Publications

This report documents research to determine if the size of electronic regulatory speed signs (ERSS), such as variable speed limit signs, could be reduced without adversely impacting efficiency of driving or safety.

Congestion in Australian cities has continued to get worse with significant increases in population and new car registrations. About a million new motor vehicles per year were registered in Australia in the years 2005-2007 before the global…

This report provides a traffic or logical architecture for the new controller. Austroads recognised the need to develop a new generation of traffic signal controllers, making use of modular, scalable design with an open architecture. Two key…

In 2009, the Indigenous Road Safety Working Group received support from Austroads to fund a demonstration project – a Safe System audit of an Indigenous community in Australia. The George Institute for Global Health (under the previous title of The…

In 2009, the Indigenous Road Safety Working Group received support from Austroads to fund a demonstration project – a Safe System audit of an Indigenous community in Australia. The George Institute for Global Health (under the previous title of The…

This report includes the examination and recommendation of a five-layer framework to implement controller functions. The key benefit of this concept is the clear demarcation of functions. The proposed concept allows functions to be built logically…

Computer processing power and memory availability have significantly advanced in the last few decades. New concepts in controller architecture and new vehicle detection technologies are now also available. Project NS1377 (Traffic Signal Controllers…

At its February 2006 meeting, Council of Australian Governments requested that a national audit of heavy vehicle Rest Areas be carried out against a nationally agreed standards (National Guidelines for Provision of Rest Area Facilities). The audited…

Austroads works towards uniformity of practice in respect of design, construction and user aspects of roads and bridges and with this purpose in view, publishes guides and procedures.

Traffic Engineering Practice, first published in 1965, is a…

This study investigated the efficacy of Speed Limiting Locally Operating Warning Signs (SLLOWS) at a number of sites in the Perth metropolitan area. It was found that SLLOWS were successful in reducing vehicle speed at all locations (3-4 km/h on…