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Austroads
Austroads is the apex organisation of road transport and traffic agencies in Australia and New Zealand. It publishes guidelines, codes of practice and research reports that promote best practice for road management organisations in Australasia. Austroads is based in Sydney and funded by the Federal Government. Operations of Austroads are primarily administrative, with all research and engineering work contracted out, such as to produce the Australian standards for construction, planning and design in roads. Austroads membership comprises: * Transport for NSW New South Wales * VicRoads * Department of Transport & Main Roads, QueenslandAustroads publications |
Road Transport In Australia
Road transport is an element of the Australian transport network, and contributes to the Australian economy. Australia relies heavily on road transport due to Australia's large area and low population density in considerable parts of the country. Another reason for the reliance upon roads is that the Australian rail network has not been sufficiently developed for a lot of the freight and passenger requirements in most areas of Australia. This has meant that goods that would otherwise be transported by rail are moved across Australia via road trains. Almost every household owns at least one car, and uses it most days. Victoria is the state with the highest density of arterial roads in Australia. History Costs and funding Funding and responsibility for Australia's road network is split between the three levels of government; Federal, State and Local. Because of long distances, low population densities, and widely separated major settlements, the costs of and funding for roa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister For Infrastructure, Planning And Logistics (Northern Territory)
The Northern Territory Minister for Infrastructure, Planning and Logistics is a Minister of the Crown in the Government of the Northern Territory. The minister administers their portfolio through the Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Logistics. The Minister is responsible for assets and program management, the aviation industry, building advisory services, Darwin Ports, development and management of strategic industrial and residential land, domestic and international air services, economic development facilitation, the freight industry, infrastructure provision, land administration, land information, land use planning and development assessment, lands and planning, logistics industry, maritime industry, Offshore Supply Base, ports development, procurement in infrastructure services, public transport, the rail industry, regional air services development, release of industrial and residential land, road network management, road transport, shipping industry, strategic gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Road Research Board
Australian Road Research Board (ARRB) is an Australian not-for-profit company that provides independent, applied research and consulting services for Australian and New Zealand state road agencies and communities. ARRB provides consultancy services in areas such as road safety, pavement engineering, climate change adaptations, road network management, and future transport technology. ARRB also carries out road condition surveys for Australian and New Zealand road owners such as State Roads' Agencies and local councils at traffic speed using specially equipped vehicles. History ARRB was founded in 1960, with the purpose to serve the research needs of its members (largely state road agencies), on a cost recovery basis. It is currently a not-for-profit company that carries out paid consultancies. Since the appointment of Chief Executive Officer Michael Caltabiano, there has been a substantial increase in research activities. ARRB put its historic Vermont South headquarters on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hume Highway
Hume Highway, inclusive of the sections now known as Hume Freeway and Hume Motorway, is one of Australia's major inter-city national highways, running for between Melbourne in the southwest and Sydney in the northeast. Upgrading of the route from Sydney's outskirts to Melbourne's outskirts to dual carriageway was completed on 7 August 2013. From north to south, the road is called Hume Highway in metropolitan Sydney, Hume Motorway between the Cutler Interchange and Berrima, Hume Highway elsewhere in New South Wales and Hume Freeway in Victoria. It is part of the Auslink National Network and is a vital link for road freight to transport goods to and from the two cities as well as serving Albury-Wodonga and Canberra. Route At its Sydney end, Hume Highway begins at Parramatta Road, in Ashfield. This route is numbered as A22. The first of the highway was known as Liverpool Road until August 1928, when it was renamed as part of Hume Highway, as part of the creation of the N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. World War II was a total war that directly involved more than 100 million personnel from more than 30 countries. The major participants in the war threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. Aircraft played a major role in the conflict, enabling the strategic bombing of population centres and deploying the only two nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II was by far the deadliest conflict in human history; it resulted in 70 to 85 million fatalities, mostly among civilians. Tens of millions died due to genocides (including the Holocaust), starvation, ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metropolitan area known as Greater Melbourne, comprising an urban agglomeration of 31 local municipalities, although the name is also used specifically for the local municipality of City of Melbourne based around its central business area. The metropolis occupies much of the northern and eastern coastlines of Port Phillip Bay and spreads into the Mornington Peninsula, part of West Gippsland, as well as the hinterlands towards the Yarra Valley, the Dandenong and Macedon Ranges. It has a population over 5 million (19% of the population of Australia, as per 2021 census), mostly residing to the east side of the city centre, and its inhabitants are commonly referred to as "Melburnians". The area of Melbourne has been home to Aboriginal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NZ Transport Agency
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency (commonly known as Waka Kotahi, and abbreviated as NZTA) is a New Zealand Crown entity tasked with promoting safe and functional transport by land, including the responsibility for driver and vehicle licensing, and administering the New Zealand state highway network. It was created on 1 August 2008 by the Land Transport Management Amendment Act 2008, merging Transit New Zealand with Land Transport New Zealand. Its legal name, as established by the Act, is New Zealand Transport Agency, but it trades as ''Waka Kotahi'' ''NZ Transport Agency''., superseded by The Māori part of the name, ''Waka Kotahi'', means "one vessel" and is intended to convey the concept of "travelling together as one". Public data access The Transport Agency stores registration, licensing and warrant of fitness details for any road-registered vehicle within New Zealand, including cars, motorbikes, trailers, trucks and earthmoving or agricultural machinery. Any member of the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Local Government Association
The Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) is the principal organisation representing all 537 Local Government councils in Australia, and acts as the independent interest body for Australian local mayors, councillors and local government employees. The association is the federation of local government associations in each state and territory. Constituent members * Local Government NSW * Local Government Association of Northern Territory * Local Government Association of Queensland * Local Government Association of South Australia * Local Government Association of Tasmania * Municipal Association of Victoria * Western Australian Local Government Association Role * Sustaining local roads, transport and other infrastructure between multiple council regions * Improving natural and built environmental outcomes * Enhancing regional equity and regional development * Building capacity and sustainability in local communities * Connecting member associations and the Local Governme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transport Canberra & City Services
Transport Canberra & City Services (TCCS) is a directorate of the Government of the Australian Capital Territory of the Australian Capital Territory, responsible for managing roads, footpaths and cycle paths and managing public transport in Canberra including ACTION buses and the Canberra Light Rail through its Transport Canberra division. Besides roads and transport, TCCS also delivers services such as recycling and collecting waste, public libraries and ensuring municipal infrastructure such as streetlights and public barbecues are in good working order. It also oversees the management of a number of the ACT Government's commercial operations, including ACT NOWaste, Capital Linen Service, ACT Public Cemeteries Authority (which includes Woden, Gungahlin and Hall cemeteries), and Yarralumla Nursery. History The predecessor of the TCCS was the Territory and Municipal Services Directorate (TAMS), previously the Department of Territory and Municipal Services (also TAMS). TAMS w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Department Of State Growth
The Tasmanian Department of State Growth is the Tasmanian Government department with responsibility for driving state growth and to implement the government's long-term plan for creating jobs, growth, and opportunities for all Tasmanians, in Australia. The department was established on 1 July 2014 through the amalgamation of the Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources and the Department of Economic Development, Tourism and the Arts. The Department is led by its Secretary, Kim Evans. The Department's ministerial portfolio responsibilities are; Minister for the Arts, presently the Hon. Elise Archer MP; Minister for Energy, presently the Hon. Guy Barnett MP; Minister for Science and Technology, presently the Hon. Michael Ferguson MP; Minister for Resources, presently the Hon. Sarah Courtney MP; Minister for Infrastructure, and the Minister for Advanced Manufacturing and Defence Industries, and the Minister for Education and Training, presently the Hon. Jeremy Rocklif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a Megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with Deserts of Australia, deserts in the centre, tropical Forests of Australia, rainforests in the north-east, and List of mountains in Australia, mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approximately Early human migrations#Nearby Oceania, 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Main Roads Western Australia
Main Roads Western Australia (formerly the Main Roads Department) is a statutory authority of the Government of Western Australia that is responsible for implementing the state's policies on road access and main roads. It operates under the ''Main Roads Act 1930'' (WA). As at June 2021, it manages of roads, representing the arterial road network in Western Australia. Each of the roads must be declared a "public highway" or "main road" in the ''Western Australian Government Gazette'' and is allocated a highway or main road number – many roads perceived as main roads by the public are in fact managed by local councils. Main Roads Western Australia also regulates heavy vehicles through the issue of permits and notices under the authority granted to the Commissioner of Main Roads under the Road Traffic Act 1974. The Road Transport Compliance Section, a section within the Department, employs Transport Inspectors who, alongside police officers, monitor heavy vehicle movement and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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