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Austroads Australian and New Zealand National Committee for the World Road Association

Austroads Australian and New Zealand National Committee for the World Road Association. Association of Australian and New Zealand road and road transport authorities. Membership: All 8 Australian s tates and t erritories road agencies Australian Government

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Austroads Australian and New Zealand National Committee for the World Road Association

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  1. Austroads Australian and New ZealandNational Committee for the World Road Association

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. Activities:Technical CommitteeReporting • Ageing assets • Urban growth • Increasing freight demand • Road safety • Integration of transport modes • Security of infrastructure • Ageing workforce

  7. Activities:Technical CommitteeReporting

  8. Activities:Other 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

  9. Activities:Other Participation in commissions • Communications Commission – chair in last cycle • Strategic Planning • Provides editorial support for Routes Roads and material for NC newsletter

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. Austroads Guides Australasia’s leading road engineering guidelines • Respected internationally • Covers the full range of road agency operations • Adopted as primary references by all members

  13. 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

  14. Austroads publications 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

  15. www.austroads.com.au www.onlinepublications.austroads.com.au austroads@austroads.com.au

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