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- Keeping People Safe When Walking Stream 2 – Economic Assessment of Safer Speeds
This webinar discusses Austroads’ report on the economic assessment of safer speeds for pedestrians, applying cost-benefit analysis to evaluate speed limit reductions in urban contexts. It covers the framework, evidence for safer speed lim…
- Travel to School Guidelines
This webinar introduces the Travel to School Guideline, designed to support safe and active student travel. It emphasizes integrated planning, collaboration, community input, and provides practical frameworks and resources for schools.
- Carbon Reduction and the Use of Low Carbon Concrete
This Austroads webinar focused on reducing embodied carbon in concrete, the primary material in transport infrastructure. It covered new national guidance, practical pathways, and case studies demonstrating the use of lower-carbon concrete…
- Environment and Sustainability Initiatives Stocktake 2025-27: Year 1
The Austroads 2025 Environment and Sustainability Initiatives Stocktake details how member agencies embed sustainable practices. It reviews strategies, policies, and practices across three themes: sustainability, biodiversity, and heritage…
- Incident Response for Low and Zero Emission Vehicles
This webinar discusses the Austroads framework for electric vehicle (EV) incident response, addressing risks and operational impacts. It covers differences between EV and combustion engine vehicle fires, a practical 5-stage response proces…
- Designing Roads for Large Freight Vehicles
Road agencies on behalf of governments in Australia and New Zealand are increasingly supporting the use of Large Freight Vehicles (LFVs) to deliver the growing freight task more productively, sustainably and safely. The Austroads project D…
- Fatigue Performance Evaluation and Design of Thin Asphalt Surfaced Granular Pavement
A recent Austroads research project has examined opportunities to improve the design guidelines for thin asphalt–surfaced unbound granular pavements, with a focus on their susceptibility to asphalt fatigue distress. This webinar presents t…
- The Importance of Connection in Road Safety and Singing our Success from the Rooftops
Road safety is a team sport – a marathon, not a sprint. The greatest gains occur when many elements synthesise and successes are shared. This webinar draws on experience across more than 140 countries, working alongside partners from every…
- Austroads' Strategic Review of Pedestrian Planning Guidance
Discover the latest findings from the Austroads Review of Pedestrian Planning Guidance. Join moderator Mary Haverland (Avandra) and presenters Tim Judd (PJA) and Prue Oswin (Sidelines Traffic) as they share practical strategies for safer,…
- Review of Speed Management Evidence and Guidance
Speed is a significant contributor to road trauma, influencing both the likelihood of a crash, and also the severity of crash outcomes, regardless of the cause. Austroads is updating the Guide to Road Safety Part 3: Safe Speeds (AGRS Part…
- Guidance on Flood Recovery, Assessment and Risk Management for Bridges
This project involved the development of a guideline for bridge owners on managing the risk of bridge flooding, scour and resilience due to floods and an update to the Austroads Guide to Bridge Technology Part 8: Hydraulic Design of Waterw…
- Research Climate Change and Natural Hazards Resilience Needs and Guidance Approaches
Extreme weather events including torrential rain, flooding, landslides, heat waves and bushfires, as well as longer term changes such as increasing temperatures and sea level rise, take a dramatic toll on our transport infrastructure and t…
- Update to the Guide to Pavement Technology Part 2: Pavement Structural Design
Austroads Guide to Pavement Technology Part 2: Pavement Structural Design is the primary reference for designing new sealed road pavements in Australia and New Zealand and has recently been updated. Since its last major update in 2017, Aus…
- An Evaluation of Methods for Estimating Remaining Asphalt Fatigue Life
This Austroads project has investigated methods for engineers to design more efficient and cost-effective road rehabilitation treatments by estimating the remaining fatigue life of existing asphalt. Current design practice assumes existing…
- Update to the Guide to Pavement Technology Parts 1, 3 and 4
The Austroads Guide to Pavement Technology provides informative guidance on different pavement types and the optimal conditions they are suited to throughout Australia and New Zealand. In addition, the Guide provides in-depth analysis and…
- Updates to the Guide to Pavement Technology Part 4B: Asphalt
The Austroads Guide to Pavement Technology Part 4B: Asphalt provides comprehensive guidance for the selection of constituent materials, mix design, testing, manufacture and placement of commonly used asphalt mix types in Australia and New…
- CWANZ National Walking and Cycling Participation Survey 2025
How are Australians walking and cycling in 2025? The National Walking and Cycling Participation Survey is Australia’s most comprehensive source of data on how people move through their communities. Conducted every two years since 2011 and…
- Managing the Unexpected: A Framework for TMC Response to ITS Outages
As transport systems grow more complex and interconnected, the ability to manage both planned and unplanned Intelligent Transport System (ITS) outages is essential to keeping people and goods moving safely. This webinar presents findings f…
- Bridge Assessment Guideline: Heavy Vehicles
Austroads' Bridge Assessment Guideline: Heavy Vehicles emphasises risk-informed decision-making for the asset management of road bridges and the management of heavy vehicle access. The emphasis on decision-making, rather than focussing onl…
- 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 innovation, technical excellence and collaboration, the Awards highlight projects that ad…
- 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 Cycling and Micromobility Planning ’ (AP-R724-25). This session is designed for transport prac…
- 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. Meeting these sustainability targets will challenge Austroads member agencies and the inf…
- 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; supporting the flow of people and goods while also shaping the activity, built form and identity…
- 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 importance of correct seatbelt use during pregnancy for maternal and fetal safety in car cr…
- 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 Zealand. The need for standardised solutions has been recognised by road jurisdictions, consu…
- 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 disruption is directly affecting how people and industry access, navigate and use transpo…
- 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 undertaken to explore tunnel lighting upgrades to LED, and provides best practice guidance fo…
- 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, Austroads’ Telematics Analytics Platform (TAP) is at the forefront, providing road agencies data…
- 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 such as the location, time and severity of the incident. The primary purpose of ACN is to a…
- 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 mobility to their customers? This webinar introduced new projects lined up for the 2025-2…
- 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 specialty harnesses and vests. These products are sometimes used by children and young p…
- 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 multiple components (i.e. bitumen, polymer and performance additives) the different componen…
- 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 have achieved 40-60 per cent reductions in pedestrian deaths over the last 20 years. Aust…
- 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 design domain and design exception process sections. The need for updating these sections is c…
- 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, Victoria, Northern Territory and Tasmania. The Austroads Guide to Temporary Traffic Manag…
- 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 outcomes for all road users. The project aimed to deliver a consolidated and nationally consis…
- 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 targets, but it presents significant challenges for road infrastructure. As these vehicles…
- 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 surfacing in both countries. Traditional sprayed sealing practice sees a heavy reliance on non-r…
- 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 funded through budgetary processes whereby road funding needs are mostly weighed against…
- 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 is taken to limit its future impacts. Extreme weather events are projected to become more…
- 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 mobility to their customers? This webinar recording introduces new projects lined up for…
- Austroads Guide to Digital Engineering
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 assis…
- 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 operational and constructability standpoint. Following the initial part of the project that as…
- 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 transport sector emissions – those occurring as a result of use of transport systems (e.g. roa…
- 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, historical climate data is no longer a reliable predictor of future impacts due to climate chang…
- 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 Christchurch to become the leader for cycle infrastructure in New Zealand. The 2011 earthquake…
- 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. The provision of an appropriate median or centreline treatment is important to mitigate th…
- 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 potential and actual road safety risks are identified and can be mitigated. Road safety a…
- 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 has released a guide for this work and is preparing two research and development projects…
- 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 methods (AS 2341.4, AS 2341.15 and AS 2341.27) and three national specification documents (A…