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Australian Road Research Board06/02/2024 3:43:58 PM3 min read

Strategic Local Government Asset Assessment Project

Assessment of the existing structures presented unique challenges that necessitate ...
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Australian Road Research Board02/11/2023 4:52:01 PM6 min read

Summer peak electric vehicle charging

Flashback summer 2022/23 – Queues at electric vehicle charging stations
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Australian Road Research Board17/07/2023 10:13:40 AM4 min read

Evaluation of the effectiveness of a compact roundabout design

Reducing travel speeds across the road network has been challenging. The relationship ...
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Australian Road Research Board20/06/2023 12:28:20 PM1 min read

Electric Vehicle Fires in Tunnels – Do We Need to be Concerned?

With the increased uptake of electric vehicles (EVs), the question about their fire risk ...
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Australian Road Research Board03/05/2023 12:44:37 PM< 1 min read

Estimating the environmental impact of EV charging infrastructure

Electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure is a hot topic as the uptake of EVs grows. ...
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Australian Road Research Board03/11/2022 4:58:39 PM2 min read

The Emission Reduction Potential of EVs in Australia

Electric vehicle (EV) adoption is increasing in Australia, as it is in many other parts ...
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Australian Road Research Board31/01/2022 11:27:10 AM< 1 min read

Physical infrastructure investment important to support CAVs

Experts say road agencies should focus now on upgrading road signs, traffic signals and ...
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Australian Road Research Board01/12/2021 2:12:35 PM< 1 min read

How we contribute to sustainable roads

Reducing road congestion and emissions have become vital considerations for the future ...
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Australian Road Research Board07/09/2021 9:09:39 AM1 min read

Benchmarking ARRB's National Interest Services program internationally

Managed by the Australian Road Research Board (ARRB), the National Interest Services ...
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Australian Road Research Board08/02/2021 3:39:02 PM< 1 min read

Minimum physical infrastructure standard for operation of automated driving

ARRB is embarking on an exciting new project for Austroads to ready Australian and New ...
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Australian Road Research Board11/11/2020 11:00:28 AM1 min read

Report reveals facts about COVID-19 lockdown road crashes

The national COVID-19 lockdown from March to August did not proportionally reduce road ...
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Australian Road Research Board01/04/2020 8:45:06 AM2 min read

Data sheds new light on COVID-19 effects

COVID-19 restrictions and shutdowns have had a significant effect on reducing traffic and ...
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Australian Road Research Board26/02/2020 9:09:50 AM< 1 min read

Podcasts from ARRB on road research

Looking for a quick learning and knowledge fix on the drive to work, or while you are at ...
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Australian Road Research Board19/12/2019 5:10:00 PM6 min read

Case study - Accelerated Long-term Ageing Methods for Sprayed Sealing Binders

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Australian Road Research Board29/10/2019 9:04:41 AM< 1 min read

Using data to improve pavement rehab treatment design

ARRB research has powered an Austroads report investigating more cost-effective ways of ...
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Australian Road Research Board18/10/2019 12:47:01 PM4 min read

Roads that cars can read - are we CAV ready?

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Australian Road Research Board13/09/2019 8:24:50 AM1 min read

NSW Dangerous Goods Movement Study

Transport for NSW (TfNSW) has commissioned the Australian Road Research Board (ARRB) to ...
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Australian Road Research Board01/08/2019 3:51:03 PM1 min read

Using passenger tyres in bitumen

Using more end-of-life tyres in road construction is a known way to curb a significant ...
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Australian Road Research Board12/07/2019 3:19:38 PM1 min read

Merging binder grades offers benefits: report

Lower costs and simpler specifications for building roads could be the result of ...
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Australian Road Research Board27/06/2019 2:32:06 PM1 min read

Driver distraction more serious than you think

Distracted driving has been found to be at least as dangerous as drink driving.
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