Publications

Improving effectiveness in the ways that road transport authorities consult with road freight stakeholders regarding the issues and challenges faced by the freight task in Australia and New Zealand is important as a growing number of strategic and…

The objective of Austroads Project NS1203 (Estimating Road Network Congestion and Associated Costs) is to develop a procedure to calculate delay and associated congestion costs by making use of directly measurable traffic data. Network performance…

Seat belts are one of the most effective passive safety features in vehicles and there is a host of research literature attesting to the effectiveness of seat belts in protecting against death and injury. Even when use rates are high the potential…

Austroads Project NS1375 provides a guide that can be used by road authorities to develop their own set of detailed design guidelines. A guide of this nature is required as current freeway design guidelines are based on design principles established…

Passive control railway level crossings within the road network pose a significant safety issue, both for trains and multi-combination vehicles (MCVs) and restricted access vehicles (RAVs0. In order to have provision for the larger MCVs and RAVs,…

Austroads project NS1378 Best Practice for Variable Speed Limits (VSL) aims to review international and domestic VSL initiatives, recommend methods to achieve best practices in VSL design and operational issues, propose a consistent appearance so…

This report aims to produce best practice recommendations as a basis for consistent application of variable speed limits in Australasia. VSL have been trialled since 1960s in the US and European countries. In Australasia, the first VSL trial started…

Austroads project NS1378 Best Practice for Variable Speed Limits (VSL) aims to review both international and domestic VSL initiatives, recommend methods to achieve best practice in VSL design and operational issues, propose a consistent appearance…

South Australian drivers who obtained their first provisional car licence between July 1998 and June 2001 and who were 16 to 19 years of age at the time of provisional license issue were identified. Their involvement as car drivers in crashes in…

This report includes the examination and recommendation of a five-layer framework to implement controller functions. The key benefit of this concept is the clear demarcation of functions. The proposed concept allows functions to be built logically…