Publications

This report considers the issues and possibilities of a data framework, incorporating road use data and network performance data, that could apply for all road authorities and provides guidance on a way forward, taking into account the current…

The report considers the issues of pricing, partnerships and accessibility in relation to road use data, traffic and network performance data. The aim of this report is to provide information on industry practices and inform the discussion on…

This report provides guidance in the development of a level of service framework for maintenance and improvement activities based on community consultation with a focus on internal road agency processes, specifically on how to integrate the findings…

This report outlines a process for community consultation and specific techniques to assess community needs and priorities, including affordability and trade offs, and methodologies for defining levels of service criteria for road serving a range of…

This report provides a review of community consultation techniques used by various road agencies in Australia and overseas. The review addresses the definition of community consultation, the purpose of consultation and its phases and describes…

This document describes the results of field trials held in Christchurch, New Zealand in May 2005. The objective of the trials was to gain further understanding of the complex relationship between the various test devices currently utilised to…

This report provides descriptions of processes for setting maintenance intervention criteria and allocating budgets. Due to the multi-objective nature of road asset management activities, the decision process including setting maintenance…

Road authorities in Australia and New Zealand have an established system of vehicle classification. The system is the Austroads classification system that was last updated in 1994. This system provides vehicle classification by axle configuration or…

This report addresses the issue of calculating ESA-km in the road maintenance funding formula of AusLink This study recommends the use of an average ESA per heavy vehicle class in the funding formula This requires each jurisdiction to prepare from…

Unsealed roads are the largest single component of the Australian road network, in terms of lane kilometres. The purpose of this document is to record the results of an Austroads project on the management of unsealed roads The main activities in the…