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Road Access Challenges and Solutions More Efficient Freight Operations National Opportunities Gerard Waldron Managing Director ARRB Group. Presentation. The Path to meeting freight demand Relevant research findings Matching the right truck to the right road National opportunities.

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  1. Road Access Challenges and SolutionsMore Efficient Freight OperationsNational OpportunitiesGerard WaldronManaging DirectorARRB Group

  2. Presentation • The Path to meeting freight demand • Relevant research findings • Matching the right truck to the right road • National opportunities

  3. Path to meeting the freight demand Vehicles Performance Measure Freight demand Efficiency gains Classification Assess Access Classification Evaluate Standards Infrastructure

  4. Local advances in productivity • Many advances in productivity over the years

  5. Infrastructure considerations • Matching trucks to appropriate roads • The importance of Route Assessment • Route assessment at the SRA level • The importance of the Last mile • The Role of Local Government • The PBS Route Assessment Tool

  6. All SRA’s applied the NTC’s route classification guidelines to strategic freight routes in Australia Completed by each StateRoad Authority in 2007-08 Achieved national consistency and improved uptake of PBS vehicles HV Access at the State level Source: NTC

  7. Generic route assessment process The classification guidelines are applied The access Levels are determined A particular route or set of routes is defined Road/route data is collected or collated Lane width Shoulder width Grade AADT volume intersections Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4

  8. Roads owned by local government (comprising 85% of the transport network) were not captured The NTC guidelines are not suitable for local government road networks Are constantly facing requests for access, with few alternatives or options

  9. PBS Route Assessment Tool

  10. Where Does PBS RAT Fit In? Supplements not replaces Local manager decision making!

  11. National Regulator means a change in responsibilities for Local Government Goal is to achieve consistency in route classification (access) by using a tool that is: Suitable for local government Easy to use, quick or detailed Support for both near-zero and rich data inputs Simplifies PBS guidelines for local road infrastructure How the Tool Helps

  12. PBS Classification Score (PBS level 1-4 a/b) Detailed classification reports, including pinch point(s) Consolidated “published” route reporting area Mapping outputs - route and location Data export linkages through road ID’s etc Additional linkages to be considered in national context System Outputs

  13. PBS Route Assessment Tool Software 79 Victorian councils have access 6 training workshops delivered across Victoria Around 100 registered users PBS Network in central Victoria has gown considerably ALGA – Road Transport Advisory Committee Trial Participating jurisdictions include Qld, SA, Tas and NSW Jurisdictions to trial the tool in 6-8 local governments Interim report to NHVR (6 weeks) Final evaluation report to NHVR Project progress

  14. National opportunities • Consistency in approach • Certainty of operations • Identification of pinch points on key infrastructure • Linkage to funding • Improved land use planning outcomes • More efficient freight operations

  15. What else could be done? • Resource availability • Planning for freight in LG areas • Decision support tools • Bridges • Pavements • Prescriptive vehicles • Over Size Over Mass • Amenity

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