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Topics A-Z listing of articles and resources about egovernment initiatives and issues related to roads and road transport.
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- The Age Maps Victorian Government Data on Traffic Accidents
- Interactive online maps and graphs provided by the Age using data from the Transport Accident Commission that pinpoints every fatality on Victorian roads between 2008 and 2011.
Added: 29 February 2012
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- Melbourne council pulls parking cameras
- By Luke Hopewell, ZDNet Australia, May 14th, 2012. "Melbourne is no longer photographing number plates to determine those who are overstaying their welcome in the city's paid parking bays, after technology issues thwarted the system..."
Added: 16 May 2012;
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- Researchers tackle Victorian traffic systems
- By Liz Tay. IT News, April 27, 2012. "To build algorithms for road authority and drivers. Victoria's road traffic authority has enlisted experts in artificial intelligence, data mining and signal processing to reduce congestion on Melbourne roads. The authority has agreed to provide the newly launched Swinburne Intelligent Transport Systems Laboratory with real-time data from sensors at some 10,000 street intersections in Melbourne..."
Added: 3 May 2012;
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- Saskatchewan Highway Hotline Launches New Mobile Website
- Hotline Web Feeds and Ministry YouTube Channel Also Debut. Government of Saskatchewan, News Release - March 19, 2012. "The Highway Hotline launched today its new mobile website for smart phones giving, motorists another convenient way to check road conditions. "This launch is another step in our recent work to upgrade Saskatchewan's road information system to better inform all motorists before they travel on our highways to help them plan safer trips," Highways and Infrastructure Minister Jim Reiter said. "The new mobile website is handy if you're out and about and need to know what's on the road before driving home."..."
Added: 22 March 2012;
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- Highway Hotline Now on Twitter and Facebook
- Government of Saskatchewan, News Release - December 14, 2011. "The Highway Hotline today officially launched its Twitter account and reminded motorists about its Facebook page, as Saskatchewan's road information service offers more access points this winter. "We're harnessing the power of social media tools as another means to quickly get important information to motorists to help plan their journeys," Highways and Infrastructure Minister Jim Reiter said. "We also want to tap into the audience using these popular forms of communication to raise awareness of our Highway Hotline." Motorists following the Highway Hotline Twitter account will receive four types of road condition Tweets; highway closed, highway re-opened, travel not recommended and travel not recommended status removed. The Twitter account is @SKGovHwyHotline or can be accessed at https://twitter.com/#!/SKGovHwyHotline...."
Added: 16 December 2011;
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- New website maps out roads closed due to floods, fires and other emergencies
- Media Release From the Minister for Roads, Monday, 5 December 2011. "Finding out what roads are closed due to floods, fires, major crashes or road damage will now be far quicker using a new map-based website, Minister for Roads Terry Mulder said today. Launching the new website set to go live today, Mr Mulder said it would provide detailed information about road closures and conditions during emergencies. "The new VicRoads 'Road Closures and Traffic Alerts' website will be Victoria's official source for road closure information during emergencies," Mr Mulder said..."
Added: 7 December 2011;
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- NSW's RTA to road test app for speed
- by Andrew Colley. The Australian, October 11, 2011. "NSW traffic authorities expect by Christmas to start testing an iPhone application that could reduce the state's speeding-related road toll. The NSW Road Traffic Authority's principal safety analyst, John Wall, said that a prototype of the application, which warns drivers when they exceed the speed limit, would be ready for trials from late December..."
Added: 11 October 2011;
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- Mayor Bloomberg Announces New, Real-Time Traffic Management System to Reduce Congestion in Midtown Manhattan
- New York City Press Release, PR-257-11, July 18, 2011. "Cameras, Microwave Motion Sensors and E-ZPass Readers Provide Real-Time Information Used in Wireless Adjustments to Traffic Signals. Wireless System Made Possible Through the Investment in the City’s High-Speed, Mobile Data Network – NYCWiN Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Deputy Mayor for Operations Stephen Goldsmith, Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration Victor Mendez and Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications Commissioner Carole Post today unveiled a new, technology-based traffic management system that allows City traffic engineers to monitor and respond to Midtown Manhattan traffic conditions in real time, improving traffic flow on the city's most congested streets..."
Added: 21 July 2011;
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- Budget 2011: $61m for smart roads
- By Luke Hopewell, ZDNet Australia, May 10, 2011. "The Federal Government is set to provide $61.4 million to state governments over the next three years to fund smart road infrastructure aimed at cutting travel time and greenhouse gas emissions..."
Added: 11 May 2011;
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- Auckland motorways GIS suite achieves payback
- ESRI delivers benefits for Auckland roading body, By Randal Jackson - Wellington. Computerworld, Wednesday, 4 May, 2011. "In just one year, the Auckland Motorway Alliance (AMA) has achieved payback by implementing ESRI GIS software, says CIO Tony Darby... There are two main focuses: safety, which involves pushing the asset (this may mean extending the surface life); and a common understanding..."
Added: 4 May 2011;
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- Cameras Save Lives
- Victorian Government. Provides information relating to all aspects of the road safety camera network and enforcement of road safety offences in the state of Victoria. Including the testing, certification and maintenance regime of the road safety camera system. Both fixed camera locations and weekly rostered locations for mobile cameras are available plus links to relevant research and statistics about the road toll, the costs of road trauma, the effects of both high and low speeding and a range of current road safety issues.
Added: 20 April 2011;
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- Smartphones to predict NSW travel times?
- by Fran Foo. Australian IT, April 6, 2011. "Being stuck in traffic is the bane of every motorist's existence, especially when it's a highway with no escape routes. In NSW, drivers might be able to calculate travel times on their smartphones if the Roads and Transport Authority adopts powerful data analytics already developed for its website. Last November, the RTA launched a three-month competition to predict travel times on the M4 Motorway, one of Sydney's most congested roads..."
Added: 6 April 2011;
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- FixMyStreet in Norway
- by Tom Steinberg. MySociety.org, 7 March 2011. Norway now has a FixMyStreet online reporting service called Fiksgatami, which covers nearly every corner of Norway's 300,000 square kilometers. Problems reported anywhere within Norway will be correctly directed to any of the 400+ responsible municipalities...
Added: 8 March 2011;
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- Live Traffic NSW
- Live updates and traveller information for NSW roads. Road and Traffic Authority, New South Wales. RTA Live Traffic NSW provides enhanced traffic information; giving you up-to-the minute news of incidents and conditions that affect your journey. The site also provides a trip planner - allowing users to: View journeys on a dynamic map or text directions. Filter information to show current conditions or scheduled road work and special events for a specified date. Modify routes to avoid traffic incidents. Save journey for future use. Print directions.View important trip planning and road features...
Added: 2 March 2011;
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- RTA Freeway Travel Time Prediction
- Kaggle. "This competition requires participants to predict travel time on Sydney's M4 freeway from past travel time observations... In addition to better informing network managers and Australian motorists, insights from the competition will improve the general efficiency of the road transport system in Sydney and increase functionality on the government's live traffic website... $10,000 is being offered for the winning model... The competition is being hosted by Australia's NSW Roads and Traffic Authority and is being sponsored by the NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet..." This competition ended at 10:00pm, Sunday 13 February 2011 UTC
Added: 2 March 2011;
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- Singapore road tests smart traffic cloud
- By Robin Hicks. FutureGov, 9 December 2010. "Singapore is trialing a traffic management system that could improve the monitoring of the city-state's roads by using geo-location data captured from drivers' smart phones..."
Added: 9 December 2010;
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