Austroads Improving Australian and New Zealand transport outcomes

Association of Australasian road transport agencies Members 11 Budget $19.3m National Office Staff 7 Australian States and Territories New Zealand Transport Agency Australian Federal Government Local Government (ALGA) $1.0m Corporate $13.2m Work program/research $5.1m NEVDIS 7 National Office Staff 4 Program assistants (road agencies) 1 Cooperative ITS (VicRoads) 12 NEVDIS staff (NSW RMS)

New Zealand representatives on Austroads  Allan Frost – Austroads Board Member  Kevin Reid – Chief Engineers Group  John Donbavand – Pavements  Barry Wright – Bridge  James Hughes – Road design  Nigel Lloyd – Tunnels  Colin MacKay – Project Delivery  Tony Brennand – Economic Evaluation & Planning

 Ageing assets  Urban growth  Increasing freight demand  Road safety  Integration of transport modes  Security of infrastructure  Ageing workforce Challenges for Australia and New Zealand

 Research program: research projects  Collaboration: 26 national taskforces and working groups, representatives on 16 international technical committees  Publications: 90 + published Activities

100 + publications across 10 topics  Guide to Asset Management  Guide to Bridge Technology  Guide to Pavement Technology  Guide to Project Delivery  Guide to Project Evaluation  Guide to Road Design  Guide to Road Safety  Guide to Traffic Management  Guide to Road Transport Planning  Guide to Road Tunnels Austroads Guides

Program areas Technology Assets Safety Registration & Licencing Network Freight

Technology program PavementsBridges Road design Economic evaluation & planning Project delivery Tunnels

Current research areas  Response-to-load model  Procedures to assess the damaging effects of axle group loads  Fatigue of cemented materials  Maximising reuse of RAP  Aging tests for PMBs and asphalt  Performance of sprayed seals  High modulus asphalt (EME) technology  Characterisation and performance of granular bases  Pavement design practice review  Foamed bitumen stabilised pavements  Low cost modified granular materials  Guide updates

Research underway in pavement design area

Continuous improvement over more than 25 years

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