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Inquiry into variable speed limits - A case study of intelligent transport systems
The Hon John Anderson MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Transport and Regional
Services, has asked the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Transport and
Regional Services to inquire into the potential to apply variable speed limits on the
F3 Freeway and the Hume Highway between Sydney and Canberra as case studies of the
effectiveness of intelligent transport systems.
There are no specific terms of reference for this inquiry. The committees inquiry may
include, but not be necessarily limited to, the following matters:
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The potential to apply variable speed limits on the F3 Freeway and the Hume Highway
between Sydney and Canberra as case studies on the effectiveness of intelligent transport
systems;
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The benefits and costs of applying variable speed limits to the F3 Freeway and the Hume
Highway between Sydney and Canberra;
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Any limitations on applying variable speed limits to the F3 Freeway and the Hume Highway
between Sydney and Canberra;
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The role of the Commonwealth in fostering the development of intelligent transport
systems on other sections of the land transport systems in Australia, in the light
of the experience derived from the development of the F3 Freeway and the Hume Highway
between Sydney and Canberra; and
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Whether the experience derived from the development of the F3 Freeway and the Hume
Highway between Sydney and Canberra can be used to identify sections of the land transport
systems in Australia that may benefit from intelligent transport systems.
The committee welcomes submissions which should, where possible, be sent to the committee
secretariat by 30 August 2002. Persons and organisations wishing to make a submission but
who may unable to do so by this date should also contact the secretariat. In order to facilitate electronic publishing of submissions, the committee would prefer
submissions to be emailed or sent on disk to the secretariat, if possible.
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