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Assessing Fitness to Drive: Implementation Strategy 2022
AP-R675-22
13 Jul 2022
Assessing Fitness to Drive
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This report describes the proposed Strategy for implementation of Assessing Fitness to Drive for consideration by the Austroads Board. It has been developed based on the Implementation Framework endorsed by the Austroads Board in 2021, together with…
Use of Road-grade Recycled Plastics for Sustainable Asphalt Pavements: Final Performance and Environmental Assessment Part A
AP-R669-22
3 May 2022
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This report is the third of a series of reports for project APT6305. The first report examined the use of road-grade recycled plastics in asphalt pavements and investigated the most suitable types of recycled plastics for incorporation into asphalt.…
Laboratory Fatigue Characterisation of Foamed Bitumen Stabilised Materials
AP-R666-22
2 Feb 2022
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This report documents a project to develop a new laboratory fatigue relationship to predict the performance of foamed bitumen stabilised (FBS) materials. The project focused on extensive laboratory experiments including indirect tensile testing and…
Use of Road-grade Recycled Plastics for Sustainable Asphalt Pavements: Towards the Selection of Road-grade Plastics – An Evaluation Framework and Preliminary Experimental Results
AP-R663-21
16 Nov 2021
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This report provides a comprehensive overview of the initial development of various testing frameworks for the characterisation of road-grade recycled plastic, the incorporation of recycled plastics in bitumen and asphalt via various methods (wet,…
Investigation of Pavement Assessment Methodologies for Performance Based Standards Access
AP-R658-21
30 Sep 2021
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This report reviews the different ways road managers assess the pavement impacts of Performance Based Standards (PBS) vehicles and presents a framework and findings that support the development of nationally consistent infrastructure assessment…
Options for Managing the Impacts of Aged Heavy Vehicles
AP-R637-21
8 Apr 2021
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This report investigates policy options for reducing the harmful effects of the oldest trucks operating on Australian and New Zealand roads. Aged trucks impose a financial burden on the community through their effects on human health and the…
Framework and Tools for Road Freight Access Decisions
AP-R629-20
4 Aug 2020
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Austroads has commissioned this research report to review existing heavy vehicle road access guidelines and tools used by jurisdictional and local government road managers across Australia and New Zealand. Based on this review and gap analysis, a…
Decarbonisation of Road Transport Network Operations in Australia and New Zealand
AP-C110-20
29 May 2020
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There is a considerable focus on vehicle electrification as the primary driver of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the roads sector. Austroads commissioned the development of this Issues Paper to assess the specific relevance of the greenhouse…
Effectiveness of Drink Driving Countermeasures: National Policy Framework
AP-R613-20
18 Feb 2020
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This report provides an Australian policy and regulatory framework to encourage effective reforms to reduce and prevent drink driving and riding. The key recommendations to reduce drink driving across Australia include: extending 
Community Service Obligations Framework for the Roads Sector
AP-R545-17
14 Jun 2017
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This report examines the application of community service obligations (CSOs) to the roads sector and provides an overview of the potential options which could be utilised in the development of a Community Service Obligations framework.
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