Publications

Supplements have provided important additional guidance to the Austroads Guide to Road Design (Guide). But there are questions about their use. Are these supplements needed? What should they contain? Should the information in the agency supplements…

This report is one of the two reports that document the findings of a research project undertaken to update the Austroads Guide to Road Design (AGRD). The project reviewed the jurisdictional practices of developing supplements to the AGRD to…

This report is one of the two reports that document the findings of a research project undertaken to update the Austroads Guide to Road Design (AGRD). The project reviewed the jurisdictional practices of developing supplements to the AGRD to…

Austroads has updated the Guide to Road Design Part 6: Roadside Design, Safety and Barriers (AGRD Part 6) introducing new sections on the fundamentals of safety barrier systems and design advice for other road safety devices. This webinar, presented…

Austroads has updated the Guide to Road Design Part 6: Roadside Design, Safety and Barriers (AGRD Part 6) introducing new sections on the fundamentals of safety barrier systems and design advice for other road safety devices. This webinar, presented…

Guide to Road Design Part 6: Roadside Design, Safety and Barriers provides guidance on roadside design and in particular guidance on evaluating the risk of a roadside and the selection and use of road safety barrier systems. Roadsides have to…

Raised Safety Platforms (RSPs) are a vertical deflection device increasingly used to reduce the maximum comfortable operating speed for vehicles to Safe System collision speeds, particularly at intersections. While the use of vertical deflection…

This webinar, presented by Ann-Marie Head and Jeanette Ward, focuses on the planning and design considerations for walkable residential neighbourhoods, both new and existing, and where to find that guidance in Austroads&rsquo

This webinar, presented by Ann-Marie Head and Jeanette Ward, 

This webinar presents how to ensure intersections are planned and designed appropriately for pedestrians, and where to find that guidance in Austroads&rsquo