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Community Road Safety in Australia and New Zealand
There has been a considerable growth in interest in Community Road Safety in recent years, both on the part of central authorities which have an interest in reducing the road toll and on the part of local communities and their governments. This…
Reducing Collisions at Passive Railway Level Crossings in Australia
This report examines safety at passive railway crossings in Australia, in response to a request from the Australian Transport Council. It is estimated that there are 6,000 railway crossings in Australia without active systems to signal the approach…
Road Network Asset management: International Benchmarking Study
This report describes a benchmarking study of road asset management decision processes. The study was conducted in 1999, and involved 12 road agencies in 5 nations, with 8 in Australia, and 1 in each of France, New Zealand, Switzerland and the…
Integrated Asset management Guidelines for Road Networks
This document contains guidelines for integrating road network asset management into a road agency's overall business planning cycle. The guidelines are intended to assist large and small road agencies develop and implement stakeholder driven…
Frangible Sign Supports: Part 1 - Recommended Procedures for Design, Testing, Installation and Maintenance
This report, the primary output from Austroads project N.RS.9810 "Standards for Frangible Sign Supports", aims to present uniform guidelines for the verification of the frangibility of sign post structures utilised within Australia. The document…
Improving the Integration of Public Transport Services
This report: defines the problems faced by public transport service provides and agencies in ensuring efficient delivery of multi-modal public transport journeys