Managed Motorway Design Guide Volume 2: Design Practice

Part 1: Managed Motorway – Design Principles and Warrants

Part 1: Managed Motorway – Design Principles and Warrants

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Managed Motorway Design Guide

Volume 2: Design Practice Part 1: Managed Motorway – Design Principles and Warrants

Volume 1 - Managed Motorway - Role, Traffic Theory and Science • Part 1 - Introduction to Managing Urban Motorways • Part 2 - Traffic Theory Relating to Urban Motorways • Part 3 - Motorway Capacity Guide • Part 4 - Road Safety on Urban Motorways • Part 5 - Linking Investment and Benefits Approach

Volume 2 - Managed Motorway Design Practice • Part 1 - Managed Motorway - Design Principles and Warrants • Part 2 - Managed Motorway - Network Optimisation Tools • Part 3 - Motorway Planning and Design • Part 4 - LUMS, VSL, Traveler Information (Update Under Development)

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Published by: VicRoads 60 Denmark Street Kew VIC 3101

Authors: Matthew Hall (VicRoads) Jessica Franklin (VicRoads) John Gaffney (VicRoads) The significant contributions and reviews by Richard Fanning, Dr. Hendrik Zurlinden and Paul Lam in VicRoads are also acknowledged.

Keywords: Managed Freeways, Managed Motorways, Traffic Management, Incident Management, Ramp Metering, Coordinated Ramp Metering, Capacity, Highway Capacity, Design Volumes, Ramp Design, Mainline Design, Freeway Operation, Ramp Metering Operation, Ramp Metering Control, HERO- LIVE, Ramp Metering Algorithms, Congestion Management, Freeway Bottlenecks, Traffic Theory, Optimisation, Freeway Safety, Motorway Safety, Lane Use Management, Variable Speed Limit, Exit Ramp Management, Emergency Stopping Lanes, Restricting Access, Part Time Lanes, Priority Access Lanes, Design Principles, Design Process, Control Tools, Warrants, Endorsement, Approvals.

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Amendment Record

Ed/Rev No Page(s) Issue Date Amendment Description

Ed 1 All October 2019 First Edition

Electronic copies of the Guide and Standard Drawings are available on the VicRoads Website: https://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/business-and-industry/technical-publications/traffic-engineering

Enquiries or comments relating to the Guide may be directed to: VicRoads 60 Denmark Street Kew VIC 3101 http://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/Home/AboutVicRoads/ContactUs/FeedbackAndEnquiries.htm

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Foreword

Managed Motorway Design Guide – Designing for Optimised Operations Overview of the Guide The Motorway Design Guide is to be used as the primary reference for planning and design of urban motorways in Victoria. The Guide includes two volumes that include a number of parts. Best urban motorway performance outcomes can only be achieved with a holistic and multi- disciplinary understanding of traffic analysis, road design principles and traffic engineering theory. This must then be combined with accurate and reliable data, advanced control systems, Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) and electrical and electronic devices supported by Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). These tools and disciplines are integrated to provide a single optimised system to manage motorway traffic flows (mainline, entry ramp access, exit ramps and interchanges) in near real-time, as well as