New Zealand and Australia face significant growth in the freight task in coming years. This growth will require better management of freight and more optimal use of all transport modes. Our Freight focus is on community attitudes, network utilisation, infrastructure investment, data and forecasting, and contributing to a national approach to regulation and compliance.
Freight
Latest publications and webinars
- WEB-R602-19
- 3 October 2019
- Webinars
This webinar, presented on 3 October 2019, provides an overview of an Austroads project that analysed telematics data to explore how heavy vehicles use Key Freight Routes.
- AP-R602-19
- 15 August 2019
- Research Reports
This report provides a picture of how a range of heavy vehicles use roads designated as Key Freight Routes. The project collected telematics data from heavy vehicles and found that telematics can provide a wide range of statistics that can help…
- AP-R591-19
- 16 July 2019
- Research Reports
Heavy vehicle rest areas (HVRAs) are provided to help heavy vehicle drivers manage fatigue and comply with driving hours regulation. To aid road managers in this task, Austroads has produced Guidelines for the Provision of Heavy Vehicle…
Austroads' Freight Task Force and their projects.
Freight projects
The Austroads research program runs from 2016-20, in line with the Strategic Plan. Current freight projects include:
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