Austroads: Transport Research and Trends
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Austroads: Transport Research and Trends
Austroads latest webinars. Sharing transport research and trends.
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2025 Winners of the Austroads Bridge Awards: Part 1
The Austroads Bridge Awards celebrate outstanding achievement in bridge design, management and delivery across Australia and New Zealand. Recognising...
Austroads Cycling and Micromobility Planning Tool
This practical webinar unpacks the new cycling and micromobility planning tools from Austroads' recent report ‘Improving Austroads Guidance for Cyclin...
Sustainability Review of Austroads Technical Specifications and Test Methods
Governments around the world have set sustainability targets in areas such as greenhouse gas emissions , climate resilience and the circular economy....
Austroads' Review of Movement and Place Guidance
Movement and Place is a cross-cutting planning principle that that recognises streets and roads as both transport corridors and public spaces; support...
Driving Safety for Two: Study on Correct Seatbelt Use During Pregnancy
In this webinar, Sjaan Koppel, winner of the Austroads-sponsored Women in Road Safety Award 2024, presents findings from an Australian study on the im...
Updating the Standardised Bridge Barrier Design Guidelines
Inconsistency in the design of traffic barriers for bridges has been identified as a major issue in current practice throughout Australia and New Zeal...
Road Manager Operations Capability Framework
The transport sector, particularly in road network operations and management, is experiencing a period of significant and rapid change globally. This...
LED Lighting in Existing Road Tunnels: Best Practice Approaches
This webinar provided an overview of the Austroads Report, ‘LED Lighting in Road Tunnels – Best Practice Approaches’ which summarises the process unde...
Unlocking the Potential of Telematics Analytics Platform for Local Governments
As jurisdictions across Australia and New Zealand increasingly rely on data to improve road safety, transport efficiency, and sustainability, Austroad...
eCall: Possible Approaches to Australia and New Zealand
Automatic Crash Notification (ACN) systems, such as eCall, automatically notifies emergency services in the event of a crash, transmitting key data su...
Austroads Project Pipeline 2025-26
Are you looking for an opportunity to work with Austroads to help Australian and New Zealand transport agencies deliver efficient, reliable, and safe...
Review of specialty harnesses and vests used by children and young people with disability
In this webinar, MACA Chief Executive Helen Lindner and Professor Julie Brown discuss an Austroads project for Australia and New Zealand investigating...
Identifying Segregation in Next Generation Polymer Modified Binders
Polymer modified binders (PMBs) are used in road construction to provide better performance than unmodified bitumen. As these materials consist of mul...
Keeping People Safe When Walking: Stream 1 - Data Evidence and Interventions
Pedestrian safety is a critical concern worldwide, and some countries have been particularly successful. Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands, and Denmark...
Update to Guide to Road Design Part 1: Objectives of Road Design
The purpose of the update to Guide to Road Design Part 1: Objectives of Road Design is to outline a proposed recommendation of amendments to the desig...
Update to Guide to Temporary Traffic Management Part 8
The National Training Framework for Temporary Traffic Management has been operational since January 2024 and has been implemented by South Australia,...
Guidance for Cycling and Micromobility Planning
This webinar introduced the new Austroads Guidance for Cycling and Micromobility Planning, a resource for professionals seeking to deliver safer outco...
Zero Emission Heavy Vehicles and Road Pavements: Comparing Australia and New Zealand to Europe and North America
Australia’s freight industry is at a turning point. The transition to low and zero-emission heavy vehicles (ZEHVs) is critical to achieving net zero t...
Improving the Sustainability of Sprayed Seals
Sprayed seals are a widely used, critical component of the road system in Australia and New Zealand, being the predominant type of sealed road surfaci...
Opportunities to Increase Freight and Supply Chain Resilience
Road infrastructure investments are currently planned and prioritised under what could be considered a ‘top-down’ process. Road agencies are typically...
Incorporating Climate Change Resilience in Asset Management
Climate change is causing irreversible damage to communities, the economy and the environment, and it is imperative that strong and sustained action i...
Austroads Project Pipeline 2024-25
Are you looking for an opportunity to work with Austroads to help Australian and New Zealand transport agencies deliver efficient, reliable, and safe...
Austroads Guide to Digital Engineering
Following extensive engagement with industry, representative specialist groups and transport agency stakeholders across Australia and New Zealand, Aus...
Passenger Cars and other Non-Truck Crumb Rubber in Asphalt: Demonstration Project
The project aimed to assess and demonstrate the viability of incorporating other-than-truck tyres crumb rubber into asphalt applications from an opera...
Transport Agency Emissions Reduction Opportunities
Transport sector emissions are a significant and growing contributor to both Australia and New Zealand’s total greenhouse gas emissions. Enabled trans...
Climate Change and natural Hazards Risk Assessment and Adaptation Planning
Transport infrastructure and systems are typically designed to withstand local weather events based on historical records of climate. However, histori...
Christchurch Major Cycleway Programme: The Natural Disaster That Was a Catalyst for Change
Christchurch has developed over 75km of separated cycle facilities retrofitted across the road network. The Major Cycleway Programme has enabled Chris...
Addressing Head-on Conflicts Towards a Safe System Alignment
Head-on crashes are a serious issue in Australia and New Zealand. Head-on crashes result in significantly higher trauma than most other crash types. T...
National Harmonisation of Road Safety Audit Practices
By applying road safety knowledge to road projects throughout their lifecycle, road safety audits provide greater confidence to road authorities that...
Driver Distraction Roadmap: Implementation Guide
The implementation of the National Roadmap on Driver Distraction is a commitment under Australia’s National Road Safety Strategy 2021-2030. Austroads...
Standards Australia – Bitumen and Related Materials for Roads (2022-24)
The webinar provides an overview of an Austroads project which provided expert technical input into the revision of three Australian Standard test met...
Demystifying Digital Drivers Licences and the Austroads Digital Trust Service
As a longstanding authority in verifying drivers’ licences, Austroads is leading Australia’s development of world class solutions that safely and secu...
Policy and Other Non-Infrastructure Measures to Increase Active Transport Mode Share
This is the final webinar in the three-part webinar series to present the outcomes of the Austroads project “Prioritising Active Transport”.
Pre...
Infrastructure Interventions to Increase Active Transport – Most Effective Approaches
This is the second session in a three-part webinar series to present the outcomes of the Austroads project “Prioritising Active Transport”. This webin...
Increasing Active Transport Mode Share
This webinar was part one of a three-part webinar series to present the outcomes of the Austroads project 'Prioritising Active Transport'.
A wid...
Gender Sensitive Urban Design Guidelines
Cities throughout the world are recognising many public spaces are not welcoming or inclusive, particularly for women, girls, gender diverse groups an...
How to Design Better Cities for Women and Girls
Safety is often the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about transport and city planning from a gender perspective, but feeling safe should...
Updating Austroads Guide to Road Safety Parts 2 and 7
The Austroads Guide to Road Safety Part 2: Safe Roads (AGRS Part 2) and Guide to Road Safety Part 7: Road Safety Strategy and Management (AGRS Part 7)...
Austroads Coober Pedy Sprayed Seal Trial – 11-Year Inspection Findings
A large proportion of the road networks in Australia and New Zealand consist of flexible granular pavements protected by sprayed sealing surfacings. A...
Local Government Readiness for Connected and Automated Vehicles
This webinar is aimed at helping local governments (LGs) across Australia and New Zealand navigate the evolving landscape of connected and automated v...