ARRB - your National Transport Research Organisation

18/09/2023

ARRB/NTRO is proud of its work with NACOE – our joint initiative with Queensland’s Department of Transport and Main Roads – and sharing our research learnings.

Some fresh learnings on recycled materials in road building will be shared in a free webinar on Tuesday, September 19 from 11am AEST. Dr Javad Yaghoubi from ARRB/NTRO will present, and TMR’s Principal Engineer Peter Reynolds will be on hand for a Q&A session as part of the live webinar.

Opportunities to use waste materials in earthworks and drainage applications can be a huge help in getting the balance right between the demand for natural materials and aggregates, and the boom in road infrastructure “big builds”.

We’ll explore this in the free webinar tomorrow.

More information on the webinar, and registration details, can be found via the link below.

NACOE will hold a free webinar on Tuesday, September 19, 2023 from 11am AEST to discuss opportunities to use recycled materials in earthworks and drainage applications.

31/07/2023

Fantastic news that our joint initiative with Queensland's Department of Transport and Main Roads, the National Asset Centre of Excellence (NACOE) won the Australian Flexible Pavement Association Queensland award in the Innovation category.

This was for NACOE's P105: Implementing Intelligent Compaction into Queensland project.

Here's (from left): ARRB's Joe Grobler and Sam Afkar and TMR's Julie Mitchell with the AfPA Innovation Award. Congratulations to the entire team who worked on this excellent project.

24/07/2023

Executive Director for roads, Jeff Doyle, recently chaired a networking function on behalf of National Transport Research Organisation (NTRO) and the Irish Australian Chamber of Commerce in Sydney.

The lunch came the day prior to the Matildas-Ireland match and saw many leaders in attendance, allowing delegates to gain insights from senior leaders.

Read the full story: https://hubs.li/Q01Yz92Q0

The Women’s World Cup was the focus of an event involving NTRO's executive director of roads Jeff Doyle - also chair of the Irish Australian Chamber of Commerce.

11/07/2023

Austroads has prepared important guidance for the evaluation and reporting of automated vehicle trials. This guidance seeks to improve consistency in evaluation and reporting as an enabler and contributor to improved knowledge sharing across jurisdictions.

ARRB/NTRO’s David Green and Transoptim director Andrew Somers will present an Austroads webinar on Thursday, August 3, from 1pm AEST.

It will provide an overview of how the Austroads guidance was developed, and the guidelines themselves. It will assist those who may wish to apply the guidelines to evaluating and reporting their AV trials.

ARRB/NTRO has been the primary advisor on Connected and Automated Vehicle safety certification, vehicle licensing and insurance framework, training and technology development in Australia and New Zealand for nearly a decade.

We have worked on many CAV trials across a variety of use cases – truck automation, light vehicles, shuttles, and defence among them.

The Austroads webinar is free, but registration is essential.

You can do that here https://hubs.li/Q01XdKSq0, and find out more about ARRB/NTRO’s mobility futures work here https://hubs.li/Q01XdGBD0 .

08/07/2023

Our 2 new courses are coming soon to Melbourne on the 12th & 26th July!

Gain an insight into modern sustainability requirements and assessment in road asset construction and management at the 'Measuring infrastructure sustainability with life cycle assessments' course on Wednesday 12th July.

Learn about the three main types of bituminous binders that are used in road construction - unmodified bitumen, polymer modified binders and bituminous emulsions - at the 'Using bitumen, PMBs and bituminous emulsions in road construction' course on Wednesday 26th July.

To register or find out more information, visit https://hubs.li/Q01W-4wy0

07/07/2023

If no changes are made to the current road trauma climate, the road toll is expected to rise by 2500 people over the next 10 years.

David McTiernan, National Discipline Lead - Transport Safety and Gavin Lennon, Senior Technology Leader, Safer Smarter Infrastructure, recently spoke with Roads and Infrastructure magazine about the importance of developing new technology and techniques to combat escalating road trauma statistics.

They speak about the 'no-blame' crash investigation method which looks at a broad range of factors that contribute to a crash including the road, vehicle, environment, driver and more.

Read the full story via https://hubs.li/Q01W-4010

The NTRO (previously known as ARRB) has become a supporter of blameless crash investigations, which ensure that lessons can be learnt from every crash and near miss on Australian roads.

04/07/2023

Attention Adelaide!

Our courses in August are coming to you.

2 August ➡️ Road Safety Audit for Non-Auditors
7-9 August ➡️ Selection and Design of Sprayed Seals
23 August ➡️ Fundamental Geometric Road Design

All courses are delivered by industry experts with several years experience. Attend our courses in-person and receive certification to upskill in your career,

For more information or to register, visit https://hubs.li/Q01WBZLY0

03/07/2023

It has officially been 12 months since ARRB, through NTRO’s Certification, commenced a role as Transport for NSW independent certifier of roughness measurement devices.

While the current service relates only to devices measuring roughness and is focused on NSW, discussions are now taking place regarding the establishment of calibration loops for devices measuring other road condition parameters and whether there is an appetite for working towards providing a wider network of such loops around Australia.

Read the full story ➡️ https://hubs.li/Q01Wt6rc0

It has been 12 months since NTRO Certification commenced a role as TfNSW’s independent certifier of roughness measurement devices.

30/06/2023

Damar CDC Pty Ltd’s CAP Coloured Surfacing and MPS Paving Systems Australia Pty Ltd’s StreetBondTM are the latest products to receive TIPES certification as Coloured Surfacing Treatments (CST), qualifying them to be included on TMR’s Approved List for usage in Queensland.

Read the full story ➡️ https://hubs.li/Q01Wl7P40

Damar CDC Pty Ltd’s CAP Coloured Surfacing and MPS Paving Systems Australia Pty Ltd’s StreetBondTM are the latest products to receive TIPES certification.

26/06/2023

NTRO recently hosted a Best Practice Guide to Unsealed Roads training course in York, WA!

This training course gave the participants a thorough overview of the Guide as well as hands-on training in the interpretation and application of the various topics within the Best Practice Guide: Unsealed Roads, such as managing and operating a network of unsealed roads as well as road safety and design.

We are scheduling more training courses in regional areas to help bring knowledge and a skill set to remote areas to help upskill and develop professionals and councils in these areas.

Click here to see what training courses are coming to your area: https://hubs.li/Q01VL93W0

If you have any training enquires please contact NTRO at [email protected]

20/06/2023

With an increase of electric vehicles (EVs) on our roads, the risk of fires in road tunnels has come into question. Read our latest EV report which looks into fire hazards posed by battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs).

➡️ https://hubs.li/Q01V0Pl00

To find out more, attend the NTRO International Technical Conference from 25th-27th October – a fully multi-modal transport conference showcasing research, innovation and technology across road, rail, ports and airports.

➡️ https://hubs.li/Q01V0KFp0

With the increased uptake of EVs, NTRO has looked at the fire hazards posed by battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs).

19/06/2023

Only a couple more weeks until the End of Financial Year for 2023.

Receive up to 20% off selected courses and eLearning through our End of Financial Year sale. Visit our website, use the code word EOFY23 and register by June 30th to upskill for a discounted price this financial year!

Starting 1st July 2023, the NTRO are increasing the price of some training courses and events. Book now and take advantage of current pricing and discounts!

To see what training is coming up please visit our website: https://hubs.ly/Q01TVj1h0

If you have any questions don’t hesitate to email our training team at [email protected]