Computer-aided design in local street planning and management.

Local area traffic management has emerged as a major concern and area of activity in Australian traffic planning, and a planning methodology for use in traffic studies is emerging. Described are the relevance and application of procedures from the new information technology, especially computer- aided design (CAD) in the planning and management of local street networks.The procedures are shown to offer traffic planners new and perhaps more appropriate means for using computers in their work.