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Austroads Annual Report 2016-17
- Publication no: AP-C20-17
- ISBN: 978-1-925671-02-5
- Published: 2 November 2017
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The annual report provides a detailed review of the strategic focus of each Austroads Program as well as the projects completed and progressed during the year.
At a glance, in 2016-17 Austroads:
- invested $12.4m in our roads related research work program, contracting 40 organisations to deliver our work program including $6.9m in infrastructure design and testing, $3.6m in road safety, $1.6m in road network management and $200K in connected and automated vehicles
- undertook work in 125 projects, completing 46 during the year
- published 226 reports, papers and updates to the Austroads Guides (with 340,000 publications sold and downloaded)
- enabled 135m driver licence and vehicle registration database transactions via the National Exchange of Vehicle Data Information Service (NEVDIS).
Significant achievements include:
- Delivery of the first Data Standard for Road Management and Investment, which is being developed to provide Australian and New Zealand road agencies and their suppliers with a common approach to the specification of operational data.
- Publication with Standards Australia of the highly anticipated seven part Standard AS(/NZS) 5100:2017 Bridge Design published in March.
- Publication of the Congestion and Reliability Review which measures the levels and identifies the key causes of congestion across major cities in Australia and New Zealand.
- Finalisation of projects which reviewed the funding and financing arrangements for regional and remote roads in Australia and the application of community service obligations to the roads sector
- Delivery of 13 two-day Safe System Infrastructure workshops across Australia and New Zealand.
- Development of a library of modern hazard perception test videos using computer-generated imagery. The project will allow jurisdictions to introduce a hazard perception test specifically designed for motorcyclists, a world first road safety initiative.
- Publication of an updated edition of Assessing Fitness to Drive , a joint publication of the National Transport Commission and Austroads, and includes standards for private and commercial drivers of heavy vehicles, light vehicles and motor bikes (more than 90,000 copies downloaded).
- Publication of Guidelines for Trials of Automated Vehicles in Australia , a joint publication of the National Transport Commission and Austroads, support state and territory road agencies in providing exemptions or permits for trials, and give greater certainty to industry.
- Finalisation of an investigation into the potential changes needed to the way road networks are managed to consistently support and optimise the outcomes from the introduction of automated vehicles.
- Overview
- Chair’s Report
- Chief Executive’s Report
- Governance
- Activities
- Structure
- Work Program
- Awards
- World Road Association
- NEVDIS
- Overview
- 2016. -17 Highlights
- Future Focus
- Assets Program
- People
- Overview
- 2016. -17 Program Activities
- Materials Development
- Strategic Management of Road Infrastructure
- Managing Loading Impacts
- Pavement Management
- Bridge Management
- Managing for Climate Change
- Sustainable Roads and Roadsides
- Managing Rural and Remote Roads
- Future Focus
- Network Program
- People
- Overview
- 2016. -17 Program Activities
- Emerging technology
- Managing Urban Congestion
- Traffic Management Planning and Infrastructure
- Mitigating risk and improving safety at roadworksites
- Freight transport and road productivity
- Active Travel and Integration with Public Transport
- Funding Models
- Future Focus
- Safety Program
- People
- Overview
- 2016. -17 Program Activities
- National Road Safety Strategy Priorities
- Understanding Crashes and Risks
- Embedding Safe Systems
- Driver Licensing and Vehicle Registration
- Vulnerable Road Users
- Future Focus
- Connected and AutomatedVehicle Program
- People
- Overview
- 2016. -17 Program Activities
- Automated vehicles
- Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS)
- Future Focus
- Knowledge Sharing
- Overview
- 2016. -17 Activities
- Knowledge sharing outcomes
- Publications released 2016-17
- Financials and Directors’Reports
- Directors’ Report
- Directors
- Principal Activities
- Strategies
- Key Performance Measures
- Information on Directors
- Company Secretary
- Meetings of Directors
- Auditor’s Independence Declaration
- Financial Report
- Auditor’s Independence Declaration
- Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income for the Year Ended 30 June 2017
- Statement of Financial Position for the Year Ended 30 June 2017
- Statement of Changes in Equity for the Year Ended 30 June 2017
- Statement of Cash Flows for the Year Ended 30 June 2017
- Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 June 2017
- Directors’ Declaration for the Year Ended 30 June 2017
- Independent Auditor’s Report
- Abbreviations
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