Publications

A weigh-in-motion (WIM) workshop held in Hobart in March 2008 identified a knowledge gap in regard to the management and operation of WIM equipment and associated data. Austroads Project AT1482 aims to fill this gap through establishing national…

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 report looks at low-cost vehicle classifiers to provide some indication of pavement loading or gross vehicle mass (GVM). WIM equipment is relatively expensive to install and calibrate, and may not be easily installed anywhere in a road network.…

Austroads commissioned ARRB Group (ARRB) to conduct a project, the main objective of which was to improve knowledge and understanding of heavy vehicle brake safety on Environment 3 roads (E3 gazetted long steep and very steep) in Queensland. This…

Parking for heavy vehicles is emerging as a significant issue in regards to heavy vehicle driver fatigue management. Parking facilities suitable for heavy vehicles are currently not available across the national network in enough locations to meet…

Austroads project Classification of motorcycles as a distinct vehicle class aims to test whether motorcycles can be identified as a separate class of vehicle based on distance between axles. Motorcycles are currently classified as light vehicles…

The purpose of this document is to report on the traveller information industry within Australia, how RAs are using real time traffic data to manage traffic congestion on their road networks, what access policies and pricing strategies are being…

Crash databases are an essential tool in analysing crash risk. Databases allow identification of high crash locations, and provide information on crash causation, allowing these crashes to be effectively targeted. The information contained in crash…

This project forms part of a major Austroads strategic research program to improve the understanding of the relationships between crash risk, road infrastructure and traffic operations. A crash rates database was created for all Australian…