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Austroads Data Standard: Priority Data Sets and Metrics
The Data Standard for Road Management and Investment provides road agencies and their suppliers, in Australia and New Zealand, with a specification for the data that supports common operational activities. The Priority Datasets (PDS) of the Data…
Asset Data Harmonisation Stage III: BIM IFC Alignment Review

This report compares the Austroads Data Standard with buildingSMARTS’s IFC4 and Uniclass 2015. All are works in progress.

The Data Specifications Inventory of 32 object classes within Austroads’ draft standard (Draft 2 Version 2 which is to be…

Application of New Technologies to Improve Risk Management

Austroads project AT1539 developed guidance for the use of new technologies that can improve the efficiency of road asset managers. This report is the second stage of the project and it assesses eleven new technologies that can be potentially useful…

The Interface between Traffic Control Software and Control Module Software in the AATSC

This report clarified the logical architecture required to facilitate the implementation of ‘plug-in’ traffic control software, as an alternative to the control algorithm in the current controller software. The key functional requirements of an…

SCATS and STREAM Interface through the SCATS ITS Port

This report documented current activities amongst road agencies in Australia on the SCATS/STREAMS interface through the SCATS Intelligent Transport System (ITS) Port, and identified a set of 26 functional requirements for this interface to guide the…

Benefits and Risks of Investing in Network Level Deflection Data Collection

This study examines the value and need for network-level pavement deflection data to support road asset management decisions. The outcomes of the study provide critical input to decisions to undertake network-level strength assessment across…

Network Performance Indicators: Next Generation

The objective of this project was to define a relevant, feasible and comparable set of network performance indicators (NPIs) that can be used for benchmarking asset management performance across member authorities (MAs) based on a review of existing…

Road Safety Engineering Risk Assessment Part 11: Road Safety and Maintenance
To assist member authorities in the management of road assets to provide better safety outcomes, this research program has been developed to assess the safety implications of road deterioration, the safety benefits of asset restoration, and the…
Reviewing ITS Technologies and Road Safety Opportunities
Meeting road safety targets will be assisted by the deployment of a range of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) technologies which are already available or which will become available over the next few years. A recent Austroads study involved a…
Road Safety Engineering Risk Assessment Part 3: Review of Best Practice in Road Crash Database and Analysis System Design
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…