Austroads

Austroads Guides

Austroads Guides offer practical advice that informs the design, management and operation of road transport networks in Australia and New Zealand. These guides, adopted by road agencies throughout Australasia, outline approved methods, innovative technologies and industry-related procedures.

The Austroads Guides are:

• Guide to Asset Management
• Guide to Bridge Technology
• Guide to Pavement Technology
• Guide to Project Delivery
• Guide to Road Design
• Guide to Road Safety
• Guide to Road Tunnels
• Guide to Traffic Management
• Guide to Temporary Traffic Management

In addition, Austroads publishes several other guide-type publications including:

• Austroads Extended Vehicle Classification Scheme for Traffic and Transport Surveys 

• Austroads Design Vehicles and Turning Path Templates
• Interim Guidelines for the Use of Recycled Waste Plastic in Local Government Road Surfacing Applications

• Crushing, Processing and Cleaning of Recycled Crushed Glass for Transport Infrastructure

Austroads also publishes a comprehensive series of technical specifications and test methods for the construction of roads and bridges.

Access the publication library (Link: https://austroads.com.au/publications)

Access Austroads Technical Specifications (Link: https://austroads.com.au/infrastructure/technical-specifications)

Sign up for an Austroads account

To access publications, you’ll need to set up a website account. Accounts are free and allow users full access to the Austroads library. Once you set up your account, you can also sign up for the monthly newsletter RoadWatch Roundup, the publications and events alert service RoadWatch Insights, and other alerts for specific publications and projects.

Create your free account (Link: https://austroads.com.au/create-an-account)

Telematics Analytics Platform (TAP)*

A national service aggregating telematics data, TAP offers secure access to valuable insights into heavy vehicle activity on local road networks.

Available to members and road managers on application (Link: https://tca.gov.au/service-offerings/telematics-analytics-platform/tap-application-form/ ), reports include:

• Journey counts of participating vehicles by road name
• Average speed for each road
• Journeys on all roads in each local government area
• Journeys by vehicle category/cluster.

Explore the possibilities of the Telematics Analytics Platform.

 *TAP is provided by Transport Certification Australia (TCA), owned by Austroads.

Tools

Austroads hosts various online tools to assist local government in the design, construction, and maintenance of their local road network.

These tools include:

• The Pedestrian Facility Selection Tool (Link: https://austroads.com.au/network-operations/network-management/pedestrian-facility-selection-tool ), which assesses the viability of different types of pedestrian crossing facilities according to the physical and operational parameters of a site and its safety performance. 
• Austroads Pavement Analysis Design Software (AustPADS) (Link: https://austpads.austroads.com.au/ ), which allows users to conduct advanced mechanistic analysis of the response-to-load of road pavements. 

Webinars

Austroads holds regular webinar sessions which cover a wide range of topics. Sessions are free to attend, however registration is essential to ensure you don’t miss out on an opportunity to interact with experts in road transport, learn about new Austroads research and gain insights into the latest industry advancements. 

Check out upcoming webinars (Link: https://austroads.com.au/webinars-and-events)

Watch previous webinar recordings (Link: https://austroads.com.au/publications?f.Type%7CdocumentType=Webinars&f.Publication%2BState%7CpublicationState=Live&sort=date )

Temporary Traffic Management

Austroads is coordinating changes to improve the safety of temporary traffic management (TTM) workers.  

The Guide to Temporary Traffic Management has been designed to help road authorities meet their legislative responsibilities for workplace and public safety.  It covers the planning, design, and implementation of safe, economical, and efficient TTM.

The National Training Framework for TTM ensures individuals working in the industry are appropriately trained and that their knowledge and skills are maintained.

Austroads Innovative Temporary Traffic Management Device and Solution Assessment Scheme (AITDSA) AITDSA provides a way for innovative devices and solutions, which can be used to improve TTM safety, to be assessed and recommended for use throughout Australia and New Zealand. 

For temporary traffic management enquiries within NT please email roadsdarwin.NTG@nt.gov.au 

For other TTM enquiries please contact TTMtrainng@austroads.com.au