The development of an advanced traffic management system (ATMS) for the Auckland motorway network raised many new technical challenges for Transit New Zealand (Transit). The technologies needed and their application had not been used in NZ previously and the venture into a systems based project required a new set of skills and processes. Therefore, Transit appointed a Project Management Consultant (PMC) with experience of similar overseas projects, to plan and implement a demonstration ATMS project on the Northern Motorway. The PMC was tasked to advise on a process to address the technical, contractual and institutional issues, drawing on state of the art strategies, standards and technologies. The first part of the ATMS project was completed in 1999 and the second phase is currently under construction. This paper discusses the development and deployment of the Auckland ATMS and highlights how experience from around the world added functionality into the planning, design and specification processes. These included: value management; value engineering; technical planning process; traffic management strategies; and equipment performance specifications. (a)
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