The Victorian Government is moving ahead with a high-tech Melbourne transport project aimed at reducing future congestion and improving road safety.
As part of the ‘National Connected Multimodal Transport Test Bed’ researchers from the University of Melbourne’s School of Engineering will study connected data from vehicles, cyclists, pedestrians and infrastructure in a five square-kilometre test area.
Thousands of sensors and wireless units fitted to roads, traffic signals and vehicles will generate the information from the test area, which will be bounded by Alexandra Parade, Victoria Street, Hoddle Street and Lygon Street.
The test bed pilot is scheduled for launch in April 2017.