Road Location and Traffic Data for Queensland State-Controlled Network

Queensland's Department of Transport and Main Roads provides spatial road location details and associated traffic data. The dataset allows users to locate themselves using spatial coordinates relative to road sections and through distances on the state-controlled network, busways, and cycle ways. It was last updated in May 2026 and is published under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Map traffic incidents to precise road sections based on spatial coordinates mentioned in the description.
• Calculate travel distances along road segments using the 'through distance' metric defined in the description.
• Analyze traffic patterns on state-controlled roads, busways, and cycle ways referenced in the description.

Strengths

• Includes both spatial (geographic) and linear referencing (through distance) data.
• Covers multiple network types: state-controlled roads, busways, franchise roads, cycle ways, and rail projects.
• Updated as of May 2026, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au, focusing on Queensland.

Provenance

Source

Transport and Main Roads (Queensland Government)

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-23 08:12:19.231776

Geography

Queensland, Australia (state-controlled road network)