Vehicle telematics enables the provision of services to transport operators that can monitor the compliance of vehicles with respect to access conditions set by jurisdictions. The purpose of the Austroads `Intelligent Access Program (IAP) Feasibility Project' was to identify the applications to which jurisdictions could apply the IAP and to demonstrate the feasibility within the following sub-project components. It was found that IAP can provide significant benefits to jurisdictions across all areas of activity including: improved road safety; reduction in infrastructure wear; reduction in environmental effects; better managing public perceptions and expectations of heavy vehicle movements and optimisation of the road freight policy and operations tasks, including optimisation of the on-road enforcement activities. Additionally the transport industry can benefit from improved productivity. (Author/publisher)
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