A review of current traffic congestion management in the City of Sydney
Traffic congestion has significant detrimental impacts on the economy, environment and quality of life of the community as evidenced by: 1. Increase in transportation costs associated with road and freight tasks, which negatively effects national productivity and competitiveness; 2. Increased CO2 emissions from vehicles, due to increased idle time; 3. The public discontent about the lack of effective traffic management as destination travel time is increased. Although policies and reform through congestion pricing and holistic network integration may also be required, the focus of this report will be on the ability of technology to impact congestion management. Investment in infrastructure that has proven performance on a national and global level can be implemented to overcome current inefficiencies. Given that the government still faces a $A300 billion infrastructure deficit, budget constraints mean there is increased pressure to invest in the right project to best use public funds. This can be executed by effectively using the existing transport network in low cost initiatives.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Report for Infrastructure Australia
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Corporate Authors:
Infrastructure Australia
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Authors:
- Fernando, B
- Gray, E
- KELLNER, J
- Publication Date: 2013-9
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: 12p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Highway traffic control; Infrastructure; Investments; Traffic congestion; Transportation operations; Urban areas
- Geographic Terms: Sydney (Australia)
- ATRI Terms: Improvement; Infrastructure; Investment; Traffic congestion; Traffic management; Transport network; Urban area
- Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01495550
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: ARRB
- Files: ATRI
- Created Date: Oct 17 2013 10:02AM