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The M1 Freeway Managed Motorway in Melbourne, Australia The M1 Freeway DATE TO GO HERE Managed Motorway in Melbourne, Australia Robert Freemantle Executive Director, Policy & Programs VicRoads, Australia MCW Upgrade Project | Slide Title to go here 1 Melbourne,Melbourne capital of the state of Victoria Internationallyoverview voted “World’s Most Livable City” – 4 times in the past decadeDATE TO GO HERE MCWMelbourne Upgrade Convention Project | Slide Bureau Title to go here 2 Victoria – General Information . 227,600 sq km or 3% of the area DATE TO GO HERE of Australia . Most densely populated state – 5.5m people, 24% of Australia . 4.1m people (>70%) in Melbourne . 4.4 million motor vehicles, 33% of Australian total . 3.5 million licensed drivers . 154,750 km of public roads . 51% of arterial road travel is in Melbourne . 25% of Australian road freight task MCW inUpgrade Victoria Project | Slide Title to go here 3 Melbourne Metropolitan Daily Traffic Volumes DATE TO GO HERE Key City Route Traffic Volume (veh/day) Westgate Fwy 180,000 Monash Fwy 180,000 Eastern Fwy 132,000 Hoddle Street 81,000 Kingsway 98,000 Nepean Hwy 88,000 Dandenong Road 73,000 MCW Upgrade Project | Slide Title to go here 4 Problems on Melbourne’s freeways DATE TO GO HERE . Daily volumes on Melbourne’s freeways are growing around 5% pa . Peak-hour traffic throughput is in decline - some sections have declined as much as 25% in the past 5 years. Regular flow breakdown and congestion during peak periods leading to: – Under-utilisation of the freeway – Reduced level of service – Longer and less reliable travel times – Greater risk of incidents and reduced safety 5 5 The importance of the M1 route in Melbourne DATE TO GO HERE . Heavily trafficked and economically important transport connection . Carries the greatest volume of traffic of any freeway in Melbourne and levels are rising, 180,000 veh/day, incl. 20,000 trucks . Services freight, business and private travel within and across Melbourne . A key freight link between the port and industrial areas, east and west of the city 6 6 DATE TO GO HERE Why we need to Manage Freeways 7 Traffic conditions can change quickly DATE TO GO HERE 2:59pm 8 DATE TO GO HERE 3:00pm 9 DATE TO GO HERE 3:01pm 10 3:02pm DATE TO GO HERE 11 3:03pm DATE TO GO HERE 12 Lost Productivity DATE TO GO HERE Without flow breakdown With flow breakdown Lost productivity >25% almost every day 13 Speed Reduction DATE TO GO HERE Monash Freeway East of High Street Eastbound 3 Minute Speed Rolling Average Tuesday 3rd August 100 2 Hours of Congested 90 80 Stop-Start Conditions 70 60 50 Volume 40 30 Occupancy& Speed 20 10 0 15:00 15:15 15:30 15:45 16:00 16:15 16:30 16:45 17:00 17:15 17:30 17:45 18:00 18:15 18:30 18:45 Time 14 Fundamental Diagram - Flow vs Occupancy DATE TO GO HERE 2500 2000 1500 1000 Flow (veh/h/lane) Flow Lost 500 Productivity 0 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 Occupancy (%) Typical lane flow breakdown at Critical Bottleneck 15 M1 Managed Motorway Project Overview & Objectives DATE TO GO HERE . Maximise performance across the entire 75 km route . Maximise utilisation of West Gate Bridge and City Link tunnels . Improve the efficiency of the route by reducing travel times, travel time variability and congestion . Improve safety . Improve access to the freeway network MCW Upgrade Project | Slide Title to go here 16 DATE TO GO HERE MCW Upgrade Project | Slide Title to go here 17 Coordinated Freeway Ramp Signals to address Congestion DATE TO GO HERE Freeway ramp signals: - Installed on 62 entry ramps - Use ALINEA/HERO ramp metering algorithm to optimise freeway throughput by balancing flow and access across the road network 18 Coordinated Freeway Ramp Signals DATE TO GO HERE . Features: – Dynamic start up and shut down algorithms that ensure the system only operates when required – Implements a new cycle time every 20 sec based on: • Capacity on the freeway • Queue length on the ramps • Estimated wait time on the ramp – Balancing of queue lengths and provide equity of access across the network 19 DATE TO GO HERE Melbourne Case Study Coordinated Freeway Ramp Signals 2008 20 Coordinated Freeway Ramp Signal Trial DATE TO GO HERE Warrigal Rd Jacksons Rd • 6 Existing inbound Ramps Metered Area where • Jacksons Road to Warrigal Road significant benefits were measured MCW Upgrade Project | Slide Title to go here 21 Fixed time ramp signals typical day/speed contour plot DATE TO GO HERE Bottleneck 2 Bottleneck 3 Bottleneck 1 22 HERO ramp signals typical day/speed contour plot DATE TO GO HERE Bottleneck 2 Bottleneck 3 Bottleneck 1 23 Before and After Speed Contour Plot DATE TO GO HERE Before With more upstream & downstream ramp signals further improvement is possible After 24 Before and After Results M1 Freeway Inbound Jacksons Rd to Toorak Rd DATE TO GO HERE October 2007 October 2008 25 Evaluation of Pilot Project Jacksons Rd to High St DATE TO GO HERE (6:00 AM to 9:00 AM) – 15 Kilometres Values Improvements Performance Indicators Fixed Time HERO HERO Average Flow 1731 1816 +5.0% (pcu/h/lane) Travel Speed (km/h) 48.9 66 +35.0% Average Delay (min/km) 0.49 0.17 -65.0% 26 Community Benefits DATE TO GO HERE Travel Speed Travel Time Savings Casualty Section Accident AM Peak PM Peak AM Peak PM Peak Decrease Inbound Outbound Inbound Outbound Monash Freeway from 60% 55% 38% 38% 7% Toorak Rd to Warrigal Rd Monash Freeway from 70% 98% 38% 50% 44% Warrigal Rd to Jacksons Rd Southern Link from 4% 24% 7% 13% 44% Tunnel to Toorak Road West Gate Freeway from 95% 58% 44% 30% 47% Kingsway to Todd Road 27 Since the Upgrade Media Reports regularly describe the M1Freeway as: DATE TO GO HERE . Its flying along . Running Smoothly . Bubbling along . No hic-ups . No problems . Nothing to report . Easy run . Behaving itself 28 DATE TO GO HERE “ITS – Enhancing Livable Cities and Communities” www.itsworldcongress2016.com 10 -14 October, 2016 Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre 29 .
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