SOURCE BOOK FOR AUSTRALIAN ROADS. THIRD EDITION

The book attempts to cover the entire range of road topics from a technical viewpoint, with a strong Australian bias and using a source book approach. This last aspect means that the book refers readers to other sources of information in many areas, rather than repeating the data given in these key references. To aid this task, the title and contents pages of the key references are included as exhibits at the end of each chapter. The book includes chapters on definitions and terms, history of roads, organisation of roads, road needs, road location, residential streets, materials, moisture effects, stabilisation, pavement design, surfacings, drainage, pavement performance, bridges, driver behaviour, traffic flow and capacity, speeds, road geometry, intersections, signs, pavement markings, traffic signals, lighting, construction, maintenance, vehicles, safety, road user costs and charges, transport, environment, economics, transport planning, acronyms, symbols and information sources. It also has a glossary of terms and is well referenced and indexed. The isbn of the microfiche is 0-86910-174-9. The third edition has been updated to include developments since the second edition was published in 1984. The scope has also been extended to cover new subject areas. (Author/TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  ARRB

  Melbourne, Victoria  Australia 
• Authors:
  • Lay, M G
• Publication Date: 1985

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 162 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Administration; Behavior; Bridges; Building materials; Definitions; Design; Drainage; Drivers; Economic factors; Economics; Foreign; Highways; History; Information management; Information, data, and knowledge; Intersections; Location; Maintenance; Needs assessment; Networks; Pavement performance; Pavements; Planning; Residential streets; Road construction; Roads; Safety; Textbooks; Traffic; Traffic control; Traffic flow; Traffic safety; Transportation; Transportation planning; Travelers; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Highway location; Nomenclature; Road networks
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• Old TRIS Terms: Residential roads
• ITRD Terms: 155: Administration; 8006: Australia; 3455: Bridge; 9011: Design (overall design); 2937: Drainage; 263: Economics of transport; 2755: Highway; 9096: History; 8555: Information documentation; 455: Junction; 9061: Location; 3847: Maintenance; 4555: Material (constr); 2955: Pavement; 143: Planning; 3665: Road construction; 1755: Road user; 1665: Safety; 8526: Textbook; 755: Traffic; 654: Traffic control; 1155: Transport; 1255: Vehicle
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Data and Information Technology; Design; Economics; History; Maintenance and Preservation; Materials; Operations and Traffic Management; Pavements; Planning and Forecasting; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Transportation (General); Vehicles and Equipment; I30: Materials; I50: Construction and Supervision of Construction; I60: Maintenance; I70: Traffic and Transport; I80: Accident Studies; I90: Vehicles;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00452321
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: May 31 1986 12:00AM