Publications

This study looked into four on-road public transport (ORPT) priority treatments including: full bus lane (FBL), set back bus lane (SBBL), queue jump bus lane (QJBL) and no priority (NP). Microsimulation traffic modelling (MSTM) is a useful tool for…

This report improves the current approach to cost allocation, develops incremental pricing, and develops direct user charging. This report includes analysis of the relationship between road use and expenditure without considering road

This report documents the development of a preliminary set of load-wear-cost (LWC) relationships as a basis for estimating the short-run marginal road wear cost (SRMC) and long-run marginal road wear cost (LRMC) for the main road types comprising…

This report provides the background information on analog and digital communication and a review on the WAN and LAN technologies currently used by road agencies. It also describes the future WAN/LAN technologies including their use within the new…

Congestion in Australian cities has continued to get worse with significant increases in population and new car registrations. About a million new motor vehicles per year were registered in Australia in the years 2005-2007 before the global…

Styrene butadiene styrene (SBS) is the most commonly used polymer modified binder (PMB) type. It provides substantial performance enhancement in seals and asphalts, compared to unmodified bitumen. However, there have been field failures, and…

Following the Austroads research reports prepared as part of TT1359: Cost-effective Structural Treatments for Rural Highways in June 2010 and TT1358 Strategic Review of Pavement Design, Austroads commissioned ARRB Group to undertake further research…

This report deals with the first component of the bridge assessment tool and is a scoping study to determine whether there is sufficient data, and whether there exists suitable engineering models, to develop robust and nationally uniform technical…

This project was established to enable ARRB and Austroads member authorities to work with the RTA to develop an independent national perspective on the applicability of the TSD to Australian conditions and practices. As the TSD is a newly developed…