Traffic Incident Management Governance and Groups

Viki Watson, Principal Advisor (Incident Management)

History

• 2002/ 2003- Brisbane TIM Coordination

Group- MOU Interagency Agreement- Traffic Incident Management

Strategy for Queensland- Traffic Response Units –

Brisbane and Gold Coast- TMC – Gold Coast and Sunshine

Coast• 2006/ 2007

- Brisbane Metropolitan Transport Management Centre

- Operational Guidelines- Strengthen legislation- Austroads “TIM Best Practice”

History• 2008/ 2009

- Improving Traffic Incident Management

- Strengthen legislation- Open Roads policy

• 2010- Strategic Alliance & Partnering

Agreement- TIMS Standard- Traffic Incident Management

plans- Police in Brisbane Metropolitan

Transport Management Centre

• 2013/ 2014- High Speed Road workshop- Traffic Incident Management

Summit

Governance Framework

Road OperationsStrategic Alliance

Regional Operations Groups(as required)

State Road Operations Coordination Group

State Road Operations Steering Committee

AL

LIA

NC

EP

AR

TN

ER

ING

AA

RR

AN

GE

ME

NT

(PA

)

Specifically Focused (eg Incident Management)Partnering Arrangement

Inter-agency relationship to deliver optimal road operations efficiency outcomes

Sets direction

Reviews performance & initiatives

Identifies specific focus (eg: TIM)

Facilitates delivery of initiatives & operational discussion forum

Performance Reporting

 Metropolitan 2013 Crash Hazard Stationary Vehicle Total

Cat 1 152 23 3 178

Cat 2 3,633 501 241 4,375

Cat 3 192 2,341 13,024 15,557

Opportunities & Challenges

• Fiscal OutlookValue for money

• Demand PressuresCongestion & connections

• State of the AssetNetwork efficiency

• User Needs & ExpectationsSafety, information & open roads

• TechnologyManaged motorways & data collection

Key Messages

• Government priority• Relationships and cooperation• Optimising resources• Roles and responsibilities• Measurable• Consistency