Publications

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Effectiveness of Road Safety Engineering Treatments
Previous Austroads research has identified that there is a lack of reliable information regarding the effectiveness of different road safety engineering treatments.
National Survey of Bitumens: 2006 to 2012

A database of the properties of bitumens used in Australia has been collated over the course of this project (2006/12). This database will be useful in identifying possible trends in properties associated with changes in the manufacture of…

Traffic Management and Infrastructure - Lessons from In-depth Crash Investigations
This report discusses infrastructure and traffic management issues identified in an examination of approximately 700 crash investigations conducted in metropolitan and rural areas of South Australia. Current traffic management and engineering…
Fourth National Survey of Australian Bitumens

This report is the fourth in a series which examines the properties of bitumens used in Australia. The bitumen testing program was undertaken to develop a database of selected bitumen samples dating back to 1956. This database has been used to…

Investigation into the Properties of Alternative Surfacing Binders and Bitumen Extending Binders

Bitumen is a major component used in the construction of roads in Australia and New Zealand. As it can only be manufactured from a small number of the crude oils in the world, the future supply and cost of bitumen will be directly linked to the…