RTA Annual Report 2009 Complete - RTA - NSW Government

• Led the RTA’s involvement with other transport and
planning agencies including the Ministry of Transport, the
Department of Planning, the Department of Environment,
Climate Change and Water, and the Offi ce of the
Coordinator General to ensure a whole of Government
focus was applied to the provision of road infrastructure
as part of a sustainable and integrated transport and land
use system.
• Represented the RTA on a range of high level
committees including the Chief Executive’s Committee,
the NSW CEO Transport Cluster, and at the national
level – the Standing Committee on Transport/Transport
Agencies Chief Executives and the Austroads Council.
• Represented the RTA at the NSW Mobility Forum
(Sydney CBD) in October 2008.
Road development
• Oversaw the management and delivery of the RTA’s
$1.8 billion Road Development program.
• Oversaw submissions to Infrastructure Australia to secure
funding for key projects including the Hunter Expressway
and Kempsey Bypass.
• Oversaw negotiations of alliance partnership contracts
for the Lawson Upgrade on the Great Western Highway
and the Inner West Busway.
Road management
• Oversaw the management of the seamless transition of
the Sydney Harbour Bridge to full electronic tolling and
the introduction of time-of-day tolling to the Sydney
Harbour Bridge and Tunnel.
• Continued to lead the provision of effi cient and safe
management of traffi c fl ow on the road network
through effective management of the RTA’s Transport
Management Centre and the ongoing development of
incident management strategies and programs.
• Achieved successful coordination of traffi c management
for major events in Sydney including World Youth Day,
New Year’s Eve celebrations and other planned events.
• Continued to work with the NSW Ministry of Transport
to ensure the delivery of bus priority infrastructure across
the Sydney Strategic Bus Corridor network, including
completion of 89 projects and the commencement
of the rollout of the Public Transport Information and
Priority System to State Transit Authority buses.
• Oversaw improvement works for the $100 million
Pinch Point program.
• Oversaw the awarding of the construction contract for
M5 East Tunnel Filtration.
• Continued to work with the Department of Environment,
Climate Change and Water to drive improvements to
environmental initiatives such as the NSW Diesel Retrofi t
Program and cleaner vehicle technology.
• Continued to oversee the implementation of projects to
address the NSW Auditor-General’s recommendations
arising from the report on the Condition of State Roads.
Road use
• Continued to lead the delivery of a range of road
safety programs and initiatives. The combination of road
safety programs has resulted in a road toll of 374 in
2008 (compared to 435 for 2007), representing the
lowest annual fi gure since 1944. The fatality rate per
100,000 population has decreased to a fi gure of 5.4 in
2008 (compared to 6.3 in 2007) and an estimated 0.57
fatalities per 100 million vehicle kilometres travelled
(compared to 0.69 in 2007).
• Continued to oversee the research and implementation
of initiatives to address safer people, safer roads, safer
vehicles and technology such as the Intelligent Speed
Adaptation trial, the development of a Speed Zone
Management system, reforms for Learner, P1 and P2
drivers and public education campaigns on safety.
• Oversaw introduction of a range of new tolling products
and payment methods to increase fl exibility for road
users such as the Easy Toll Tag and Short Term Tag.
• Improved customer and business-to-business accessibility
to services through the introduction of a number
of online services and the availability of automated
transactions at self service kiosks.
• Oversaw a range of road transport legislation
and regulations.
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