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Probabilistic Road Deterioration Model Development

The work documented in this report demonstrates the use of existing Austroads deterministic road deterioration (RD) models in a probabilistic approach to estimate the possible predictions for the dependent variables of these models. This approach…

State-of-the-Art Traffic Speed Deflectometer Practice

This report provides a brief state-of-the-art review of current traffic speed deflectometer (TSD) practice based on information gained from attending the deflection at road traffic speed workshop held in the UK in June 2012.

The current state of…

Future Availability and Assessment of Alternative Surfacing Binders

Bitumen, an important component used in road construction in Australia and New Zealand, is manufactured from a finite, non-renewable crude oil resource. A number of commercially available alternative binders and bitumen extended binders have been…

Review of Variability in Skid Resistance Measurement and Data Management
This report presents research outcomes of Austroads project AT1488: Improving skid resistance measurement, carried out from July 2009 to June 2012. The main goal of the project was to improve the understanding of variability associated with skid…
Development of Safety Related Investigatory Level Guidelines: A Worked Example of Methodology

This report provides a worked example for developing skid resistance investigatory level guidelines.

The worked example is sourced from Main Roads Western Australia (MRWA) and relates to texture measurement as a surrogate for skid resistance. A…

Austroads LTPP and LTPPM Study: Summary Report 2011-12

This report presents the summary of project activities conducted during the 2011/12 season, including a summary of the LTPP/LTPPM pavement condition survey results, a brief summary of the development of probabilistic road deterioration (RD) models…

Estimating the Cost of Accelerated Road Wear due to Increased Axle Mass Limits - Stage one: Site Identification

This report details the work undertaken in the first year of the three year Austroads project Improving the Estimation of the Cost of Accelerated Road Wear due to Possible Increases in Axle Mass Limits. In 2011-12 the project identified road sites…

Application of Accessibility Measures
Accessibility is broadly defined as the variety of opportunities provided to people through efficient arrangement of land use and various modes of transport. It measures the ease with which people are able to find and reach the best suited…
Update of Vehicle/Road Relationships Underpinning Road User Costs and Externality Costs

This publication reviews current methodologies for estimating vehicle operating costs (VOC). Recent Austroads work (TP1349) highlighted the need to improve the VOC-road roughness relationship. This report achieves this by conducting a literature…

Establishment of a New Pavement Maintenance Database - Stage 1 and 2 Analysis
The purpose of this report is to provide an overview of the Pavement Maintenance database creation, including documenting the cleaning and filtering of the results. The analysis was performed on SA, VIC, NSW and QLD datasets to identify…