A HISTORY OF TRAFFIC ENGINEERING IN AUSTRALIA

The Report is an update of ARRB Special Report No. 42 and covers the period 1989 – 2015. It sets out an up-date of the history of traffic engineering in Australia since 1988. It covers responsibility and organisation for traffic engineering at the National, State and Territory and Local Government levels, the roles of other key National Organisations, Professional Associations, Universities, and Automobile Associations, and provides up-to-date information on road safety, traffic management and the development of intelligent transport systems. It concludes with an overview/reflections on the development of traffic engineering in Australia and a brief look at the future.