INSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL ISSUES IN ESTABLISHING TRAFFIC RESPONSE UNITS IN THE CITY OF BRISBANE

In early 2000 Brisbane City Council saw a need for traffic response units in the field to improve the Traffic Control Centre's incident management procedures. Traffic Response Units are a common practice tool used in incident management around the world. A number of options were assessed ranging from establishment and staffing completely with Council resources to total outsourcing. The latter was the option that was adopted due to its advantages in flexibility of staffing, experience, culture, and the minimisation of risk to Council in handling vehicles. The Brisbane road system is owned and managed by two different organisations, Brisbane City Council and the Department of Main Roads. As some roads owned by DMR are within an eight kilometre radius of the CBD, it was logical to offer to DMR the advantages of this facility, so that a seamless service could be offered to the motoring public. Obstacles that needed to be overcome included different cultures and approaches to road management and different legislative frameworks. This paper explains how these obstacles were overcome to enable a satisfactory agreement to be made. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E205999.

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• Authors:
  • O'KEEFFE, B
• Conference:
  • SMART. TRAFFIC: DEPLOYING INCIDENT MANAGEMENT, CONFERENCE, 2001, BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA
• Publication Date: 2001-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 13 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Freeways; Legislation; Management; Partnerships; Prevention; Safety; Traffic; Traffic congestion; Traffic flow
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• ITRD Terms: 1661: Accident prevention; 155: Administration; 8006: Australia; 8525: Conference; 632: Congestion (traffic); 1556: Legislation; 2752: Motorway; 219: Partnership; 755: Traffic; 671: Traffic flow
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Law; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00928593
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• ISBN: 1-876942-03-7
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 2 2002 12:00AM