Publications

Guide to Traffic Management Part 9: Traffic Operationsis concerned with the day-to-day operations that support the provision of road services to road network users. It introduces the concept of traffic operations as underpinning road user services,…

Guide to Traffic Management Part 5: Road Management is concerned with traffic management on sections of road between major intersections. It focuses on traffic management issues and treatments related to various situations but does not provide…

The Guide to Traffic Management Part 4: Network Management provides guidance on traffic management at a network level. It addresses network needs of the various categories of user, the characteristics of various types of network and, importantly,…

The Guide to Project Delivery consists of five parts. Part 3 is concerned with the procurement and management of construction contracts. It covers, in detail, key processes and procedures relating to prequalification, tendering, contract award and…

Guide to Project Delivery consists of five parts. Part 2 gives guidance to project delivery practitioners on a number of concepts relating to planning and control of the delivery phase, as opposed to the preceding initiation phase and subsequent…

This Part discusses all aspects of the planning, design and commissioning of road tunnels including structural and geotechnical requirements, fire and life safety, ventilation, lighting, traffic monitoring and control, plant monitoring and control,…

The Guide to Road Design Part 3: Geometric Designprovides road designers and other practitioners with information that is common to the geometric design of road alignments. Part 3 covers a range of geometric design topics such as operating speed,…

Guide to Road Design Part 5: Drainage Design is concerned with road drainage design for all drainage infrastructure, except bridges which is covered in the Austroads Guide to Bridge Technology. Part 5 provides guidance on good design process and…

Part 1 of the Guide to Road Designprovides an introduction to the guide, defining its status, purpose and areas of application and describing the functions and content of each of its nine parts. The context of the road design process within each of…

The Guide to Road Design – Part 4A: Unsignalised and Signalised Intersections provides road designers and other practitioners with guidance on the detailed geometric design of all at-grade intersections (excluding roundabouts). However, some of the…