Publications

Australian and New Zealand road agencies, as well as transport agencies in the United States have indicated that there is a strong desire for standardised accuracy reporting methods, data interoperability and management, control or check…

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…

This report outlines the process for asset management plans (AMPs) and long-term financial plans (LTFPs) in Australia, as well as the compilation and use of financial sustainability indicators in this regard.

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…

This report presents recommendations for the creation of a database to support heavy vehicle road safety performance indicators. It aims to assist state road agencies, police and other stakeholders identify and collect the minimum datasets required…

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…

This paper proposes a risk and criticality strategy that can be used in the development of bridge specific data collection and monitoring strategies. New Zealand has on average one bridge every 5.2km. The functionality of the road network is…

This report presents and reviews common linear and spatial location referencing systems used by road authorities and discusses the various benefits and limitations of each. Road authorities have traditionally used linear location referencing to…

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…

A weigh-in-motion (WIM) workshop held in Hobart in March 2008 identified a knowledge gap in regard to the management and operation of WIM equipment and associated data. Austroads Project AT1482 aims to fill this gap through establishing national…