I’ll be the first to admit, temporary traffic management is not my area of expertise. I’m an ideas person, a creative, a dreamer, and have a knack of making words sound good on a page. So, nine years ago I resigned from my job in an advertising agency to work...
Not all road works are the same, therefore each site needs to be treated differently when it comes to how we plan construction activities on the road reserve. Temporary Traffic Management Planners (TTMP) look at the existing road environment to decide the best...
Email from Tom Kiddle, TTM Manager, Auckland Transport. – TTM Industry Update #54: Controls required for working on Auckland Transport Level 2LS, Level 2 & Level 3 Roads; Traffic Management Planners; Road Categories and Road Levels Controls required for...
Generally, when someone begins their journey in the TTM and roading industry, one would generally start on the road. Not me – here is how I did it and what I have learnt along the way. I first started in the hire industry roughly 10 years ago. This was in the...
Let’s face it – we have all at one time or another been stuck in gridlock due to the bottleneck caused by road works. It’s inconvenient for sure, and inevitable when road interruptions are not properly planned out. This is why a Traffic Impact Assessment (TIA) is so...
Well, it’s been a long journey to get to this present moment in time… It was 5 years ago now that the NZTA decided to look at a revamp of the CoPTTM training model. The CoPTTM Governance group at that time, spent time and energy looking at what changes were needed...
