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Webinar: Best-Practice Approaches to Road Freight and Communities
The freight industry is critical to the Australian and New Zealand economies. It comprises road, rail, sea and air transportation including supporting services such as warehousing, storage, freight forwarding and customs brokerage for both domestic…
Effectiveness and Implementation of Raised Safety Platforms
The purpose of this report is to provide clarity around the design and operation of raised safety platforms and deepen understanding of leading international practice across a range of applications and performance dimensions. A review of literature…
Webinar: Harmonisation of Measurement and Mass Assessment Procedures for Special Purpose Vehicles in Australasia
Within Australia and New Zealand, the processes, procedures and reporting of mass and dimensions of Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) differs significantly depending on the jurisdiction where the measurements take place. Austroads&rsquo
Best Practice Approaches to Road Freight and Communities
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Scoping Study for a National Heavy Vehicle Bridge Assessment System
Earlier Austroads investigations seeking to develop Bridge Formulae for inclusion in the Performance Based Standard Network Classification Guidelines concluded that there is little benefit to be gained from attempting to recompose the existing…
Harmonisation of Measurement and Mass Assessment Procedures for Special Purpose Vehicles in Australasia
Within Australasia Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs), also known as mobile plant in New Zealand, are routinely measured and weighed differently depending on the jurisdiction completing the measuring and weighing. The objective of this research is to…
Framework and Tools for Road Freight Access Decisions
Austroads has commissioned this research report to review existing heavy vehicle road access guidelines and tools used by jurisdictional and local government road managers across Australia and New Zealand. Based on this review and gap analysis, a…
Classifying, Measuring and Valuing the Benefits of Place on the Transport System
This report explores and draws together the ways in which place is classified, measured and valued from a transport perspective. Through a literature review, the study captured the way place was being measured and valued by a range of different…
Webinar: Investigation and Development of Bridge Formulae for Inclusion in the Performance-based Standards
This webinar, presented on 29 April 2020, discusses the merits of three options to advance the future of PBS access in Australia as it relates to bridges. The webinar explains the role that PBS bridge formulae play in vehicle design and approval. It…
Guide to Traffic Management Part 13: Safe System Approach to Transport Management
Guide to Traffic Management Part 13: Safe System Approach to Transport Management is concerned with traffic management practice under the Safe System philosophy. The Guide emphasises the need for the road system to provide an environment which…