Ng t Guide to Traffic Management Part 9: Transport Control Systems – Strategies and Operations Sydney 2020 Guide to Traffic Management Part 9: Transport Control Systems – Strategies and Operations Publisher Edition 4.0 prepared by: David Green and Kenneth Lewis Austroads Ltd. Level 9, 287 Elizabeth Street Richard Delplace Edition 4.0 project manager: Sydney NSW 2000 Australia Phone: +61 2 9264 7088 Abstract
[email protected] The Austroads Guide to Traffic Management consists of 13 parts and www.austroads.com.au provides a comprehensive coverage of traffic management guidance for practitioners involved in traffic engineering, road design and road About Austroads safety. Austroads is the peak organisation of Australasian road Guide to Traffic Management Part 9: Transport Control Systems – transport and traffic agencies. Strategies and Operations is concerned with the day-to-day operations that support the provision of road services to road network users. It Austroads’ purpose is to support our member introduces the concept of traffic operations as underpinning road user organisations to deliver an improved Australasian road services, covers the major types of services provided and outlines the transport network. To succeed in this task, we undertake role of intelligent transport systems (ITS) in delivering these services. leading-edge road and transport research which underpins our input to policy development and published guidance Part 9 provides guidance on the configuration and operation of on the design, construction and management of the road systems, both ITS and manual, supporting traffic operations including network and its associated infrastructure. network monitoring systems, incident management, traffic signal systems, congestion management, freeway/motorway management Austroads provides a collective approach that delivers systems and traveller information systems.