Traffic Engineering - April 2019
Queensland pedestrian crossings get smart
A $3million investment will see up to 300 key pedestrian crossings across the state step up to new smart technology.
Rather than use a fixed time to cross the road the new system will use sensors to detect pedestrian movement and adjust the amount of time required to cross.
The roll out which will occur over a two-year period follows trials at Logan, the Gold Coast and Bundaberg. Locations will be prioritised based on length, high traffic and pedestrian volumes, those used by mobility-impaired pedestrians and cyclists and crossings near hospitals.
In Queensland about one third of all pedestrian fatalities and hospitalisations occurred at intersections. In 2018, pedestrians accounted for 35 fatalities. Additionally, between 1 January and 31 August 2018, there were 228 hospitalised pedestrian casualties on Queensland roads.
http://statements.qld.gov.au/Statement/2019/3/15/queensland-pedestrian-crossings-get-smart
Wordy signs
Brisbane City Council’s Infrastructure Committee says that drivers find the U-Turn signs at stop lights too wordy
The current sign is:
Brisbane City Council will run a 12-month trial of new signposting at six locations. The signs are as follows:
There are other signs that use a lot of words and require a higher vocabulary level. In NSW there is the following sign:
