MAKING EXISTING ROADS OPERATE BETTER

摘要

While facing population growth, increasing congestion and limited ability to develop new infrastructure, Melbourne in Australia has developed the SmartRoads Plan to as a basis for decision-making for managing and improving the arterial road network. The plan allocates a mode-based road use hierarchy that assists with making trade offs between modes and acknowledges the activity spaces that abut the road network. The SmartRoads Plan has been in use for more than 12 months, and has represented a significant cultural change for VicRoads, the state road authority. It has been embraced by external stakeholders including local government (who are signatories to the plan) and transport system users, as it provides a transparent decision-making framework that is owned by all.