Publications

This is the final report of Austroads Project NS1524 that aims to address the need to improve Australian practice in Intelligent transport systems through greater knowledge and utilisation of international practices. The purpose is to identify those…

The laboratory characterisation of cemented materials for road pavements has recently been completed in Austroads Project TT1359 Cost-Effective Structural Treatments for Rural Highways. This project concluded there is a need for a substantial…

This project aims to review current technologies and techniques for automatic freeway incident detection (AFID) and to provide guidance on the deployment of AFID applications, focusing on the operational aspects of incident detection. The focus is…

The aim of this project is to investigate intersection crashes with a view to determining suitable intersection approach treatments, and opportunities for better managing speeds through intersections, so as to reduce the severity of intersection…

This Pavement Work Tips provides guidance on estimating the amount of time available to achieve effective compaction under various conditions.

This Pavement Work Tip discusses some of the factors that affect riding quality, and how to ensure a smooth riding asphalt pavement.

This Pavement Work Tip outlines the influence of temperature and binder viscosity on handling properties of asphalt using different binders.

This report measures for managing safety of heavy vehicles at passive and active railway level crossings aims to identify and develop measures to manage the risks associated with the passage of restricted access vehicles (RAV) and multi-combination…

This study compares and examines the performance of micro-modelling (SIDRA) and microsimulation (AIMSUN, VISSIM and Q-PARAMICS) in modelling of single signalised intersections. The aim is to contribute to the Austroads NS1371 guidelines by improving…

The current practice of balancing traffic density or distributing traffic evenly in a road network is essentially subjective and is achieved manually through expert opinions. This report summarises these expert opinions and investigates whether…