Publications

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A Review of Road Use Data Integration and Management Models
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…
A Review of Road Use Data Pricing, Partnerships and Accessibility
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…
Correlation of WIM Data with Classified Counts: An Initial Analysis
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…
Enforcement Guidelines: Assessment of Load Restraint Breaches
These guidelines are designed to support nationally consistent implementation of the national model legislative provisions of the Road Transport Reform (Compliance and Enforcement) Bill approved by Australian Transport Ministers in November 2003.…
Review of Freight Data Collection and Generation Procedures and Opportunities
This document reports the results of an Austroads scoping study to formulate an approach to improve the collection, transformation and sharing freight data between jurisdictions, agencies and companies. The study is designed to inform development of…
Guidelines for the Practical Application of New Chain of Responsibility Provisions
The purpose of this document is to provide administrative guidelines that are consistent with the national model Road Transport Reform (Compliance and Enforcement) Bill (the
Further aspects of the relationship between geometric features and crashes
This project had its origins in an earlier project which showed that crash rates increased at extremes of horizontal and vertical geometry, and were lowest with narrow sealed shoulders. This paper reports an investigation based on the original…
Consistency in Approaches to Road Network Segmentation and Data Aggregation: Review of Current Practice
A general literature survey and a user survey was conducted to obtain information on existing data aggregation methods and their status in Australia and New Zealand. The responses to the survey indicated that all agencies use or are close to…