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01:00:15

Webinar: Identifying Segregation in Next Generation...

Austroads: Transport Research and Trends ·

2025/05/29

Polymer modified binders (PMBs) are used in road construction to provide better performance than unmodified bitumen. As these materials consist of multiple components (i.e. bitumen, polymer and performance additives) the different components in a PMB can separate out, or segregate, when PMBs are stored hot before use in road construction.The Australian PMB specification (Austroads ATS 3110) currently includes segregation tests (ATM 108) to determine whether the components in a PMB will segregate

01:04:56

Keeping People Safe When Walking: Stream 1 - Data...

Austroads: Transport Research and Trends ·

2025/04/17

Pedestrian safety is a critical concern worldwide, and some countries have been particularly successful. Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands, and Denmark have achieved 40-60 per cent reductions in pedestrian deaths over the last 20 years. Australia and New Zealand, however, lag and pedestrian safety is only marginally improving.Achieving Australia and New Zealand’s vision for road safety, where no one is killed or seriously injured, will be challenging for pedestrian safety without a shift in our

01:00:48

Update to the Guide to Road Design Part 1: Objectives...

Austroads: Transport Research and Trends ·

2025/04/04

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 design domain and design exception process sections. The need for updating these sections is consistent with increasing industry challenges in designing and constructing road infrastructure in constrained environments or other various contexts, which make it impractical or impossible to adopt design solutions traditionally deemed as acceptable or normal

01:01:21

Update to Guide to Temporary Traffic Management Part 8

Austroads: Transport Research and Trends ·

2025/04/03

The National Training Framework for Temporary Traffic Management has been operational since January 2024 and has been implemented by South Australia, Victoria, Northern Territory and Tasmania. The Austroads Guide to Temporary Traffic Management (AGTTM) provides comprehensive guidance for the planning, design, and implementation of safe and efficient temporary traffic management practices in Australia and New Zealand. Substantial revisions have been made within AGTTM Part 8 relating to the national

56:59

Guidance for Cycling and Micromobility Planning

Austroads: Transport Research and Trends ·

2025/03/31

This webinar introduced the new Austroads Guidance for Cycling and Micromobility Planning, a resource for professionals seeking to deliver safer outcomes for all road users. The project aimed to deliver a consolidated and nationally consistent approach to cycling and micromobility planning and includes recommended changes to the Austroads Guide to Traffic Management.The webinar shared the key themes that emerged from research and consultation. It introduced the three overarching recommendations of

01:03:21

Zero Emission Heavy Vehicles and Road Pavements:...

Austroads: Transport Research and Trends ·

2025/03/06

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 targets, but it presents significant challenges for road infrastructure. As these vehicles are often heavier than their diesel counterparts, they place additional strain on pavements and bridges—potentially increasing maintenance costs and accelerating road deterioration.Australia has a long history of engineering cost-effective road networks, enabling

59:13

Improving the Sustainability of Sprayed Seals

Austroads: Transport Research and Trends ·

2024/12/19

Sprayed seals are a widely used, critical component of the road system in Australia and New Zealand, being the predominant type of sealed road surfacing in both countries. Traditional sprayed sealing practice sees a heavy reliance on non-renewable, virgin materials for the two major components, the bituminous binder, which is refined from crude oil, and aggregate, which is extracted from a quarry.Austroads has recently completed a project to gather knowledge and increase the understandings about

54:20

Opportunities to Increase Freight and Supply Chain...

Austroads: Transport Research and Trends ·

2024/12/12

Road infrastructure investments are currently planned and prioritised under what could be considered a ‘top-down’ process. Road agencies are typically funded through budgetary processes whereby road funding needs are mostly weighed against other budget priorities. However, when a road is a lifeline route – where there are limited transportation alternatives –the external impacts and costs imposed on both users and non-users from this road becoming inaccessible can be very significant.These impacts

01:01:59

Incorporating Climate Change Resilience in Asset...

Austroads: Transport Research and Trends ·

2024/12/12

Climate change is causing irreversible damage to communities, the economy and the environment, and it is imperative that strong and sustained action is taken to limit its future impacts. Extreme weather events are projected to become more frequent and intense, increasing the vulnerability of transport network assets and the communities they serve. Climate change impacts the ability of transport networks to provide lifeline infrastructure services that are crucial to the distribution and continuous

53:21

Austroads Project Pipeline 2024-25

Austroads: Transport Research and Trends ·

2024/12/12

Are you looking for an opportunity to work with Austroads to help Australian and New Zealand transport agencies deliver efficient, reliable, and safe mobility to their customers? This webinar recording introduces new projects lined up for the 2024-25 financial year. Consultants interested in tendering for Austroads projects will find this session beneficial. The session covers the Austroads tendering process with presentations from Austroads program managers: Ross Guppy, Program Manager Transport

47:33

Austroads Guide to Digital Engineering

Austroads: Transport Research and Trends ·

2024/12/10

Following extensive engagement with industry, representative specialist groups and transport agency stakeholders across Australia and New Zealand, Austroads has developed a guide to digital engineering. The purpose of the guide is to assist transport agencies in Australia and New Zealand to deliver and operate their assets more effectively through obtaining better value and consistency in the application of digital engineering capability. The guide communicates the need for a strategic approach to

21:25

Passenger Cars and other Non-Truck Crumb Rubber in...

Austroads: Transport Research and Trends ·

2024/12/05

The project aimed to assess and demonstrate the viability of incorporating other-than-truck tyres crumb rubber into asphalt applications from an operational and constructability standpoint. Following the initial part of the project that assessed the readiness of the tyre recycling and asphalt industries to handle crumb rubber from any sources of end-of-life tyres, the demonstration project in Tasmania showed no significant differences among the three asphalt mixes, suggesting that more attention

56:32

Transport Agency Emissions Reduction Opportunities

Austroads: Transport Research and Trends ·

2024/12/04

Transport sector emissions are a significant and growing contributor to both Australia and New Zealand’s total greenhouse gas emissions. Enabled transport sector emissions – those occurring as a result of use of transport systems (e.g. road user emissions) account for the largest portion of transport sector emissions. Beyond road user emissions, there are also significant emissions associated with direct transport agency operations and supply chain embodied emissions from the construction and

01:00:39

Climate Change and natural Hazards Risk Assessment...

Austroads: Transport Research and Trends ·

2024/12/04

Transport infrastructure and systems are typically designed to withstand local weather events based on historical records of climate. However, historical climate data is no longer a reliable predictor of future impacts due to climate change. Extreme weather events are projected to become more frequent and intense, increasing the vulnerability of transport networks and the communities they serve.Austroads has developed Climate Change and Natural Hazard Risk Assessment and Adaptation Planning

01:02:20

Christchurch Major Cycleway Programme: The Natural...

Austroads: Transport Research and Trends ·

2024/11/29

Christchurch has developed over 75km of separated cycle facilities retrofitted across the road network. The Major Cycleway Programme has enabled Christchurch to become the leader for cycle infrastructure in New Zealand. The 2011 earthquakes experienced in Canterbury, New Zealand caused significant devastation and destruction across the city. This disaster was a catalyst for change and provided Christchurch an opportunity to rebuild new and create a new identity. This webinar, presented by Emily

57:04

Addressing Head-on Conflicts Towards a Safe System...

Austroads: Transport Research and Trends ·

2024/10/31

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. The provision of an appropriate median or centreline treatment is important to mitigate the risk of head-on crashes.In this webinar, Dr Rod Troutbeck, Jade Hogan and Jamie Robertson described the range of improvements from supportive treatments like pavement markings and audio-tactile line markings through to the use of flexible barriers in narrow

58:00

National Harmonisation of Road Safety Audit Practices

Austroads: Transport Research and Trends ·

2024/10/28

By applying road safety knowledge to road projects throughout their lifecycle, road safety audits provide greater confidence to road authorities that potential and actual road safety risks are identified and can be mitigated. Road safety auditors are currently managed individually by state and territory road agencies, leading to variability in training, accreditation, registration, and continuing professional development requirements across Australia and New Zealand. Austroads members are

01:04:31

Driver Distraction Roadmap: Implementation Guide

Austroads: Transport Research and Trends ·

2024/08/22

The implementation of the National Roadmap on Driver Distraction is a commitment under Australia’s National Road Safety Strategy 2021-2030. Austroads has released a guide for this work and is preparing two research and development projects for delivery over the next financial year.The webinar presents the guide, the first projects being prepared, and encourage further discussion and ongoing engagement about this important road safety issue. This webinar is presented by Matin Nabavi, Mike Regan and

55:22

Standards Australia – Bitumen and Related Materials...

Austroads: Transport Research and Trends ·

2024/08/20

The webinar provides an overview of an Austroads project which provided expert technical input into the revision of three Australian Standard test methods (AS 2341.4, AS 2341.15 and AS 2341.27) and three national specification documents (AS 2008, AS 2157, AS 1160) during the period between September 2022 and August 2024. It also includes the results of a laboratory study which investigated whether consistency at 25 °C tests (AS 2341.25) could be replaced by rotational viscosity at 25 °C tests (AS

58:29

Demystifying Digital Drivers Licences and the...

Austroads: Transport Research and Trends ·

2024/08/12

As a longstanding authority in verifying drivers’ licences, Austroads is leading Australia’s development of world class solutions that safely and securely support driver licence verification. As part of the transformative initiative to harmonise Mobile Drivers Licences (mDL) across all jurisdictions, Austroads is establishing a National Digital Trust Service (DTS) enabling mDLs to be securely verified anywhere, at any time. The first stage of the project, a pre-production version of the DTS, will be

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