Your role as a planner
For a planner, managing risk at railway crossings directly contributes to the provision of a safer, more efficient and cleaner road environment.
A planner makes a significant contribution at a policy level. Effectively managing risk at railway crossings helps the RTA to meet key objectives set out in the NSW Government State Plan and the RTA Corporate Plan: Blueprint 2008 to 2012; and assists the RTA to meet its legislative obligations under the NSW Rail Safety Act 2008.
Ultimately these objectives and obligations are to provide a safer, cleaner, less congested and more reliable state transport network.
A planner helps to achieve this vision in the following way:
- Effectively managing railway crossing safety through systematic, collaborative and coordinated effort among stakeholders.
- Effective management of railway crossing safety improves both the safety and the efficiency of the road and rail transport systems.
- Improved safety and efficiency results in reduced traffic congestion and pollution levels, and contributes to improvements in road safety through a reduction in the number of people killed or injured on NSW roads.
The Railway crossing safety series 2011 assists in the provision of the knowledge, skills and procedures to become a part of the move towards a cleaner, safer, less congested and more efficient road network, and to make a genuine contribution to the wellbeing of people living and working in NSW.
Plan
- Policy to establish and manage railway crossing safety management plans
PN 239 - Plan: Establishing a railway crossing safety management plan
PN 239G
Identify
- Policy for identifying risks to safety at railway crossings
PN 241 - Identify:The railway crossing safety hazard checklist
PN 241G
Assess
- Policy for applying risk tolerance and risk assessment criteria to railway crossing safety management
PN 238 - Assess:Applying risk tolerance and risk assessment criteria to railway crossings
PN 238G