduced, for example, when a motorway disruptions (e.g. through incident management and roadworks reduces from three lanes to two). Non-recurring congestion management) and managing demand by encouraging people occurs when there is an unexpected delay due to incidents to travel in off-peak periods and encouraging them to make (vehicle accidents and breakdowns), roadworks, weather and informed decisions before travelling. Collectively, these measures special events. are helping to improve travel time reliability and efficiency.

The congestion pie chart shows the relative components of each of these causes of congestion for Transport and Main

Known causes of road congestion in Brisbane

Cause Range

Infrastructure bottlenecks 50-60%

Incidents 25-35%

Weather 5-15%

Roadworks 0-5%

Special events 0-5%

Infrastructure bottlenecks

Incidents

Weather

Roadworks

Special events

10 STATE GOVERNMENT CONGESTION INITIATIVES

Transport and Main Roads has a number of policies, strategies and projects which are addressing traffic congestion in Greater Brisbane, including those listed below.

Improved incident management including traffic Increased capacity – there have been significant projects to response units (with Council). address the growing traffic demands on the road network Signal network optimisation. such as Gateway Upgrade North, Ipswich Motorway, and Sandgate and Junction roads intersection. Managed motorway operations (e.g. South East Freeway ramp signalling, Ipswich Motorway Lane Use Management, Development of a draft Smarter Solutions: Network Port of Brisbane Variable Speed Limit operations and Bruce Optimisation Framework to help identify low-cost and Highway ramp signals and variable speed limits). non-infrastructure solutions that effectively respond to capacity and reliability constraints across Queensland’s The development of tools to quantify excessive congestion transport network and within our current fiscal (accepting that a certain level of congestion is inevitable), environment. and using this to prioritise possible upgrades to the network (intersection and route ranking), and quantify the Travel options and travel information – creating a public causes of congestion. This tool will assist transport planning transport and active transport network that has greater and road operations. accessibility, frequency and reliability (ongoing funding of principal cycle network, 13 19 40 traffic and traveller State-wide rollout of Emergency Vehicle Priority on information, real-time bus information, enhanced train Transport and Main Roads’ controlled roads (with Council). timetable). Improved traffic management at roadworks. Using the Queensland Government’s Project Assurance Framework in investment decision-making to maximise the benefits returned to government from project investments.

Ipswich Motorway: Rocklea to Darra – Stage 1 and Oxley roundabout

The project upgrades a 3 km section of the Ipswich Motorway from Granard Road, Rocklea to Oxley Road, Oxley. This is the next most critical section of the remaining 7 kms of the Ipswich Motorway still to be upgraded. More than 85,000 vehicles use the motorway daily including 12,000 commercial vehicles.

This section is a very constrained corridor, passing through high-density commercial industrial precincts. The project will include upgrading 3 km of the motorway from four to six lanes, constructing higher bridges over and a new southern service road connection from Boundary Road to Factory Road.

Works will be staged to effectively manage the upgrade of the motorway while under live traffic conditions. The project will improve traffic flow and reduce congestion creating more reliable, consistent travel times. It will also improve safety, local connectivity and flood immunity. The contract for design and construction is expected to be awarded in the first half of 2017. Ipswich Motorway

11 Gateway Upgrade North

This $1.143 billion project will ease congestion and improve safety on one of Queensland’s busiest motorways. Once completed, the project from Nudgee to Bracken Ridge will increase capacity and freight efficiency along this important corridor.

Carrying more than 83,000 vehicles a day, the Gateway Motorway North is experiencing high levels of congestion. The project will not only reduce this congestion, but also improve safety and increase efficiency of the city’s motorway network and connectivity to key urbanised areas.

In particular, the Deagon section has a poor traffic incident record and a high number of merge/weave movements, highlighting the need for significant safety improvements.

The upgrade aims to benefit the community by improving motorist safety, reducing congestion and accommodating future traffic growth.

The 11.3 km project includes upgrading the motorway from four to six lanes between Nudgee and Deagon, reconfiguring the Nudgee interchange and providing a grade-separated interchange between the Gateway Motorway and the at Deagon.

Early works began in 2014, and major construction activities commenced in early 2016. This project is scheduled for completion in late 2018.

The Australian Government and Queensland Government have committed funding for the Gateway Upgrade North. Gateway Upgrade North

Sandgate Road and Junction Road

The intersection at Sandgate Road and Junction Road, Clayfield is one of the busiest intersections on Brisbane’s north side, with more than 51,000 vehicles passing through each day. This $6.9 million upgrade will boost safety for all road users and improve travel times and the efficiency of one of Brisbane’s major arterial roads. The upgrade includes modifications to lanes, medians and some footpaths.

This project is funded by the Queensland Government and is expected to be completed by 2017, weather permitting.

Asphalt works on Sandgate Road and Junction Road

12 COUNCIL CONGESTION INITIATIVES

Council’s key congestion reduction initiatives include:

Brisbane Metropolitan Transport Management Centre Pedestrian Countdown Timers (with TMR) Left Turn on Red Emergency Vehicle Priority (EVP) (with TMR) Modular Infrastructure POD Traffic Response Units (with TMR) Bluetooth Travel Time Monitoring Network Sydney Coordinated Adaptive Traffic System Arterial Road Program of Intersection Improvements. Variable Message Signs program Closed-Circuit Television program

Telegraph Road corridor upgrade providing a U-turn facility 400 metres from the Telegraph Road and Norris Road intersection project: Stage 1B detailed design providing a U-turn facility at the intersection of Telegraph and Stage 2 concept design Road and Mustang Street, travelling eastbound.

Council has finalised Stage 1B detailed design and In December 2015, Council announced funding for design of Stage 2 concept design of the Telegraph Road and the Telegraph Road and Lemke Road corridor upgrade project Stage 2 had been brought forward. The project will upgrade the Lemke Road corridor upgrade project. Telegraph Road and the Depot Road corridors from Mustang These upgrades will improve safety, travel times and flood Street to the Gateway Motorway on/off ramps in Deagon and immunity, while catering for future traffic demands and reducing Lemke Road South to the Sandgate Hawks AFL clubhouse. It will current congestion. Once complete, the corridor will improve link with the Depot Road upgrade currently being planned as part access to major transport corridors to the north and south, of Transport and Main Roads’ Gateway Upgrade North project. including the Gateway Motorway. The proposed project will include: They will also deliver active transport infrastructure, including construction of a four-lane median-divided carriageway from improved cyclist and pedestrian facilities along the length of Mustang Street to the Gateway Motorway on/off ramps Telegraph Road and a section of Lemke Road, making walking and cycling safer and easier for residents. additional through-lanes and turn lanes at the Denham Street and Telegraph Road intersection and at the Telegraph Road, Stage 1B construction, from Norris Road to Mustang Street, is Depot Road and Lemke Road intersection scheduled to start by the end of this year and is expected to be removal of the existing roundabout and installation of traffic completed in late 2017, weather and construction conditions signals at the Telegraph Road, Depot Road and Lemke Road permitting. Stage 1B is jointly funded by Council and the intersection Australian Government. construction of a four-lane median-divided carriageway at The project will include: Lemke Road from Telegraph Road to Tallowwood Place, with double right-turn lanes into Depot Road and a four-lane widening of Telegraph Road (to the southern side) from two bridge at Cabbage Tree Creek. to four lanes with a centre median, from Norris Road to east of Mustang Street signalising the intersection of Telegraph Road and Mustang Street

13 Telegraph Road corridor upgrade project: Stage 1B detailed design and Stage 2 concept designTELEGRAPH ROAD(continued) - DEPOT ROAD - LEMKE ROAD INTERSECTION

The proposed signalised intersection to replace the roundabout at Telegraph Road, Depot Road and Lemke Road. Note: Image is an artist impression and is indicative only. LEMKE ROAD BRIDGE

The proposed Lemke Road bridge over Cabbage Tree Creek. Note: Image is an artist impression and is indicative only.

14 Congestion reduction projects for January to June 2016

Project location Suburb Project description

Boundary Road at Troughton Road Coopers Plains Extending the right-turn lane on Boundary Road, west approach. Providing dedicated right-turn lanes on Troughton Road, both approaches.

Compton Road at Chateau Street Calamvale Extending the right-turn lane on Compton Road, west approach. Providing phase-splitting for the intersection.

Newnham Road at Mt Gravatt-Capalaba Upper Mt Gravatt Removing a section of the median on Newnham Road, south Road approach, to accommodate an extended right-turn lane.

Ipswich Road at Cornwall Street Extending the right-turn lane on Ipswich Road, north approach.

Enoggera Road at Edmondstone Road Newmarket Widening of a southbound through-lane on Enoggera Road, south approach, by cutting into the median.

Caxton Street Petrie Terrace Prohibiting parking on Caxton Street, north-west approach in the PM peak, to provide maximum throughput during green phase.

Waterworks Road at Coopers Camp Road The Gap Reducing the T2 lane operation time on Waterworks Road, to Settlement Road westbound direction, from 4-7pm to 4-6pm.

Rainbow Street at Board Street Sandgate Replacing one lane with two lanes on Rainbow Street, approaching the roundabout with Board Street.

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15 BRISBANE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT CENTRE (BMTMC): CASE STUDY

Celebrating 10 years of operation, the BMTMC is Brisbane’s Operators also engaged traffic signal officers who continually state-of-the-art traffic management centre. The BMTMC provides monitored and manually adjusted the traffic signals in the incident incident management, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, on area to keep the traffic flowing. all Council and state-owned roads. The BMTMC also manages Council’s bus operations and Transport and Main Roads’ busways With the operators working as a team, all of these actions were in the Greater Brisbane metropolitan area. carried out within five minutes of the incident being verified.

From its operations room, the BMTMC monitors the traffic At 8.12am, the TRU and emergency services reopened the centre network, coordinates real-time incident management and lane. This increased the flow of traffic along Lutwyche Road and provides live traffic information to motorists. It all adds up to a delays started to ease. safer and more predictable commute. By 8.20am all traffic lanes reopened. As the single point of contact for incident management on roads, the BMTMC contributes to faster responses and quicker clearance of traffic incidents. This helps to minimise the impact on the road network.

BMTMC operators respond to more than 18,000 crashes, traffic hazards and stationary vehicles each year, as well as multiple weather events and other major incidents. They also manage traffic around public events, monitor traffic flow and roadworks, coordinate clearway towing on Council roads and provide free tows-to-safety for broken-down vehicles on motorways.

Detailed below is an example of the BMTMC’s role in managing a traffic incident.

At 7.52am, the Queensland Police Service advised the BMTMC of a crash involving a car and motorcycle at an intersection at Lutwyche Road, Windsor.

The BMTMC operators used Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) to verify the incident. Using the CCTV feed, the operators were able to confirm that the left and centre lanes on Lutwyche Road were blocked.

Operators worked as a team to inform road users about the incident using variable message signs, 13 19 40 phone messages, Twitter and 131940.qld.gov.au. They also provided information to the Australian Traffic Network, which makes radio announcements for road users.

Operators dispatched a Traffic Response Unit (TRU) to the scene to provide additional traffic management assistance to The Traffic Response Unit helps resolve emergency services. Council’s bus control was also notified to an incident for a motorist. allow services to be rerouted, where possible.

16 FACTORS AFFECTING NETWORK PERFORMANCE

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Significant incident data Number of Average duration1 Month incidents (HH:MM:SS) Traffic volume and travel time are also affected by other January 300 1:37:03 factors, including traffic incidents. These incidents, such as accidents, extreme weather and planned events, influence the February 327 0:53:15 amount of congestion experienced on the roads. Depending March 358 0:49:25 on the timing, location, severity and duration, an incident may have minimal effect on the road network or cause gridlock April 397 1:05:35 in large parts of the city. The data detailed in this report May 448 1:10:26 specifically analysed significant incidents that had the potential June 400 1:52:25 to have a major impact on the road network. 1 Incident duration is measured from the time BMTMC is notified BMTMC collected and compiled this incident data from roads about the incident until the time the incident is resolved. throughout the Brisbane metropolitan area.

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