Definitions#

The following general amended definitions apply when reading the Queensland Guide to Traffic Management Part 9: Transport Control Systems – Strategies and Operations.

AGTM Part 9: Austroads Guide to Traffic Management Part 9: Transport Control Systems – Strategies and Operations, as amended by this document; for example, a reference to AGTM Part 9 means the reader must refer to the Austroads Guide to Traffic Management Part 9: Transport Control Systems – Strategies and Operations, and the Queensland Guide to Traffic Management Part 9: Transport Control Systems – Strategies and Operations (QGTM Part 9). Throughout AGTM Part 9, references are made to other Parts of the AGTM (for example, when reading AGTM Part 9, the reader may be referred to AGTM Part 3 for further information.) In such cases, the reader must refer to the equivalent Part within the Queensland Guide to Traffic Management first. Check the applicability of the equivalent QGTM Part before referring to the referenced AGTM Part. Similarly, references may be made to other Austroads Guides (for example, when reading AGTM Part 9, the reader may be referred to the Guide to Road Safety Part 3: Safe Speed). In such cases, the reader must refer to the equivalent Queensland Guide first, where such exists. Check the applicability of the equivalent Queensland Guide before referring to the referenced Austroads Guide Part.
TRUM: The Traffic and Road Use Management Manual preceded this Part of the Queensland Guide to Traffic Management and was withdrawn on publication of the corresponding QGTM Part.
Managed motorway: The managed motorway is one that has the necessary infrastructure and ITS which enable upstream demand and operations to be managed to meet downstream capacity; the managed motorway standard allows the road operator to dynamically manage operations to minimise congestion due to flow breakdown
MRTS: (Transport and) Main Roads Technical Specification
MUTCD: Queensland Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices

Official traffic sign: An official traffic sign is a traffic control device in relation to which the methods, standards and procedures are prescribed in the Queensland Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) or are approved by the Director-General, Transport and Main Roads. TORUM states that an official sign is: …a sign, marking, light or device placed or installed to regulate, warn, or guide traffic…
QLDTraffic website and 13 19 40 phone service: QLDTraffic.qld.gov.au (QLDTraffic website) and 13 19 40 phone service provide accurate, timely and relevant traffic and road condition information to help all motorists make informed travel decisions, reduce the disruption caused by incidents and minimise the effects of congestion.
Road: As defined by Schedule 4, TORUM, a road: a) includes a bus way under the TIA, and b) includes an area that is: i. open to or used by the public and is developed for, or has as one of its uses, the driving or riding of motor vehicles, whether on payment of a fee or otherwise, or ii. dedicated to public use as a road, but c) does not include an area declared under a regulation not to be a road. Example of an area that is a road – a bridge, cattle grid, culvert, ferry, ford, railway crossing, shopping centre car park, tunnel, or viaduct.
RPEQ: Registered Professional Engineer Queensland
State-controlled road (SCR): A road or land, or part of a road or land, declared under s24 of the TIA to be a state-controlled road (SCR)
TIA: Transport Infrastructure Act 1994
TORUM: Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995
Traffic control signs: Traffic control signs are a collection of non-standard traffic control (TC) signs that have been ‘officially approved’ (as required by TORUM). These signs have been designed for specialised use and designed to comply with the standards set out in the Queensland MUTCD.