Intelligent Transport Systems

Intelligent Transport Systems is a multi-disciplinary field involving the application of computing and electronics, information technology and communications to solve problems in all transport sectors.

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GHD, with its multi-disciplinary team of road, rail, traffic, electrical, control, information and communications engineers, has a wealth of knowledge and experience in the identification of user needs and the selection and application of ITS technologies to meet these needs.

The GHD ITS team includes professionals with extensive experience in the public sector with roles in procurement, operation, management and maintenance.

Clients benefit from GHD's strategic approach in developing robust, cost-effective and compliant solutions:

  • Clients' requirements are identified, interpreted and recorded on a vendor-neutral, competitive basis – the most appropriate solution and its supplier is selected.
  • GHD can act as an independent reviewer during the implementation process.

GHD’s experience in ITS extends from policy, strategy and planning through design, specification and procurement, independent verification and validation, and onto construction, supervision, testing and commissioning.

GHD’s experience extends across the full range of ITS disciplines and includes:

  • Urban traffic management and control;
  • Traffic enforcement;
  • Traveller information networks;
  • Public transport ticketing, information and priority;
  • Freeway traffic control and surveillance;
  • Data communication networks;
  • Tunnel management and safety;
  • Tolling networks;
  • Environmental monitoring; and
  • Traffic signalling systems

For further information, contact:

Graham Ackers
Tel: +61 8 8111 6726
Email: Graham Ackers

Beijing Traffic Signal Control

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The Beijing Police Transportation Management Bureau sought traffic signal control solutions for 1100 signal control junctions and a newly built road network in Beijing city (crossing eight districts).

GHD has been engaged to fulfill the following requirements:

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Call Centre Site Development

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GHD provided civil engineering services for the renovation of an existing warehouse in Auburn, Washington. The warehouse was renovated so the Social Security Administration could provide a call centre to account for the upcoming increase of retirees in the national workforce.

Civil engineering services included grading, paving, storm drainage and utility design for the site.

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Dynamic Park 'N' Ride Sign System Victoria

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VicRoads commissioned GHD to develop designs and specifications for the installation of information signs and accompanying car park counting system at Gardiner Railway Station.

The project is known as Park and Ride Information System (PARIS) and was developed to encourage motorists, by displaying real time travel times for public transport, to entice them to transfer their travel mode to public transport.

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Automatic Public Transport

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The GHD Beijing team assessed, designed and implemented a real-time bus monitoring, passenger information and dispatching system in Guangzhou.

The team were responsible for the development of the outline, functional and logical design of the system, and the dispatching and bus arrival algorithms used in the system.

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M2 Motorway, NSW

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GHD was commissioned to review the supportability of the traffic control and monitoring system at the M2 Motorway, as a lead up to the potential upgrade of the system for reasons of technical obsolescence.

Following on from this commission GHD was engaged to assist in a feasibility study to upgrade the M2 Motorway Traffic Management and Computer System.

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Nanjing ITS Strategy, CHINA

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The GHD Beijing team delivered the city-wide ITS strategy for Nanjing in China.

The project required analysis of national and international experience and relevant case studies.

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Network Management Operations Contract

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GHD has a long-term contract to manage the entire traffic network for Auckland’s arterial and motorway networks.

This includes traffic signal optimisation, incident management, special events management and optimising traffic flows.

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Red Hill Road Rail Bridge

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In a good demonstration of public authority and private industry cooperation, the Red Hill Road Bridge was successfully launched on 3 January 2007 by the project team of Wagga Wagga City Council (WWCC), GHD, Nelmac Pty Ltd and Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC).

The overall purpose of the rail bridge project was to link Red Hill Rd to the Olympic Highway.  Red Hill Rd is an arterial orbital road that traverses the south end of Wagga Wagga, generally in an east-west direction.  It ended at the south side of the Main Southern Rail Line but it was desired to extend the road underneath the rail line through to the adjacent Olympic Highway. 

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Route Optimisation for EECA

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GHD was commissioned to evaluate the benefits of route optimisation for the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA).

GHD delivered a number of route optimisation reports detailing before and after evaluations using in-car groups to determine fuel, travel time and CO2 reductions of route optimisation.

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Sino Iron Ore Project

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The Sino Iron Project is Australia's first major magnetite project and the second largest project currently under construction in the Pilbara.

Due to its remote location 1200 kilometres north of Perth in Western Australia, the client CITIC Pacific Mining Management Pty Ltd required the development of dedicated infrastructure to support the USD3.5billion greenfields sino iron project.

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The Darra to Springfield Transport Corridor

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The Darra to Springfield Transport Corridor is the first large-scale integrated road and rail project for South East Queensland.

The purpose of the AUD1.5 billion project is to improve road, rail and public transport links between Darra and Springfield to service the growing population centres along the corridor and will be built in two stages.

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Traffic Control Infrastructure Contract (TCIC)

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The 10-year Traffic Control Infrastructure Contract (TCIC) outsources responsibility for the maintenance and improvement of all Main Roads Western Australia traffic control infrastructure assets throughout Western Australia.

Projects successfully delivered under this contract include South Street Perth Variable Message Sign Project, Mitchell Freeway Vehicle Detection System Project and South Street Fibre Optic Backbone and Kwinana Freeway Fibre Optic Extension.

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UK Rail Footprint Assessment

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Greenhouse gas (GHG) management is an essential part of any organisation’s sustainability and corporate responsibility agenda. GHD partnered with CenSA on railways greenhouse gas emissions measurement in the United Kingdom.

In December 2008, the United Kingdom (UK) made a upgraded its commitment to reduce its national carbon dioxide emissions, by at least 34 per cent by 2020 and 80 per cent by 2050, in comparison to 1990 levels. In anticipation of tough regulatory and other policy drivers, the rail sector sought to better understand its contribution to the national GHG footprint and the ways in which this can be reduced.

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Wuxi Inner Ring Road Intelligent Tranpsortation System, China

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GHD’s Beijing ITS team delivered this project, which is one of the most advanced intelligent motorway systems in China.

The project involved developing an architecture based on the National ITS Framework and Standards, and a function design that analysed user requirements.

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Graham Ackers

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Graham is responsible for the development of GHD’s capabilities and business in Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) internationally.

He has more than 19 years’ experience in the field of transport systems with a specialist knowledge of traffic control systems and intelligent transport systems within Australia and internationally. He has also worked extensively in both private and public sectors gaining experience from both a client and consultant perspective.

Graham has been responsible for the development and implementation of a wide range of ITS projects, including urban traffic control, rapid transit systems, integrated transport networks, passenger and driver information systems and the assessment of tolling systems. Graham's major strength is his experience in the assessment, design, implementation and operation of traffic control, information and surveillance systems both in Australia and overseas.

Position: Service Line Leader, Intelligent Transport Systems
Tel: 61 8 8111 6726

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