Publications

These guidelines set out criteria that must be addressed in any application for an automated vehicle trial. Because trials will differ in technology, scale and risk, some criteria may not be relevant to some trials. Trialling organisations must set…

Guide to Road Design Part 6: Roadside Design, Safety and Barriers provides guidance on roadside design and in particular guidance on evaluating the risk of a roadside and the selection and use of road safety barrier systems. Roadsides have to…

Guide to Road Design Part 3: Geometric Design provides road designers and other practitioners with information about the geometric design of road alignments.

This Austroads Technical Specification ATS 3110 sets out the requirements for the supply of polymer modified binders (PMBs) and crumb rubber modified binders for use in both sprayed sealing and asphalt applications. The technical specification can…

Austroads Technical Specification ATS 5341 sets out the requirements for the repair of cracks in concrete, including supply and quality of materials, surface preparation, application, relevant testing and acceptance criteria. The technical…

Part 2 provides guidelines for conducting benefit–cost analysis (BCA) and multi-criteria analysis (MCA) on public transport infrastructure projects, policies and programs—any choice in fact that can be characterised in terms of positive and negative…

Part 1 of the Guide to Project Evaluation provides the context in which project evaluation is carried out. It provides an introduction to project evaluation and anticipates a link-point with the wider area of road transport planning, a very complex…

Part 3 presents a summary account of the Austroads publications and other related sources of information that describe the wide range of tools used in project evaluation. In Part 3 a distinction is drawn between rural project evaluation procedures…

Part 4 presents a range of Austroads information relating to project evaluation inputs. This document provides a source of information on unit costs, and other inputs/parameters, which can be made use of in road project evaluation activities. A wide…

Part 7 provides guidelines for carrying out evaluation of completed transport projects to assess actual performance against stated objectives. A post-completion evaluation is the final step in project evaluation, and provides feedback on evaluation…