The Austroads research program runs from 2016-20, in line with the Strategic Plan.
Active projects
The list below provides links to all active projects.
| Project Number | Project Name | Program | Sub-program | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
AAM6255 | Use of recyclable materials in roads and road assets | Assets | Assets Task Force | Active |
| AAM6200 | Investment prioritisation | Assets | Assets Task Force | Active |
| ASP6227 | Road Asset Data Standard implementation - Stage IV | Assets | Asset Strategic Priority | Active |
| AAM6146 | Next generation asset data collection | Assets | Assets Task Force | Active |
| ASP6089 | National technical specifications | Assets | Project Delivery Task Force | Active |
| AAM6165 | Improve asset management, safety and project efficiencies through balanced telecommunications legislation changes (White Paper) | Assets | Assets Task Force | Active |
| AAM6144 | Sustainable roads through fit for purpose use of available materials | Assets | Assets Task Force | Active |
| AAM6143 | Prolonging the life of road assets under increasing demand | Assets | Assets Task Force | Active |
| AAM6068 | Data to support heavy vehicle road reform | Assets | Assets Task Force | Active |
| ABT6196 | Design guidelines for the delivery of large cantilever and gantry structures | Assets | Bridge Task Force | Active |
| ABT6203 | Structural and real-time bridge health monitoring | Assets | Bridge Task Force | Active |
| ABT6111 | Bridge assessment beyond AS5100 deterministic methodology | Assets | Bridge Task Force | Active |
| ABT6015 | Optimised asset management for bridges | Assets | Bridge Task Force | Active |
| APT6123 | National harmonisation of test methods used in performance specifications | Assets | Pavement Task Force | Active |
| APT6213 | Sustainable test for measuring rutting performance of binders in asphalt | Assets | Pavement Task Force | Active |
| APT6173 | National specification for crumb rubber binders in asphalt and seals | Assets | Pavement Task Force | Active |
| APT6204 | Improved general mechanistic method for pavement rehabilitation | Assets | Pavement Task Force | Active |
| APT6192 | Viability of using recycled plastics in asphalt and sprayed sealing | Assets | Pavement Task Force | Active |
| TT2046 | Improving the cost effectiveness of foamed bitumen-stabilised pavements | Assets | Pavement Task Force | Active |
| TT1897 | Increasing the use of low-cost modified granular materials in new and rehabilitated pavements | Assets | Pavement Task Force | Active |
| TP1969 | Implementation of new pavement design system through publication of an updated Guide to Pavement Technology Part 2 | Assets | Pavement Task Force | Active |
| APT6158 | Improving the cost effectiveness of asphalt surfaced gravel roads | Assets | Pavement Task Force | Active |
| APT6157 | Maximising the use of sustainable rehabilitation treatments | Assets | Pavement Task Force | Active |
| APT6150 | Standards Australia – bitumen and related materials for roads | Assets | Pavement Task Force | Active |
| APT2039 | Monitoring of Austroads sprayed seal trial sites | Assets | Pavement Task Force | Active |
| APD6174 | Optimising project delivery performance | Assets | Project Delivery Task Force | Active |
| ART6137 | Use of perceptual countermeasure treatments to reduce crash risks in tunnels | Assets | Road Tunnels Task Force | Active |
| ART6151 | Revision of Austroads Guide to Road Tunnels Part 2: Planning, Design and Commissioning | Assets | Road Tunnels Task Force | Active |
| ART6122 | Dangerous goods in tunnels stage 2 – towards implementation of risk assessment process | Assets | Road Tunnels Task Force | Active |
| FCA6239 | Vehicles and technology future state 2030 project | Future Vehicles and Technology | Future Vehicles and Technology Task Force | Active |
| FDI6216 | Road authority data for connected and automated vehicles (RADCAV) | Future Vehicles and Technology | Future Vehicles and Technology Task Force | Active |
| FPI6119 | Automated steering functions | Future Vehicles and Technology | Future Vehicles and Technology Task Force | Active |
| FCA6138 | Integrating advanced driver assistance systems in driver education | Future Vehicles and Technology | Future Vehicles and Technology Task Force | Active |
| FLZ6171 | Assessment of key road operator action to support electric vehicles | Future Vehicles and Technology | Future Vehicles and Technology Task Force | Active |
| CSP6078 | Austroads online (stages 1 & 2) | Corporate | Corporate | Active |
| NEF6184 | Options for managing the impacts of aged heavy vehicles | Network | Freight Task Force | Active |
| NEF6209 | Decision making framework and tools for road freight access decisions | Network | Freight Task Force | Active |
| NEF6210 | Best practice approaches to road freight and communities | Network | Freight Task Force | Active |
| NEF6237 | Investigation of pavement assessment methodologies for PBS access | Network | Freight Task Force | Active |
| NEF6133 | Investigation and development of bridge formulae for inclusion in the performance-based standards network classification guidelines | Network | Freight Task Force | Active |
| NEG6185 | Innovation and best practice in performance measurement and transport outcomes | Network | Network Task Force | Active |
| NEG6206 | Network operation planning – case studies and capability building | Network | Network Task Force | Active |
| NEG6207 | Guidance to support ITS investment decision making on motorways, freeways and arterials | Network | Network Task Force | Active |
| NEG6208 | Guidance and readability criteria for traffic sign recognition (TSR) systems reading electronic signs | Network | Network Task Force | Active |
| NEG6120 | Building transport modelling management capability in Australasian road and transport agencies | Network | Network Task Force | Active |
| NEG6019 | National ITS architecture and framework (NIA/F) stage 3: national content and governance | Network | Network Task Force | Active |
| NEG6181 | Classifying, measuring and valuing the benefits of place on the transport system | Network | Network Task Force | Active |
| BN2019 | Safety at road worksites | Network | Network Strategic Priority | Active |
| NTM6186 | Improved guidance on interrupted traffic flow theory | Network | Traffic Management Working Group | Active |
| NTM6187 | Effectiveness and implementation of raised safety platform | Network | Traffic Management Working Group | Active |
| NTM6189 | Passing lane investigation: design, placement and safety | Network | Traffic Management Working Group | Active |
| NTM6195 | Trip generation rates for Australia and New Zealand | Network | Traffic Management Working Group | Active |
| NTM6205 | Opportunities to build capability in traffic management | Network | Traffic Management Working Group | Active |
| NTM6238 | Improved traffic management guidance – freeway capacity analysis and on road public transport priority | Network | Traffic Management Working Group | Active |
| NTM6118 | Updating Austroads pedestrian planning and design guidance in line with international good practice | Network | Traffic Management Working Group | Active |
| NTM6100 | Translating research into practice: advancing the Austroads Guide to Traffic Management | Network | Traffic Management Working Group | Active |
| SBA6156 | Review of public domain road safety barrier transitions | Safety | ASBAP | Active |
| SRL6103 | National interoperability protocol for digital licences and other digital products | Safety | Registration and Licensing Task Force | Active |
| SRL6046 | Online survey report of registration and licensing practices | Safety | Registration and Licensing Task Force | Active |
| SRL6217 | Heavy vehicle WOVR (coordination of pre-implementation development tasks) | Safety | Registration and Licensing Task Force | Active |
| SRL6218 | A nationally consistent framework for motorised mobility devices | Safety | Registration and Licensing Task Force | Active |
| SRD6219 | Inclusion of recent road safety research in the Guide to Road Design – Phase 2 | Safety | Road Design Task Force | Active |
| SRD6220 | Multiple small amendments to the Guide to Road Design for delivery efficiency and to accelerate guidance to practitioners | Safety | Road Design Task Force | Active |
| SRD6229 | Update of Guide to Road Design Part 5: Drainage - General and Hydrology Considerations (Australian Rainfall and Runoff Alignment) | Safety | Road Design Task Force | Active |
| TP2056 | Review Guide to Road Design Part 6: Roadside Design, Safety and Barriers (clearzones) | Safety | Road Design Task Force | Active |
| SRD6108 | Road cross section design for road stereotypes - review of use in corridor safety planning, update research based on operational learnings | Safety | Road Design Task Force | Active |
| SRD6107 | Update to the Guide to Road Design Parts 1, 2 and 8 and minor updates to other parts | Safety | Road Design Task Force | Active |
| SRD6045 | Inclusion of recent road safety research in the Guide to Road Design | Safety | Road Design Task Force | Active |
| SAG6221 | Revision of the Guide to Road Safety Part 6A: Implementation of Road Safety Audits in the context of the new Part 6 | Safety | Road Safety Task Force | Active |
| SAG6222 | Motorcycle rider perceptive countermeasures | Safety | Road Safety Task Force | Active |
| SAG6223 | National prediction model (implications for the next national road safety strategy) | Safety | Road Safety Task Force | Active |
| SAG6226 | Vehicles as a workplace: deployment and promotion | Safety | Road Safety Task Force | Active |
| SAG6145 | Review of the Guide to Road Safety and structure for online access | Safety | Road Safety Task Force | Active |
| SAG6132 | A national approach to measuring non-fatal crash outcomes: stage 2 | Safety | Road Safety Task Force | Active |
| SAG6130 | Integrating Safe System with Movement and Place for vulnerable road users | Safety | Road Safety Task Force | Active |
| SAG6128 | Optimising drug driving deterrence regimes | Safety | Road Safety Task Force | Active |
| SAG6127 | Local government guidance document and webinars | Safety | Road Safety Task Force | Active |
| SAG6126 | An Australian drink driving policy and regulatory framework | Safety | Road Safety Task Force | Active |
| SAG6041 | Road system management tool: part A scoping | Safety | Road Safety Task Force | Active |
Completed projects
The list below provides links to all completed projects undertaken in the current strategic planning cycle.
| Project Number | Project Name | Program | Sub-program | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASP2112 | Road asset data standard stage III: implementation | Assets | Assets Task Force | Complete |
| AT1064 | Long-term performance monitoring to develop consistent performance models | Assets | Assets Task Force | Complete |
| AAM2106 | Level of service requirements for freight on rural roads and refinement of heavy vehicle roughness band index | Assets | Assets Task Force | Complete |
| AAM2103 | Ghost writer for case studies | Assets | Assets Task Force | Complete |
| AAM2102 | Guidelines for minimum levels of asset componentisation | Assets | Assets Task Force | Complete |
| AAM2098 | Performance and investment framework for road network infrastructure | Assets | Assets Task Force | Complete |
| ABT2064 | Properties of general purpose cement with increased percentages of limestone: Phase 2 | Assets | Bridge Task Force | Complete |
| TP1952 | AS5100-7 tier 3 bridge assessment | Assets | Bridge Task Force | Complete |
| TT2044 | Encouraging pavement design innovations | Assets | Pavement Task Force | Complete |
| TT2037 | Development of a sprayed seal binder cracking test | Assets | Pavement Task Force | Complete |
| TT1850 | Review of Guide to Pavement Technology Part 4F and Part 4K | Assets | Pavement Task Force | Complete |
| APT6105 | Revision of Guide to Pavement Technology Part 4D: Stabilised Materials | Assets | Pavement Task Force | Complete |
| APT6101 | Revision of Guide to Pavement Technology Part 5: Pavement Evaluation and Treatment Design | Assets | Pavement Task Force | Complete |
| APT2063 | Key properties of cutters for optimal sprayed seal performance | Assets | Pavement Task Force | Complete |
| ART1971 | Guide to Road Tunnels – revision of Part 1: Introduction to Road Tunnels and Part 3: Operation and Maintenance, and new Part 4: Retrofit Guide | Assets | Road Tunnels Task Force | Complete |
| ART6037 | Dangerous goods in tunnels | Assets | Road Tunnels Task Force | Complete |
| APD2038 | Development of a guide for construction quality assurance | Assets | Project Delivery Task Force | Complete |
| CAV6056 | Implications of in-vehicle sign recognition on road operators | Future Vehicles and Technology | Future Vehicles and Technology Task Force | Complete |
| CAV2107 | Automated vehicles – framework for road operations | Future Vehicles and Technology | Future Vehicles and Technology Task Force | Complete |
| FSP6088 | Infrastructure changes to support automated vehicles on rural and metropolitan highways and freeways | Future Vehicles and Technology | Future Vehicles and Technology Task Force | Complete |
| CSP6052 | Australia and New Zealand roads capability analysis 2017-2027 | Corporate | Corporate | Complete |
| NSP6090 | Congestion management and network operations opportunities: technology, data, mobility and guidance (Congestion and reliability: stage 2) | Network | Network Strategic Priority | Complete |
| NEF6029 | Operations of automated heavy vehicles in remote and regional areas | Network | Freight Task Force | Complete |
| NEF6027 | Update the guidelines on rest areas for heavy vehicles | Network | Freight Task Force | Complete |
| NEF6023 | Co-operative intelligent transport systems and freight productivity | Network | Freight Task Force | Complete |
| NEF6116 | Exploration of heavy freight vehicle dimensions: productivity, safety and other considerations | Network | Freight Task Force | Complete |
| NEF2094 | Key freight routes – heavy vehicle usage data | Network | Freight Task Force | Complete |
| NEF2095 | Establishing extended hours delivery trials | Network | Freight Task Force | Complete |
| NEG6121 | Security vulnerability of existing intelligent transportation systems and devices | Network | Network Task Force | Complete |
| NEG6114 | Improving the reliability of heavy vehicle parameters to support more accurate traffic modelling in Australia / New Zealand | Network | Network Task Force | Complete |
| NTM6025 | Passing lanes – safety and performance | Network | Traffic Management Working Group | Complete |
| NTM6021 | Safe System in Austroads Guide to Traffic Management | Network | Traffic Management Working Group | Complete |
| SBA6159 | ASBAP process automation, database upgrade and data migration | Safety | ASBAP | Complete |
| SRL6140 | National heavy vehicle driver competency framework stage 2 implementation guidance | Safety | Registration and Licensing Task Force | Complete |
| SRL6134 | Overseas driver licensing policy review | Safety | Registration and Licensing Task Force | Complete |
| SRL6104 | National privacy impact assessment of road agency participation in the national facial biometric matching capability | Safety | Registration and Licensing Task Force | Complete |
| SRL6102 | Safety assurance system for automated vehicles - impacts on registration and licensing | Safety | Registration and Licensing Task Force | Complete |
| SRL6083 | Development of damage assessment criteria for a national written off heavy vehicle register | Safety | Registration and Licensing Task Force | Complete |
| SRL6042 | Improving driver licensing programs for Indigenous road users and transitioning learnings to other user groups | Safety | Registration and Licensing Task Force | Complete |
| SSP2068 | Road cross-section design for road stereotypes (including network safety plans) and a Safe System | Safety | Road Design Task Force | Complete |
| SRD6071 | Guide to Road Design – revision of Part 7: Geotechnical Investigation and Design | Safety | Road Design Task Force | Complete |
| SRD6070 | Rollover crashes – road design risk factors and infrastructure solutions | Safety | Road Design Task Force | Complete |
| ST1869 | Implementation of the ANRAM (Australian National Risk Assessment Model) | Safety | Road Safety Task Force | Complete |
| SS2034 | A national approach to measuring non-fatal crash outcomes | Safety | Road Safety Task Force | Complete |
| SAG6050 | Online survey report of road safety practices | Safety | Road Safety Task Force | Complete |
| SAG6043 | Speed management – a compendium of effective countermeasures and strategies for government and the community | Safety | Road Safety Task Force | Complete |
| SAG2060 | Guide to Road Safety Part 6: Road Safety Audit | Safety | Road Safety Task Force | Complete |
| SAG1871 | Vehicles as workplace: prospects for more effective application of workplace safety requirements to the management of motor vehicle use | Safety | Road Safety Task Force | Complete |
| AAM2101 | Appropriate use of marginal and non-standard pavement materials and road construction maintenance | Assets | Assets Task Force | Complete |
| AAM2111 | Harmonisation of pavement markings and national pavement marking specification | Assets | Assets Task Force | Complete |
| AT1933 | Unsealed road resheeting practice for local authorities (Cassowary Coast Regional Council Qld & Blayney Shire Council NSW) | Assets | Assets Task Force | Complete |
| AT1932 | Network trend analysis to identify the effectiveness of maintenance activities on pavement condition | Assets | Assets Task Force | Complete |
| AT1920 | Developing the data and cost information required to support the heavy vehicle charging and investment reform | Assets | Assets Task Force | Complete |
| AT1901 | Reliability centred maintenance strategy and framework for management of intelligent transport systems assets | Assets | Assets Task Force | Complete |
| AT1737 | Define the asset management level of service requirements of non-freight customers | Assets | Assets Task Force | Complete |
| AT1735 | Guidelines for the development of a framework for the asset management of road reserves | Assets | Assets Task Force | Complete |
| AT1540 | Understanding the impact on pavement surfaces from next generation freight vehicles and developing practical network prediction models and responses | Assets | Assets Task Force | Complete |
| AP1900 | Update the Austroads Guide to Asset Management | Assets | Assets Task Force | Complete |
| AAM2100 | Continual improvement processes for asset management | Assets | Assets Task Force | Complete |
| TT2058 | General purpose cement with increased percentages of limestone | Assets | Bridge Task Force | Complete |
| TT1905 | Accelerated evaluation of the effectiveness of supplementary cementitious materials to suppress damaging AAR expansion in concrete structures | Assets | Bridge Task Force | Complete |
| TP1951 | Implementation of a nationally consistent framework for the assessment of bridges in Australasia | Assets | Bridge Task Force | Complete |
| BT1830 | Guide to Bridge Technology review: all parts | Assets | Bridge Task Force | Complete |
| TT1908 | High modulus high fatigue asphalt (EME) technology transfer | Assets | Pavement Task Force | Complete |
| TT1825 | Mix design and field evaluation of foamed bitumen stabilised pavements | Assets | Pavement Task Force | Complete |
| TT1820 | Maximising the performance of sprayed seals | Assets | Pavement Task Force | Complete |
| TT1819 | Characterisation and performance evaluation of granular bases | Assets | Pavement Task Force | Complete |
| TO1993 | Standards Australia – Bitumen and related materials for roads | Assets | Pavement Task Force | Complete |
| APT2040 | Guidelines and specifications for bituminous micro-surfacings | Assets | Pavement Task Force | Complete |
| APT1953 | National performance-based asphalt specification framework | Assets | Pavement Task Force | Complete |
| APT1816 | Revision of Guide to Pavement Technology Part 3, 4C, and 4E | Assets | Pavement Task Force | Complete |
| TS1877 | National Prequalification System – additional specialist categories | Assets | Project Delivery Task Force | Complete |
| APD2110 | National harmonisation of general conditions of contract | Assets | Project Delivery Task Force | Complete |
| TT1972 | Measures to reduce crashes adjacent to and within tunnels | Assets | Road Tunnels Task Force | Complete |
| SS1867 | Safety benefits of cooperative ITS and automated vehicles | CAV | CAV Steering Committee | Complete |
| NT1785 | Cooperative intelligent transport systems (ITS): stage 2 | CAV | CAV Steering Committee | Complete |
| CAV2108 | Automated vehicles – framework for registration and licensing | CAV | CAV Steering Committee | Complete |
| BR1982 | Investigation of the potential registration and licensing issues with the introduction of automated vehicles | CAV | CAV Steering Committee | Complete |
| BN2045 | Assessment of key road agency actions to support automated vehicles | CAV | CAV Steering Committee | Complete |
| NEF2097 | Modelling for high productivity vehicles in metropolitan areas | Network | Freight Task Force | Complete |
| NEF2096 | Local Roads and high productivity freight vehicles access | Network | Freight Task Force | Complete |
| NEF1893 | Development of national mass assessment procedures for over-size and over-mass (OSOM) vehicles | Network | Freight Task Force | Complete |
| FS2030 | Re-assessment of the impacts of the use of high-performance vehicles on Australian highway pavements | Network | Freight Task Force | Complete |
| FS2002 | Heavy vehicle braking standards | Network | Freight Task Force | Complete |
| FS2000 | Investigating the potential benefits of enhanced end to end supply chain visibility | Network | Freight Task Force | Complete |
| BF2042 | Community service obligations for roads | Network | Freight Task Force | Complete |
| NTM2081 | Guide to Traffic Management review | Network | Network Task Force | Complete |
| NT2011 | Cycling aspects of Austroads Guides | Network | Network Task Force | Complete |
| NS2003 | Network operations decision-support tool: requirements and development | Network | Network Task Force | Complete |
| NS1994 | Techniques for incident management to support network operations | Network | Network Task Force | Complete |
| NS1697 | Development of intelligent transport systems (ITS) architecture stage 2: logical architecture | Network | Network Task Force | Complete |
| NP2023 | Guide to Traffic Management Part 6: Intersections, Interchanges and Crossings | Network | Network Task Force | Complete |
| NP2010 | Guide to Traffic Management Part 9: Traffic Operations | Network | Network Task Force | Complete |
| NEG6059 | Benefits of safety and traffic management technologies | Network | Network Task Force | Complete |
| NEG2087 | On-road public transport | Network | Network Task Force | Complete |
| NEG2080 | Road transport management framework and principles | Network | Network Task Force | Complete |
| NEG2079 | Network operations planning concept of operations | Network | Network Task Force | Complete |
| NEG1995 | Network performance indicators | Network | Network Task Force | Complete |
| NEG6026 | Standardisation of ITS technology asset management datasets | Network | Network Task Force | Complete |
| NEG2078 | ITS product pilot for harmonised ITS (HITS) validation | Network | Network Task Force | Complete |
| BN2018 | Congestion and reliability | Network | Network Task Force | Complete |
| NTM6058 | Strategic review of the Guide to Traffic Management | Network | Network Traffic Management | Complete |
| SRL2077 | Driver licensing and barriers to Indigenous economic participation | Safety | Registration and Licensing Task Force | Complete |
| SRL2076 | Opportunities for driver licence harmonisation | Safety | Registration and Licensing Task Force | Complete |
| RS2055 | Alternative vehicles motorised mobility devices – Australian Standard | Safety | Registration and Licensing Task Force | Complete |
| RS1911 | Car and motorcycle hazard perception test: phase 2 | Safety | Registration and Licensing Task Force | Complete |
| RS1854 | Better management of end-of-life vehicles | Safety | Registration and Licensing Task Force | Complete |
| TT1973 | Improved railway level crossing road design for heavy vehicles | Safety | Road Design Task Force | Complete |
| TT1967 | Bicycle safety at roundabouts | Safety | Road Design Task Force | Complete |
| TT1966 | Verification of Austroads’ design criteria based on objective safety evidence | Safety | Road Design Task Force | Complete |
| TT1965 | Fundamental objectives of road design | Safety | Road Design Task Force | Complete |
| TP2050 | Review of the Guide to Road Design: Part 4 Intersections and Crossings General and Part 4A Unsignalised and Signalised Intersections – impact of other related Austroads projects | Safety | Road Design Task Force | Complete |
| TP1848 | Revision of Guide to Road Design Part 6A: Pedestrian and Cyclist Paths | Safety | Road Design Task Force | Complete |
| ST1770 | Investigation of treated black spots that did not achieve expected safety benefits | Safety | Road Safety Task Force | Complete |
| SS2035 | Safe System infrastructure on mixed use arterials | Safety | Road Safety Task Force | Complete |
| SS2016 | Translating Safe System infrastructure research and knowledge into practice | Safety | Road Safety Task Force | Complete |
| SS1960 | Understanding and improving Safe System intersection performance | Safety | Road Safety Task Force | Complete |
| SS1955 | Older road user emerging trends | Safety | Road Safety Task Force | Complete |
| SAG6129 | National view on regional and remote road safety | Safety | Road Safety Task Force | Complete |
| SAG2090 | Best practice in road infrastructure safety programme development | Safety | Road Safety Task Force | Complete |
| SO2061 | Delivery of Safe System infrastructure workshops | Safety | Road Safety Task Force | Complete |
| SSP6081 | Mitigating the growing drug driving and driver distraction risk | Safety | Safety Strategic Priority | Complete |
| SSP6038 | Key interventions to reduce road trauma – forecasting potential road safety gains | Safety | Safety Strategic Priority | Complete |