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Recent Advances in Road Pricing Practice
This report documents a study to provide information on recent advances in road pricing practice, both nationally and internationally. With the availability of new technologies the most rapidly changing aspect of road pricing, a significant…
Austroads Project Evaluation Compendium
This project evaluation compendium stemmed from a project with the primary aim to develop a guide comprising information, processes, ideas and tools related to road project and program evaluation practice suitable for Australian applications. This…
Multi-Modal Evaluation and Assessment: A Perspective
A need exists in Australia and New Zealand, as it does in other countries, for a means to evaluate and prioritise candidate transport infrastructure investments, so as to ensure funds flow to the most worthwhile projects. Transport agencies around…
Management of Concrete Bridge Structures to extend their Service Life
This is a consolidated report from the work undertaken as part of the project "Management of Concrete Structures to Extend their Service Life" which sought to assist Austroads Member Authorities in managing their bridge assets. With Austroads member…
Oversized Containers
Some shipping lines are introducing oversized containers, (containers exceeding International Standards Organisation dimensions) though at present they are limited to specific trades and are not used extensively by companies servicing Australia. In…
Review of Vertical Exhausts
The Review of Vertical Exhausts report concludes that vertical exhaust stacks on heavy vehicles result in dramatically improved air quality and only slightly higher noise levels compared to conventional low exit exhaust systems in an urban…
Review of Noise Generated by Heavy Vehicle Exhaust/Engine Brake
This Austroads report gives details on the noise levels and changes in frequencies generated by the operation of engine brakes. The report proposes development of a test for noise monitoring (stationary or moving vehicle) as an Australian Design…