This Manual has been issued by VicRoads to provide guidance for the best practice of traffic engineering in Victoria. It supplements the guidance provided by the Austroads Guide to Traffic Management series of publications. Volume 1 covers traffic management generally, and Volume 2 covers signs, markings and delineation.
Practitioners throughout Victoria must ensure that the procedural and regulatory requirements are followed. VicRoads requires that traffic engineering treatments on declared freeways and arterial roads in Victoria comply with these guidelines, wherever practicable. Practitioners should only allow departures from the guidelines in special circumstances where they can be justified on the basis of good engineering principles or a risk assessment. In the interests of uniformity, Councils are encouraged to comply with these Guidelines for traffic engineering treatments on municipal roads.
This Volume covers regulatory requirements; the design of intersections; railway crossings and facilities for pedestrians and bicycles; road lighting; speed limits; local area traffic management; parking; design for trucks, buses and trams; and other traffic management issues.
VicRoads continues to update to each chapter of Volume 1 and progressively release in both hardcopy form and on this website.
Chapter 11 - Railway Level Crossings has been rescinded and is currently being reviewed. A new version will be released in 2010.
| Nov 2009 |
Ed 4 |
Table of Contents [PDF 164 kb, 16 pp] |
| Oct 2001 |
Ed 3 Rev A |
Ch 1 - Road Classifications [PDF 1,333 kb, 18 pp] |
| Nov 2009 |
Ed 4 |
Ch 2 - Major Traffic Control Items [PDF 242 kb, 26 pp] |
| Oct 2001 |
Ed 3 Rev A |
Ch 3 - Intersections [PDF 1799 kb, 62 pp] |
| Sep 2008 |
Ed 4 |
Ch 4 - Pedestrian Facilities [PDF 2048 kb, 64 pp] |
| Dec 1999 |
Ed 3 |
Ch 5 - Bicycle Facilities [PDF 294 kb, 26 pp] |
| Oct 2001 |
Ed 3 Rev A |
Ch 6 - Lighting of Roads [PDF 470 kb, 38 pp] |
| Nov 2009 |
Ed 4 Rev 1 |
Ch 7 - Speed Zoning Guidelines [PDF 2129 kb, 50 pp] |
| Oct 2001 |
Ed 3 Rev A |
Ch 8 - Local Area Traffic Management [PDF 1797 kb, 58 pp] |
| Dec 1999 |
Ed 3 |
Ch 9 - Parking [PDF 2956 kb, 88 pp] |
| Dec 1999 |
Ed 3 |
Ch 10 - Special Traffic Facilities [PDF 213 kb, 28 pp] |
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Ch 11 - Railway Level Crossings has been rescinded 14 November 2008 |
| Oct 2001 |
Ed 3 Rev A |
Ch 12 - Extending the Road Safety Act to Off Street Areas [PDF 45 kb, 18 pp] |
| Dec 1999 |
Ed 3 |
Ch 13 - Road Closures [PDF 134 kb, 24 pp] |
| Dec 1999 |
Ed 3 |
Ch 14 - Benefit Cost Analysis for Traffic Flow Improvements [PDF 76 kb, 22 pp] |
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Any queries or comments regarding Traffic Engineering Manual Volume 1 and submissions for approvals should be directed to:
Manager - Road and Traffic Standards
Network & Asset Planning
60 Denmark Street
KEW VIC 3101
AUSTRALIA
e-mail: tem@roads.vic.gov.au
Where the Manual calls for approval from the Executive Director - Network and Asset Planning, or Traffic and Road Use Management, if it has not been updated, submissions for approval should be forwarded to the Manager - Road and Traffic Standards.