Exploring the benefits of safety and traffic management technologies
12 June 2018
Austroads:
Austroads' latest report details the results
of a domestic and international review of recently-developed
intelligent
transport systems technologies and the costs and benefits of introducing
them to Australia and
New Zealand.
Toward the end of the twentieth century it became apparent that building
more
roads was not an effective solution for improving urban mobility.
Intelligent transport systems (ITS) provide a partial solution by
addressing safety and congestion issues in the
road transport system.
A total of 70
technologies were identified across six domains:
crossings, intersections, on-road, roadside, mobile/tablet and
in-vehicle. Austroads member agencies are currently using 25 of the
technologies identified.
The Austroads report supports Action Item #14 of the Transport and
Infrastructure Council’s National Policy Framework for Land Transport
Technology: Action Plan 2016-2019. The project outcome will enable road
operators to identify those technologies that cost-effectively deliver
substantial safety or efficiency benefits to their customers.
The project team evaluated the technical quality of 39 studies related
to the
technology. The assessment process developed will have application
beyond this project and is detailed in the report.
The project revealed:
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there are few studies that report the costs and benefits of safety and traffic management technologies
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the reviewed literature indicates that the BCR of ITS is reported as very high; often much greater than those of typical infrastructure projects
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scientific rigour is higher in road safety focussed studies
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very low-cost technologies can be beneficial
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the majority of studies were done overseas.
Report link: Benefits of Safety and Traffic Management Technologies, https://www.onlinepublications.austroads.com.au/items/AP-R570-18
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