Update to Austroads online road safety applications
Tender ID: 468918
Tender Details
Tender Description
The purpose of this project is to reduce road fatalities and serious injuries on the road network through the provision of road safety applications and tools that support the adoption and implementation of the Safe System principles in the planning, design, management and operation of the road network, complementing the refresh of the Guide to Road Safety Part 2 being undertaken in parallel project SAG6317.
This project will identify the tools and applications needed to support practitioners in applying contemporary knowledge and practice in alignment with the vision of zero deaths and serious injuries and the Safe Roads pillar of the Safe System.
The tools and applications ultimately adopted by Austroads need to be integrated with Austroads online architecture and accessible through reliable platforms for use by road safety decision makers and road safety and design practitioners.
Scope:
The scope of this project is to:
1. Understand the online road safety tool needs of practitioners. A journey map of typical practitioners shall be created to understand the needs and identify the gaps in current available tools, considering new and existing contemporary applications. Typical practitioners should be considered at the frequent (or expert), irregular, and new starter levels. This work will need to reference and support Austroads project SAG6317 – Update to the Guide to Road Safety, Part 2: Safe Roads.
2. Review existing Austroads tools and identify options to rationalise, upgrade and augment with new tools to best support the needs of practitioners in line with the contemporary knowledge and practices in alignment with the vision of zero deaths and serious injuries and the Safe Roads pillar of the Safe System. Options for an updated suite of tools must deliver a consistent user experience consistent with Austroads IT Architecture requirements. Existing and recently retired tools to be reviewed include:
• Infrastructure Risk Rating (IRR) Tool
• Road Safety Audit Toolkit
• Road Safety Engineering Toolkit
• Australian National Risk Assessment Model (ANRAM) and the link to AusRAP star ratings
• Safe System Assessment Framework
Identify opportunities for Austroads to develop and host contemporary best practice and world-leading tools such as those developed under the Austroads Network Design for Road Safety (Stereotypes for Cross-sections and Intersections) project, lifecycle of roads and other relevant updates to the Guide to Road Design. This project will address technical accessibility issues users are experiencing, which will enhance usage and experience of the road safety tools and applications.
3. Develop IT specifications for tools identified in scope items 1 and 2 above, and as informed by projects SAG6317 (Update to Austroads Guide to Road Safety, Part 2, Safer Roads) and SAG6343 (National Harmonisation of Road Safety Audit Practices).
The conduct of this project supports parallel Austroads projects relating to the refresh of the Guide to Road Safety Part 2 (SAG6317) and the harmonisation of road safety audits (SAG6343), both of which will occur concurrently with this project. The following schematic identifies these three projects along with relevant previous Austroads work.
At the conclusion of these projects the GRS2 will be the primary reference document that will set the strategic direction for road safety audits, while a range of online tools will be developed through a future project to support the implementation of the guidance contained in
GRS2 and future requirements and support tools for the conduct of road safety audits.
Deliverables:
This project will produce the following deliverables:
• Review of existing tools/applications for currency of content and relevance for on modification, redevelopment or decommissioning
• Gap analysis to understand the need for and use of online tools required by practitioners – using for example a practitioner journey map
• Draft IT specifications recommendations for development of new applications/tools including whether the tools can be provided in one system
• Output will be an Austroads Internal Report that summarises project findings and includes an options paper with platform / system options with indicative costs, for approval by RSTF.
Closing date: Thursday 30 September 2021 – 5PM Australian Eastern Standard Time.
Also included as part of this tender are the following documents:
• Instructions for Authors of Austroads Publications which sets out the writing and formatting standards for research, technical and internal reports.
• Master Services Agreement outlining our Terms and Conditions. Please note that our Terms and Conditions are not negotiable.
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Location
New South Wales : Central West : Far North Coast : Far West : Hunter : Illawarra : Mid North Coast : Murray : New England : Orana : Riverina : Southern Highlands : Sydney
Queensland : Cairns & Far North Queensland : Gladstone : Mackay Whitsunday Region : Mount Isa & North West Region : Rockhampton : South East Queensland : South West & Darling Downs : The Central West : Townsville : Wide Bay Burnett
Victoria : Barwon South West : Gippsland : Grampians : Hume : Loddon Mallee : Melbourne
South Australia : Adelaide : Eyre & Western : Far North : Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island : Limestone Coast : Murray & Mallee : York & Mid North
Northern Territory : Big Rivers : Central Australia : East Arnhem : Greater Darwin
Australian Capital Territory
Tasmania
