Publications

This report documents the extensive reviews and evaluations of established and emerging methodologies in Freeway Capacity Analysis. It also documents the extensive consultations with Australian and New Zealand practitioners to capture their current…

This report summarises activities undertaken to update guidance on interrupted traffic flow theory contained within Austroads Guide to Traffic Management Part 2 and Part 3. The updates to the guidance will enable practitioners to improve their…

Heavy vehicle access approval conditions vary across Australia with state, local government and other road managers using their own policies, procedures and decision-making tools. Austroads commissioned a review of the heavy vehicle road access…

Austroads has commissioned this research report to review existing heavy vehicle road access guidelines and tools used by jurisdictional and local government road managers across Australia and New Zealand. Based on this review and gap analysis, a…

This webinar, presented by Richard Palmer on 16 June 2020, gives a detailed overview of an Austroads’ issues paper Decarbonisation of Road Transport Network Operations in Australia and New Zealand. The paper provides an analysis of the contribution…

There is a considerable focus on vehicle electrification as the primary driver of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the roads sector. Austroads commissioned the development of this Issues Paper to assess the specific relevance of the greenhouse…

Guide to Traffic Management Part 2: Traffic Theory Concepts provides practitioners with the theoretical background necessary to appreciate the nature of traffic behaviour and to undertake analyses required in the development and assessment of both…

Guide to Traffic Management Part 3: Transport Study and Analysis Methods is concerned with the collection and analysis of traffic data for the purpose of traffic management and traffic control within a network. It serves to ensure some degree of…

This webinar, presented on 29 June 2017, provides an overview of how Community Service Obligations could be applied to the roads sector and how establishing a CSO framework could help clarify road funding arrangements. Community service obligations…

This report examines the application of community service obligations (CSOs) to the roads sector and provides an overview of the potential options which could be utilised in the development of a Community Service Obligations framework.