Responsibilities

The RTA is the NSW State Government agency responsible for:

• Improving road safety.
• Testing and licensing drivers and registering and inspecting vehicles.
• Managing the road network to achieve consistent travel times.

The road network that the RTA manages includes:

• 17,932 kilometres of State Roads (including 4269 kilometres of AusLink network and 161 kilometres of privately funded toll roads).
• 2946 kilometres of Regional and Local roads in the Unincorporated Area of NSW.
• 5051 bridges, including major culverts and nine vehicular ferries.
• 3690 traffic signals and other traffic facilities, systems and corridor assets.

It provides financial assistance to local councils to manage 18,474 kilometres of Regional Roads and also provides some funding and support to the 144,750 kilometres of council-managed local access roads which are funded by local ratepayers and federal road assistance grants.

Our people

The RTA employs about 6929 staff in more than 180 offices throughout NSW, including 129 motor registries.

Customers

The RTA has a vast range of customers, including individuals, private organisations, community and road transport groups, local councils and State and Federal Government agencies. As of 30 June 2008 there were 4.64 million drivers and 5.2 million NSW registered vehicles. In 2007-08 the RTA managed just over 19 million registration and licensing transactions.

Australian Business Number (ABN)

The RTA ABN is: 64480155255