Austroads

Australian and New ZealandNational Committee for the World Road Association

Association of Australian and New Zealand road and road transport authorities

Membership:• All 8 Australian states and territories

road agencies• Australian Government • Local Government by national

association• New Zealand Transport Agency

Purpose:• Undertake research• Produce guidelines• Coordinate international involvement

Austroads international activities

Manages Australia’s involvement with World Road Association on behalf of national government

Maintains collaboration agreements with similar organisations eg AASHTO

Organises study tours Provides secretariat for Australian

Chapter of REAAA

Australian + New Zealand national committee

In 2012 enter into MoU with WRA to be recognised as the National Committee for Australia and New Zealand

New Zealand and Australia are both independently members of WRA

Activities:Technical Committees

Coordinates participation in technical committees• Represented on 15 of the 17

committees• Secretaries for 6• Chairs for 2

Supports 50% of TC rep travel costs

Distributes information from technical committees to Australian and NZ road agencies and available on Austroads website

Include information on WRA activities in regular newsletters

Ageing assets Urban growth Increasing freight demand Road safety Integration of transport modes Security of infrastructure Ageing workforce

Activities:Technical CommitteeReporting

Activities:Technical CommitteeReporting

Essay competition in relation to World Road Congress: Conducted national level competition Several essays submitted to int’l

competition Sponsored the Road Safety prize Participated in jury assessing essays

Arranges young professionals study tours Traffic management, Europe 2005 Asset management, North America 2006 Road safety, Europe 2008 Registration and licensing 2010 C-ITS, Europe & USA 2014

Activities:Other

Participation in commissions Communications Commission –

chair in last cycle Strategic Planning Provides editorial support for Routes

Roads and material for NC newsletter

Activities:Other

From 2003 to 2011 provided secondments of technical advisers to WRA secretariat of 9-12 months duration

Promotes and coordinates participation in World Road Congresses

Activities:Other

Issues Need to have wider engagement with the road industry in Australia and New Zealand – especially private sector and academia

Roads Australia is broader based industry organisation

Exploring closer collaboration to utilise their networks

Australasia’s leading road engineering guidelines

Respected internationally

Covers the full range of road agency operations

Adopted as primary references by all members

Austroads Guides

100+ publications across 10 topics Guide to Asset Management Guide to Bridge Technology Guide to Pavement Technology Guide to Project Delivery Guide to Project Evaluation Guide to Road Design Guide to Road Safety Guide to Traffic Management Guide to Road Transport Planning Guide to Road Tunnels

Austroads Guides

500+ reports and 100+ Guides available online Research reports are free Guides are available in hardcopy and

PDF PDF Guides are free for members,

councils, and educational institutions RoadWatch publication alert – 20,000+

subscribers

Austroads publications

www.austroads.com.auwww.onlinepublications.austroads.com.au

austroads@austroads.com.au