What's being considered / measured
NOPs are focused on road-based transport modes and other transport modes that use or significantly impact on the road network. An increasing consideration of land use activities is occurring through the Movement and Place Framework.
NOPs generally consider all road-based modes:
- motorised users (including commuters, business, recreation, and tourists using cars and motorcycles)
- transit users (including bus, light rail/tram and taxi)
- cyclists (including commuter, school and recreational bicycle riders)
- pedestrians (including people with a disability)
- freight transporters (including heavy vehicles and couriers).
Non-road-based modes (such as ferries, trains and interchanges) and special user groups (such as tourists) are included in some of the jurisdiction guidance, where they have significant use and impact on the road network.
With an increasing consideration of land use activities and how to encourage users to spend time in high-place areas, NOPs should also consider land-use. The Movement and Place work in NSW and Victoria, is defining place typologies and developing guidance about the interaction of place with transport facilities.
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Reference is generally made to cycling, walking, car driving and public transport. Phase 2 - Network and Services Definition write-up on p20 also notes: "it is important to identify the priority land transport networks in consultation with transport partners. Examples include:
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See Section 1. p3. Road user groups can include private motorists, transit users, pedestrians, cyclists and freight vehicles. | |
Development of the Accessibility-Based Network Operations Planning Framework (2015) | Section 3.2.1 - Network Operation and Accessibility Objectives p15-19 provides user accessibility indicators for following trip types (in tables 3.1 to 3.6, p17-19):
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Guide to Traffic Management Part 4: Network Management Strategies (2020) | Section 5.2 - Network Operation Objectives p60 indicate the following road user groups to be included:
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Tables 3.1 to 3.4 p10-11 include the following modes:
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Guide to Traffic Management Part 9: Transport Control Systems – Strategies and Operations (2020) | Section 6.3.2 - Traffic Signal Techniques to Support Road User Priorities p66 indicate: "Traffic signals are one of the tools that can be used to implement road user priorities in a network operation plan. The various traffic signal techniques [provided in tables 6.2 to 6.6] can be categorised as techniques that support:
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Phase 1 - Objective setting, Box 2: Transport system elements p15 states: "A network incorporates all of the routes that provide inter-connected pathways between multiple locations for similar traffics. Networks can be multi-modal or mono-modal. A multi-modal network typically comprises several mono-modal networks." | |
Road Network Planning Urban Design ‘Place’ Character Assessment Methodology and Guidance Notes (2019) | Appendix A, Section 2.1 - The Matrix p11-14 and Figure 9 p12 includes the following modes:
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MRWA Network Operation Planning Framework (2014) | Section 2.3 - Phase 2: Network Operation Objectives p6-7 indicates the following road user groups may be included:
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Movement classifications p13 indicates the following modes / movement types:
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The Forward p4 notes the following ground surface modes:
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Highways England focuses on the motorised transport permitted to use the highway network |
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Road-based modes– including pedestrians, cyclists, transit users, motorized users. | |
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Warrigal Road Movement and Place – Intersection Operating Principles |
It should be noted that Place, Safety and Environment are also considered in a similar vein to the above modes and users. |