New subscription packages
for 2011/2012

Road and Transport Research journal

Road and Transport Research is a quarterly peer reviewed journal of interest to those involved in the road and transport fields, both local and international. It includes refereed and invited papers, news and local government items, new publications, reviews, and forthcoming events and conferences.

Subscription includes:

• Road and Transport Research journal – quarterly
• includes online access to papers and articles

Cost: $220 (including GST), A$240 (for overseas customers)*

*Overseas based customers are exempt from Goods and Services Tax (GST) except when an Australian based agent manages the subscription on your behalf.

Local Roads Information Package

This Package is designed for local government staff, engineers, consultants and contractors involved with design, traffic engineering, road safety, construction and maintenance of local roads.

It is available for Australian and New Zealand local government representatives.

This subscription package includes:

• Road and Transport Research Journal – quarterly 
• Knowledge Transfer training attendance discount – if four delegates from an organisation register for a workshop within the subscription period, the fourth delegate will be free of charge. (This will only be available for Local government subscribers and for one workshop per subscription year).
• Opportunity to participate in four online webinars led by experts in the industry (one per quarter).

PLUS – receive the free Briefing newsletter automatically.

Costs: For a twelve month subscription

• $545 (including GST) for Councils with population < 30,000 (A$530 for overseas based customers)
• $825 (including GST) for Councils with population > 30,000 (A$760 for overseas based customers).

Transport and Road Update (TARU)

Stay informed on the latest reports and papers selected by the MG Library.

ARRB's long established alert service TARU is now freely accessible from the ARRB website as TARU RSS feeds, offering you a choice of 17 topic areas.

To get connected please visit: www.arrb.com.au/TARUfeeds

Free ARRB publications

The following free publications are available on the ARRB website. Customers may also wish to enrol to receive these publications directly:

• Briefing newsletter
• Other newsletters:
  o Local roads news
  o ARRB media releases
  o Road safety risk reporter newsletter
  o Micro-simulation newsletter
  o Mining newsletter.

Costs: This is a free service.

To sign up to the free ARRB Newsletter subscription please click here or to access more information about ARRB publications please visit: www.arrb.com.au/publications.

ARRB research reports

The majority of these reports are freely available to download in a PDF format from the ARRB website. Hard copies can also be purchased directly through book sales in the library.

Costs: Online electronic reports are free of charge. Hard copies can be purchased through the library for a cost, please contact booksales@arrb.com.au to purchase a copy.

Knowledge transfer workshop updates

All Knowledge Transfer information will be available on the website, customers can also receive direct emails on Knowledge Transfer workshops by subscribing to workshop updates.

Costs: This is a free service. Please contact training@arrb.com.au to sign up for this service or visit www.arrb.com.au/workshops.

Webinar and podcast subscriptions

This will be a new service introduced in late 2010 as a support service to the Knowledge Transfer events. Four webinars a year (quarterly) will be offered as part of the Local Government package only.

ARRB will expand its webinar and podcast capabilities in 2010/2011. If you wish to register your interest in becoming a webinar subscriber please contact info@arrb.com.au.

On-line forum subscriptions

This will be another new service to be introduced in 2011, with the purpose of acting as additional support to the Knowledge Transfer workshops and also provide avenues for discussion and information sharing in the industry.

Costs are yet to be determined. Please contact info@arrb.com.au to express your interest in participating in ARRB on-line forums.

Additional tools provided on the ARRB website

ARRB subscription packages will evolve and expand in response to industry needs with additional tools being developed and made accessible to our members and subscribers as they are developed.

ARRB will also provide additional tools to Local Roads subscribers and Austroads tools for all clients at no additional cost.

Industry feedback and recommendations welcome, please contact us at: info@arrb.com.au.