Presentation from IMIA (Asia Pacific) Annual Conference, Brisbane, Nov 2015

1. APPLICATION of SPATIAL
TECHNOLOGY for
NATIONAL HEAVY
VEHICLE PERMITING
David Carlisle
Executive Director | AccessCONNECT Program
National Heavy Vehicle Regulator
17 November 2015

2. ABOUT the NHVR
The NHVR is Australia’s first national, independent regulator for
all vehicles over 4.5 tonnes gross vehicle mass. We have been
established to administer one set of laws for heavy vehicles
under the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL).
Our objectives are to reduce the compliance burden for
business, improve Australia’s international competitiveness,
improve safety and productivity and make it easier for business
to operate across state and territory borders.

3. APPLYING for PERMITS
• When the HVNL commenced on 10 February 2014, the NHVR
started delivering a range of services and acting as an
information gateway for all heavy vehicle transport businesses.
• A key part of this services was for customers to apply online
for access permits through one national business portal.

4. Customers – to easily identify the route being applied for
NHVR – to assist with initial route assessment and identify the Road
Managers that Consent is required from
Road Managers – to understand the route being applied for and if
required to provide a simple tool to amend routes
ABOUT the JOURNEY PLANNER
• The Journey Planner is critical to the Access Management
Business (and other regulatory domains of the NHVR)
• The product was developed prior to the NHVR understanding
the full extent of benefits GIS has. It was designed to assist all
stakeholder groups in the following ways:

5. WHAT are our CHALLENGES?
• Data is key for the Journey Planner – we obtain GIS data from
commercial sources and governments (directly)
• No single provider has our data requirements as a single data set,
nor do we receive sufficient data from jurisdictions
• Key data for access management include:
o Routability
o Road centre lines
o Road Ownership
o Digitised heavy vehicle networks
o Bridge and other critical
asset information

6. The EXISTING JOURNEY PLANNER

7. The EXISTING JOURNEY PLANNER
(data)

8. ENHANCEMENTS – Google look and
feel

9. ENHANCEMENTS – Car routing

10. ENHANCEMENTS – Truck routing

11. EXAMPLES of ROUTING OPTIONS

12. JOURNEY PLANNER ROUTING
ISSUES
• Data limitations – it is not a simple fix … we will need to be
creative with how we develop a routing function at this time
• PSMA administer a national GIS transport data product – the
heavy vehicle component is incomplete
• Jurisdictions, NHVR and the PSMA need to cooperate to
complete the data set
• Our initial focus is to enhance the JP functionality and data
set to best possible
• And … what about councils?

13. GIS ROADMAP for HEAVY VEHICLES
• Co-design and co-develop with our partners (prototypes)
• Discussion paper to highlight challenges and opportunities
• Establishing a new user experience and innovative approaches
• Improving our data exchange (both ways) with all parties
• Accessing data on restrictions with infrastructure
• Understanding permit history to guide decision making
• Obtaining missing data sets to support routability
OUTCOMES:
• Reduce volume and timeframes for permits
• Definitive Source – best data set for heavy vehicle road use

14. Thank You