AustroadsNews | February 2018 

Welcome to the February 2018 edition of AustroadsNews. If you have been forwarded this email you can subscribe here to receive future updates.  

Contents

• Help us test the new Austroads website

• Feedback sought on Guide to Temporary Traffic Management Practice

• Performance-based asphalt specification proposed to capture new technologies

• Register now for Webinar: Pavement Design: Guide to Pavement Technology Parts 2 and 4C

• Join us for Webinar: Local Road Access for High Productivity Freight Vehicles

• Webinar: Safe System Infrastructure on Mixed Use Arterials, now online

• Webinar: Modelling for High Productivity Vehicles in Metropolitan Areas, now online

• New interactive map with connected and automated vehicle trials

• New Zealand releases online cycle network guidance

• ARSC2018 Call for Abstracts

• World Road Association proposals

• BITRE reports

• Upcoming workshops + conferences

Help us test the new Austroads website

We are redesigning our website to better serve the needs of the people who use our online information.

Austroads is working in partnership with Squiz, a digital agency, to develop the new information structure for the website and we invite you to test how well the information is structured to meet the needs of people like you.

The task will take about 20 minutes and be conducted online between 21–27 February. Participation is voluntary and you are free to withdraw your consent at any time during the testing.

Note that we are testing the information structure and not your ability to find the information. There are no right or wrong answers and we simply want to know your experience finding the information.

Please send a quick email to Tana Tan ttan@austroads.com.au to register your interest in helping with testing. 

Feedback sought on Guide to Temporary Traffic Management Practice

Austroads has released the first three parts of the Guide to Temporary Traffic Management Practice for industry feedback. 

This new guide will, once completed, provide comprehensive national guidance for all practitioners operating in Temporary Traffic Management. 

The three draft parts released for comment are:

• Part 4: Static Worksites 
• Part 5: Mobile Works
• Part 6: Short Term Low Impact Worksites

The drafts are available here and comments should be included on the document review templates provided with the drafts.

The industry comment period closes on Monday 19 March 2018.

If you have any queries with regards to this industry consultation, please email the project manager Dan Sullivan at austroads@solutionsintransport.com.au

Performance-based asphalt specification proposed to capture new technologies

Austroads' latest report proposes a national performance-based asphalt mix design specification that aims to take full advantage of current and emerging asphalt technologies.

Guide to Pavement Technology Part 4B: Asphalt recommends an approach to the design and characterisation of asphalt mixes in Australia and New Zealand. However, practice varies between road agencies and may not take full advantage of the enhanced performance characteristics that many new asphalt technologies can provide.

It is envisaged the framework would primarily be used for higher-end application and, at least initially, would not replace current specifications for routine works.

Webinar: Tuesday 27 February 2018 |  1pm AEDT

Join us for an online overview of the Austroads project and the work undertaken to date.

Presented by Joe Grobler.

No charge, but registration is essential.

Can't make it to the live session? Register and we'll send you a link to the recording.

Register now for Webinar: Pavement Design
Guide to Pavement Technology Parts 2 and 4C

Friday 9 March 2018 |  1pm AEDT

This webinar will provide an overview of the major changes to the design of heavy-duty flexible pavements, including the new:

• axle-strain approach central to the mechanistic-empirical design method
• definitions of design traffic
• characterisation of cemented material and asphalt.

The potential structural contribution of lime-stabilised subgrades for flexible pavements, and minor updates to concrete pavement jointing details will also be discussed.

Presented by Dr Michael Moffatt.

Join us for Webinar: Local Road Access for High Productivity Freight Vehicles

Tuesday 27 March 2018 |  1pm AEDT

This webinar will outline the contemporary barriers to local road access for high productivity freight vehicles, and some of the options available for local road managers when considering road access.

In this webinar you will:

• see how road network classification and mapping is progressing around the country
• hear about the most common barriers to access as reported by stakeholders
• look at several case studies demonstrating how others have overcome access barriers
• learn about the recommendations in an Austroads report (due to be released in February) to improve local road access nationally.

Presented by Rob Di Cristoforo.

Webinar: Safe System Infrastructure on Mixed Use Arterials, now online

This webinar, presented on 8 February 2018, provides an overview of key solutions that might be applied on mixed use urban arterial roads to improve safety through the provision of Safe System infrastructure. The webinar was presented by Dr Blair Turner and Kenn Beer.

Webinar: Modelling for High Productivity Vehicles in Metropolitan Areas, now online

This webinar, presented on 13 February 2018, outlines the findings of an Austroads project on the modelling of high productivity vehicles in metropolitan areas. The webinar was presented by Dr Ian Espada.

New interactive map with connected and automated vehicle trials

The Austroads website now has a map showing the connected and automated vehicle trials which are currently taking place or are planned across Australia and New Zealand. 

The new map allows you to

• filter the 'hotspot' locations from specific categories such as completed, current, and planned trials
• use a search function to show locations matching your keyword. 

There are currently 24 connected and automated vehicle 'hotspots' in New Zealand and six Australian jurisdictions. The map will be updated as new trials are announced.

New Zealand releases online cycle network guidance

The NZ Transport Agency has released web-based Cycle Network Guidance (CNG), to provide a consistent, best practice approach to local cycling network and route planning and design.

Links to technical resources help users identify guidance most relevant to their needs.  New Zealand case studies are included to support the guidance.

The CNG was recently highly commended at the Asia-Pacific Cycling Congress where judges recognised CNG as ‘a nationally significant project that will innovatively lead to better and more consistent cycling infrastructure outcomes that will lead to wide ranging benefits.’

ARSC2018 Call for Abstracts

Sydney, 3-5 October 2018

The 2018 Australasian Road Safety Conference (ARSC2018) will be held in Sydney from Wednesday to Friday 3-5 October 2018. The Australasian College of Road Safety, Austroads, ARRB and Transport and Road Safety Research (TARS), UNSW are proud to support the largest road safety-dedicated conference in the Southern Hemisphere.

With a theme "Towards Zero: Making it Happen!”, ARSC2018 will showcase the regions’ outstanding researchers, practitioners, policy-makers and industry spanning the issues identified in the United Nations Decade of Action for Road Safety:

• Road Safety Management
• Infrastructure
• Safe Vehicles
• User Behaviour
• Post-Crash Care.

Abstracts close Friday 2 March 2018

World Road Association proposals

The World Road Association is calling for proposals to study the “contribution of road transport to sustainability and economic development".

The purpose of this study is to understand and showcase the socioeconomic advantages of road transport and identify indicators for future decision making. 

The project budget is 25,000 Euros.

Submissions are due 28 February 2018.  

BITRE reports

Road deaths Australia—monthly bulletins

Released mid month - Latest February 2018
This bulletin contains current counts and summaries of road crash deaths and fatal road crashes in Australia. It is produced monthly and published on BITRE's website on or around the 14th of each month. Data are sourced from the road traffic or police authorities in each jurisdiction.

Ex-post Economic Evaluation of National Road Investment Projects

Latest January 2018
This report syntheses the results of the past two rounds of ex-post economic evaluation of national road investment projects and draws systematic lessons to improve future cost-benefit analyses.

Fatal Heavy Vehicle Crashes Australia—quarterly bulletins

Latest February 2018
This quarterly publication tracks fatal crashes that involve heavy vehicles. 

Upcoming workshops + conferences

NEW Austroads Webinar: National Performance-based Asphalt Specification Framework | 27 February 2018, Online (no charge, but registration is essential)

NEW Austroads Webinar: Pavement Design: Guide to Pavement Technology Parts 2 and 4C | 9 March 2018, Online (no charge, but registration is essential)

NEW Transportation Group 2018 conference: Then, Now, Tomorrow | 21 - 23 March 2018, Queenstown, New Zealand

NEW Pavement Preservation & Recycling Summit (PPRS) 2018 | 26 - 28 March 2018, France

NEW Austroads Webinar: Local Road Access for High Productivity Freight Vehicles |
27 March 2018, Online (no charge, but registration is essential)

28th Australian Road Research Board (ARRB) International Conference | 29 April - 2 May 2018, Brisbane, Queensland

World Road Association's 8th Symposium on Pavement Surface Characteristics: SURF 2018 | 2 - 4 May 2018, Brisbane, Queensland

ITS Australia Mobility as a Service (MaaS) 2018 | 3 May 2018, Sydney, New South Wales

NEW IPWEA Sustainability in Public Works Conference | 14 - 15 May 2018, Sydney, New South Wales

RA - IRF Regional Conference for Asia and Australasia | 31 May - 1 June 2018, Sydney, New South Wales

ITS Australia National electronic Tolling and Charging (NeTC) 2018 | 6 - 7 June 2018, Melbourne, Victoria

IABMAS 2018 | 9 - 13 July 2018, Melbourne, Victoria

AITPM National Traffic & Transport Conference | 24 - 27 July 2018, Perth, Western Australia

NEW 2WALKandCYCLE Conference | 30 July - 1 August 2018, New Zealand

NEW Australian ITS Summit 2018 | 28 - 29 August 2018, Sydney, New South Wales

Australasian Road Safety Conference (ARSC2018) | 3 - 5 October 2018, Sydney, New South Wales