Tuesday, 9 March 2021
With fewer resources in transport agencies in specialist areas such as traffic modelling, project managers may not have comprehensive knowledge of the principles and processes to assess how well models meets project requirements.
In June 2020, Austroads published guidance to help ensure people managing traffic modelling consultants could assess the technical performance and robust nature of models.
In response to industry feedback, Austroads re-engaged with its member agencies to revise the report.
Key updates to the revised edition include:
- Additional acknowledgements that the traffic and transport modelling industry is constantly evolving and that the Austroads report is reflective of the research and information at the time of development.
- Additional clarity and transparency on the purpose of the report, in providing high-level guidance to non-modellers while also directing them to other publications / guidelines or subject matter experts where relevant. This included changing the report title to “Management of Traffic Modelling Processes and Applications”.
- Clearer definition of the terms “traffic” and “transport” as it relates to the report content.
- Additional explanations accompanying the model categorisation to clearly articulate its intentions and target audience.
- Revision and update of specific technical information contained in the report, particularly in “Chapter 4 - Intersection Models” by clarifying that the term “intersection models” can contain multiple intersections along a small corridor / network.
“We thank Sidra Solutions for sharing its perspectives and expertise,” said Richard Delplace, Program Manager Transport Network Operations. “We reviewed their feedback in collaboration with the subject matter experts from each of our member agencies and made multiple updates in response.”
The guidance included in this report is not intended to replace jurisdictional guidelines but complement them.
Download Management of Traffic Modelling Processes and Applications.