Transcript High Productivity Vehicles Why has the take up been so slow? Damien Hense Freight Industry Liaison Manager ARRB Group.

High Productivity Vehicles
Why has the take up been so slow?
Damien Hense
Freight Industry Liaison Manager
ARRB Group
ARRB Group - Owners
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Vehicle testing & instrumentation
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Route assessment / asset management
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Network survey (NSV)
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Create computer 3D
environment of road
geometry
Simulate travel along
the road network
graphical identification
of high risk areas
determine safe speeds
for tight bends
reduce truck
rollovers and stability
related crashes
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Vehicle assessment (simulation)
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We have heard this before ….
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Growth in freight carried by B Doubles 1999 – 2007
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Performance Based Standards (PBS)
• PBS initiated in 2007 to provide more flexibility in heavy
vehicle design
– Encourages innovation in heavy vehicle design, aimed at
greater productivity
– PBS governs what a vehicle can do, not what it should look
like.
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Vehicle
Performance
PBS Levels of access
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Access to the
road network
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The ARRB Industry Round Table
• 11th December 09, PBS round table
• Why has the take up of HPFV’s been
so slow?
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The members of the Round Table
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Focus & Key Findings
• Discussions covered four industry perspectives
– state, territory and federal governments
– freight customers
– freight transport suppliers
– local government
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State, territory and federal government
• Lack of champions to advocate the benefits of PBS
• Technical opposition to some aspects of PBS
• Doubts about accuracy of some PBS assessments
• Concerns about exposing governments to risk of
accelerated damage to public road infrastructure
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The freight customer perspective
• PBS-approved network is inadequate
• Insufficient sites available for breaking up vehicles
• Physical roadway constraints and local community
resistance often restrict HV access
• Local governments are ill-equipped to assess
routes for PBS-based HPFV operations
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Freight transport operators’ perspective:
• Urban planning and development has often
ignored the need for efficient HV access
• Asset owners often adopt the most conservative
approach to access
• There is little incentive for regulators to accept
PBS vehicles
• The public perceives PBS benefits as flowing
mainly to industry, rather than the community
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Local government perspectives
• LG is concerned about:
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Ability of LG networks to cope with larger vehicles
accelerated deterioration of pavements
safety issues
community concerns
location and intensity of freight operations
PBS in general
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Overall Round Table conclusions:
• Local governments are critical to PBS ‘success’
• An ‘industry champion’ is required
• Improved community understanding and
involvement is essential
• The PBS application process requires streamlining
• An enhanced ‘public information’ process for PBS
and HPFV issues is required
– in financial, economic and environmental terms
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Improving the uptake of PBS and HPFVs
• Potential improvements lie mainly in the following broad
areas
– Further PBS policy development
– Partnerships with Local Government / Community
– Regulatory enhancements and harmonisation
– Capacity building for PBS processes
– Need greater government/industry collaboration on PBS
technical case work and research
– Industry PBS / HPFV advocacy and communication
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The outlook beyond the Round Table
• Initiation of a National Heavy Vehicle Regulator
(NHVR) presents a major opportunity
• The new NHVR may even be able to take on the
‘industry champion’ role
• However sustained improvement in the HPFV
uptake is likely to also require parallel measures
• Development of processes / tools to assist Local
Government with HV route classification
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National Heavy Vehicle Regulator
• Potentially a welcome development for HPFV’s
• However some issues are not yet clear such as;
– How will the NHVR process be different to current
approaches?
– How will certainty of access improve for industry?
– What does this mean for LG?
– Will there be an appeals process?
– How will infrastructure upgrades be handled?
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Questions?
What we don’t want to see!
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