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The latest updates from the project team on Smarter Roads.

Meet Haifeng, Area Manager – Congestion Management Team news post thumbnail

Meet Haifeng, Area Manager – Congestion Management Team

21 March 2023

Meet the people at the Department of Transport and Planning’s Smarter Roads team who are working to keep peo…

Switching lights on-the-fly to get your bus through traffic news post thumbnail

Switching lights on-the-fly to get your bus through traffic

2 February 2023

We rely on buses when train services are interrupted by major railway projects such as level crossing removals…

Smoother journeys and safer crossings along Wellington/North Road news post thumbnail

Smoother journeys and safer crossings along Wellington/North Road

19 December 2022

Motorists travelling along Wellington Road between Rowville and Clayton are benefitting from a traffic ligh…

Find out how technology helps keep traffic flowing smoothly     news post thumbnail

Find out how technology helps keep traffic flowing smoothly    

31 October 2022

We’ve rolled out transport technology across Melbourne’s west, east and south-east to help keep traffic mo…

Meet Purbaj, Senior Project Engineer - Asset Delivery news post thumbnail

Meet Purbaj, Senior Project Engineer - Asset Delivery

20 October 2022

Meet the people at Smarter Roads who are working to keep people and goods moving across Melbourne. Purbaj is …

Traffic flow improves along Boundary/Wells Road news post thumbnail

Traffic flow improves along Boundary/Wells Road

19 September 2022

Motorists and pedestrians are already seeing the benefits of a traffic light review of Boundary/Wells Road, wi…

Six-year-old Isaac helps keep traffic moving on Plenty Road news post thumbnail

Six-year-old Isaac helps keep traffic moving on Plenty Road

8 September 2022

Six-year-old Isaac sent a letter to the Roads Minister asking if someone could investigate a set of traffic li…

Bigger traffic information for easier travel choices news post thumbnail

Bigger traffic information for easier travel choices

23 August 2022

Hundreds of thousands of motorists will be better informed about travel times and disruptions each week follow…

Meet Sarath, a Lead Specialist in the Signal Services Team news post thumbnail

Meet Sarath, a Lead Specialist in the Signal Services Team

2 August 2022

Meet Sarath, one of our Lead Specialists in the Signal Services Team. As part of the Smarter Roads program, we…

Smarter Springvale Road means substantial savings for motorists news post thumbnail

Smarter Springvale Road means substantial savings for motorists

28 July 2022

We’ve recalibrated traffic lights at key intersections along Springvale Road, Glen Waverley, delivering moto…

Now you can choose your route in real time news post thumbnail

Now you can choose your route in real time

13 July 2022

Ever been stuck in traffic because you missed your chance to take a faster route to your destination?  Well, …

New tech gives greater visibility and better traffic flow through Werribee news post thumbnail

New tech gives greater visibility and better traffic flow through Werribee

8 July 2022

Our Transport Operations Centre now has improved visibility of the busiest roads in Werribee thanks to the add…

A Smarter Way to Monitor Traffic news post thumbnail

A Smarter Way to Monitor Traffic

28 June 2022

As part of the Smarter Roads Program, the Department of Transport has committed to understanding the potential…

Meet Emily, Area Manager for Zone 1 (West) in the Congestion Management Team news post thumbnail

Meet Emily, Area Manager for Zone 1 (West) in the Congestion Management Team

22 June 2022

Without further ado, everyone meet Emily! Emily has worked in transport for around 10 years and is passionate …

Meet Cathy, our Congestion Surveillance and Audit Officer news post thumbnail

Meet Cathy, our Congestion Surveillance and Audit Officer

15 June 2022

This week we chatted to Cathy, one of our Congestion Surveillance and Audit Officers, about how she was able t…

Smoother journeys and safer pedestrian crossings through Ashburton and Ashwood news post thumbnail

Smoother journeys and safer pedestrian crossings through Ashburton and Ashwood

7 June 2022

As part of the biggest review of traffic lights in Melbourne’s history, we’ve recalibrated the signals at …

Meet Muhammad, our Incident Response Officer news post thumbnail

Meet Muhammad, our Incident Response Officer

7 June 2022

This week we chat to Muhammad, one of our new Incident Response Officers, working to keep our arterial roads s…

Meet Paul, our Senior Signal Optimisation Engineer news post thumbnail

Meet Paul, our Senior Signal Optimisation Engineer

7 June 2022

Meet Paul, our Senior Signal Optimisation Engineer within the Signal Services team. His team is currently cond…

Making Stephensons Road smoother and safer for all news post thumbnail

Making Stephensons Road smoother and safer for all

24 May 2022

We recently completed a program of traffic light enhancements along Stephensons Road in Mount Waverley, making…

The eyes in the sky tackling Melbourne’s congestion news post thumbnail

The eyes in the sky tackling Melbourne’s congestion

5 May 2022

Director of Transport Operations, Emily Lodder, joined Minister for Roads and Road Safety, Ben Carroll, on Sev…

Melbourne’s main roads delivering smoother journeys news post thumbnail

Melbourne’s main roads delivering smoother journeys

29 March 2022

Have you heard about Melbourne’s biggest ever traffic light review? Would you like an insight into how we’…

Incident Response Officers in the Spotlight news post thumbnail

Incident Response Officers in the Spotlight

16 March 2022

Incident Response Officer, Denise Thomson, had a recent brush with fame when she joined Jacinta Parsons on ABC…

Streamlining traffic lights to create smoother journeys news post thumbnail

Streamlining traffic lights to create smoother journeys

23 February 2022

The Department of Transport is undertaking the most comprehensive review of traffic lights since they were int…

More boots on the ground to keep you moving news post thumbnail

More boots on the ground to keep you moving

23 February 2022

As part of the Smarter Roads program’s investment in people, the team will be bolstered to patrol the road…

New sensors making your local crossings safer news post thumbnail

New sensors making your local crossings safer

21 February 2022

The Department of Transport is undertaking the most comprehensive review of traffic lights since they were int…

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