DEMONSTRATING THE APPLICATION OF ITS TO RURAL AND REMOTE AREAS OF QUEENSLAND

This paper describes the rationale, features and findings associated with the development and implementation of Queensland Main Roads Rural Road Flood Warning system. This "proof of concept" system was selected as a national ITS demonstration project funded under the auspices of Australia's National ITS Strategy, "e-transport", which was developed for and managed by ITS Australia for the association of Australian and New Zealand road and transport and traffic authorities (Austroads). The system provides near real-time and predictive road flooding information on Queensland river crossings. The system obtains river height forecasts from the Bureau of Meteorology and generates predictive information on road closures due to flooding based on a set of predetermined river height criteria for specific roads. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E208379.

• Corporate Authors:

  Monash University

  Institute of Transport Studies
  Department of Civil Engineering
  Melbourne, Victoria  Australia  3800

  INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS (ITE). AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND SECTION

  MELBOURNE, VICTORIA  Australia 
• Authors:
  • Dove, S
  • Jackson, J
• Publication Date: 2002

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 11 p.
• Serial:
  • OPERATIONS, TRANSPORT AND SAFETY: OUTSIDE THE SQUARE: INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, 2002, MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA
  • Publisher: Monash University

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Financing; Floods; Height; Intelligent transportation systems; Networks; Rain; Rivers; Roads; Rural areas; Safety; Street closure; Warning systems
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road networks
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• ITRD Terms: 8006: Australia; 8525: Conference; 244: Financing; 2569: Flooding; 6489: Height; 1088: Inland waterway; 8735: Intelligent transport system; 2507: Rain; 637: Road closure; 1053: Road network; 328: Rural area; 1665: Safety; 9113: Warning
• Subject Areas: Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00966252
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Dec 4 2003 12:00AM