Throwing a lifeline to Victoria’s rural arterial road network
Much of Victoria’s rural road network was constructed in the 1960’s and 1970’s, when road safety was not a high priority and traffic volumes were significantly lower. Many of these roads are still in operation today, carrying significantly higher traffic volumes and lacking basic safety features such as sealed shoulders and overtaking lanes. To address these issues, RACV published a special report entitled “Lifeline: Situation Critical for Victoria’s rural arterial road network”. Lifeline presents the Victorian community with a challenge to reduce death and injury on the rural arterial network and a vision to upgrade the rural arterial network to a contemporary standard. Several years ago, Victoria introduced the MABC road classification system, designed to reflect the function and quality of each road. Each classification also has associated safety benchmarks. While today’s roads bear MABC route markings, in some cases, the associated safety benchmarks have not been met. RACV estimates that if each road in the MABC network was as safe as the safest road in each class, significant safety gains could be achieved. This paper will outline RACV’s vision for the MABC network in Victoria.
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Authors:
- Przychodzki, D
- Daly, P
- Gunatillake, T
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- Publication Date: 2004
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: 8p
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Serial:
- Volume: 2
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Highway planning; Highway safety; Rural highways; Types of roads; Types of roads by network
- Geographic Terms: Victoria
- ATRI Terms: Road hierarchy; Road network; Road planning; Road safety; Rural road
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01388969
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: ARRB
- ISBN: 0730724921 [print]
- Files: ATRI
- Created Date: Aug 23 2012 2:34AM