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Work Undertaken
Thompson
Stanbury Associates provides consulting services to private
developers, community groups, local government, state government
and civil engineering firms. The highly specialised
traffic and transportation related services
include:
1. Traffic Impact Studies
2. Modelling and Traffic Analysis
3. Traffic Signal
and Intersection Design
4. Local Area Traffic
Management
5. Traffic Data Collection and
Analysis
6. Roadway Design
7. Road
Safety Audits
Traffic Impact Studies
Thompson Stanbury Associates provides the services necessary to
conduct traffic impact studies for new developments. We have
experience in conducting traffic impact studies for
large and small developments including commercial land
uses, residential land uses, educational land uses,
industrial land uses and many combinations of mixed land
use developments.
The traffic impact studies
typically include the collection of current traffic
volume data within the study area. The current traffic
data is then combined with traffic volumes projected to be
generated by proposed new adjacent land uses and by the study
development. Analyses are conducted under current and
projected future traffic conditions to determine the
traffic impact the new development is expected to have
on the adjacent street system. The resultant information
is used to identify solutions to reduce or mitigate the
impact in the form of roadway and / or traffic control
modifications.
Modelling and Traffic Analysis
Thompson Stanbury Associates utilises computer based
intersection packages to conduct traffic simulation
modelling and analyses of traffic flow characteristics
on intersections, street networks, corridors,
interchanges and highways. Programs such as INTANAL and
SIDRA are utilised to assess isolated intersections operating a
range of different operating controls such as signage,
roundabout and traffic signals. SCATES is utilised to
assess coordinated traffic signal operating systems.
The analyses are used for the determination of
optimum traffic signal timing for isolated signalised
intersections and coordinated traffic signal systems.
The analyses are also used to review existing geometric
alignments, or future geometric changes to
intersections, street corridors and highway
interchanges.
Traffic Signal and Intersection
Design
Thompson Stanbury Associates has
designed numerous isolated signalised intersections
throughout New South Wales and Australia. We have a
philosophy to design traffic signals keeping maintenance
needs in mind and ensuring that only equipment that the client is
capable of maintaining is utilised. In many projects, it is
necessary to add capacity to intersections by widening
and / or providing appropriate channelisation which may
require only minor modification to the existing traffic
signal design.
Thompson Stanbury Associates has
extensive experience designing local and state
government funded projects to meet all government
requirements in a timely manner.
Local Area Traffic
Management
Thompson Stanbury Associates
provides the services necessary to conduct a complete
analysis for a route or road network to determine
traffic engineering needs. Information is gathered including traffic
signal inventories, road marking and signage
inventories, crash data, traffic volume data and other
traffic and transportation plan review information.
The information is summarised and a study is
conducted to determine and recommend short and long term
solutions to improve route and road network system
safety and efficiency, reduce liability exposure and
assist in the future development or expansion of the route or
road network transportation infrastructure.
Traffic
Data Review and Analysis
Thompson Stanbury
Associates is experienced in the review and analysis of
traffic data associated with the assessment of current
and projected traffic flow information. These services include
collating information in the form of 24 hour seven day traffic
counts, vehicle classification counts, vehicle speed
counts and intersection turning movement counts.
Thompson Stanbury Associates has experience in
analysing electronic data and the presentation of
traffic characteristics as accurately as possible. The
data is used to complete traffic studies including
traffic impact studies, operational analysis studies, classification
studies, travel time and delay studies, vehicle gap
studies and license plate studies.
Roadway
Design
Roadway design is a necessary part of
many transportation related projects. Thompson Stanbury
Associates has provided concept designs for multiple
route and road network projects including widening for
left turn bays, right turn bays, and other capacity increasing
treatments. A complete and thorough knowledge of roadway
capacity techniques has been developed to analyse the
needs of the routes and road networks. The analysis of
traffic volume data and accident analysis generally also
forms part of these projects.
Thompson
Stanbury Associates has provided concept designs for
sections of urban and rural roadway. It has served as a
sub-consultant to other civil engineering firms to perform traffic
projections, traffic analysis and to provide basic
geometric design for new residential, industrial and
commercial precincts.
Road Safety Audits
Thompson Stanbury Associates is an accredited road safety
auditor having undertaken many audits on behalf of
private developers, community groups, local government
and state government. The road safety audits have been
undertaken throughout the various concept design,
detailed design, pre opening and operational stages of a
route and / or road network.
The aim of road
safety audits are to identify any potential safety
hazards for road users associated with a route or road network or
safety issues that are prevalent and to ensure that
measures to eliminate or reduce safety problems are
fully considered. In undertaking audits, all potential
safety risks are identified and are issued with
correction action requests.
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Stanbury Associates
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