Transport for NSW (TfNSW) is expanding its Live Traffic NSW platform to provide more real-time traffic information to motorists in regional areas.
Announced by the Minister for Regional Transport and Roads, Sam Farraway, 32 additional councils are being trained to use the real-time road information platform.
“We have fast-tracked the onboarding of councils who have been severely impacted by the recent flooding events, which is a major win for those travelling in and out of flood-impacted areas in NSW,” Mr Farraway said.
“This means councils like Bourke, Dubbo and Forbes will be able to upload road closure and incident information to Live Traffic NSW in real time, which feeds data into third party apps like Google Maps, Waze and Tom Tom,” he said.
“Thirteen of the 32 councils can be uploading their data from January 23 while the remaining 19 are undergoing training to be able to do the same from February 23.”
Mr Farraway said Live Traffic NSW was vital during emergency events.
“When major flooding started late last year, sessions on Live Traffic NSW increased up to 10-fold, so getting more accurate data for all of our roads in the one place is a big win for travellers,” the Minister said.
“In October, we added the first 22 councils to the platform and a further three in December,” he said.
“These councils have since communicated almost 5,500 road incident updates.”
