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Truck Side / Longitudinal Friction Literature Review and Data Analysis
Practitioners have raised concerns when designing for heavy vehicles with respect to the combination of design values for side and longitudinal friction demand as well as design criteria for horizontal curves with adverse superelevation. This report…
Minor Amendments to the Austroads Guide to Road Design Part 3
Road Authorities, practitioners and other stakeholders have identified minor editorial issues within the Austroads Guide to Road Design (GRD) Part 3 that result in possible ambiguity or inconsistency within the Guides to Road Design Series. A total…
Guide to Road Design Part 3: Geometric Design
Guide to Road Design Part 3: Geometric Design provides road designers and other practitioners with information about the geometric design of road alignments.
Guide to Road Design Part 6A: Paths for Walking and Cycling
Guide to Road Design Part 6A: Paths for Walking and Cycling provides guidance for designers and other practitioners on the design of paths for safe and efficient walking and cycling, both within the road corridor and outside the road corridor. The…
Improved Railway Road Design for Heavy Vehicles
This report identifies road design improvements to better cater for the safe passage of heavy vehicles through railway level crossings.
Verification of Austroads Road Design Criteria Based on Objective Safety Evidence

This report provides a compendium of recent and robust evidence on the relationships between twenty key geometric design criteria and safety outcomes.

The project critically reviewed quality research sources to identify crash modification factors…

Bicycle Safety at Roundabouts
This report investigates how the geometric design components of a roundabout may contribute to bicycle crashes.