Publications

This report provides a practical and comprehensive representation, in the form of case studies, which outline successful approaches to the identification and planning of road freight routes in urban and rural areas by a number of state jurisdictions.…

This report reviews the tools that monitor, measure and evaluate the performance of the road network, for both arterials and freeways. The interest in measurement and evaluation tools for the overall network is mainly driven by the need to operate…

This Austroads project was initiated to enable road authorities to develop a better understanding of how various traffic management tools and proposed operational changes to the road network affected the performance of the entire road network, with…

Integrated tools can be a toolbox of technologies and procedures which combine both hard engineering methods such as the use of shoulders and lane access controls as well as dynamic traffic management tools such as ramp meters, incident detection,…

The objective of this report is to identify and document the findings, experiences and issues associated with the application of various road space allocation tools available to road managers. These tools are used to maximise the effectiveness of…

The objective of this report was to identify and document the findings, experiences and issues associated with the application of various dynamic traffic control systems available to road managers. The tools are used to maximise the effectiveness of…

Annually across Australia about 1,000 people are killed on roads in rural and remote areas, while approximately a further 26,000 people are injured. Those found to be at most risk are young male drivers, truck drivers, pedestrians and those living…

This report investigates the extent of seat belt and restraint use on remote area roads to determine the extent to which restraints are not used, the potential reasons for non-use and means by which their use could be increased. The research was…

Current approaches to national road network planning generally focus on links and corridors in themselves and do not allow the assessment of each link as a component of the network as a whole. This document describes a study to demonstrate the…

This study addressed aspects of the ongoing drink-driving problem in rural areas of Australia, and further developed a recent theoretical account of the decision-making processes that might underlie the effect of enforcement on behaviour. The study…