Road managers
Accessibility tools
This consultation has now closed, as of Friday 5 April 2024. We would like to thank everyone who took the time to provide feedback.
The Freight PASS (now incorporating the Pavement Impact Comparison Calculator) web app has now been developed in response to valuable feedback received by our stakeholders from consultation on the Freight PASS and Pavement Impact Comparison calculator beta tools. For more information, see Productivity tools – Freight PASS.
This new web app integrates and enhances the features of both tools, to offer a single new platform. The new Freight PASS aims to help users compare a range of Productivity, Asset Impact, Safety and Sustainability measures for more than 11 million freight configurations.
Built on methodologies recognised by government agencies, including from the Australian Transport Assessment and Planning Guidelines and Austroads, the Freight PASS web app reflects the NHVR’s status as a data-led regulator. The tool will better support our stakeholders to make more informed decisions, helping to improve heavy vehicle operations.
Why we consulted
Governments face big challenges ensuring their roads are kept in good order and supporting the development of their communities. It is only natural that they want to minimise the impact that heavy vehicles have on their roads, however, the impact different heavy vehicles have on roads are not always known. The NHVR wants to make it easier for governments to work out these impacts with the new Pavement Calculator.
This innovative resource is especially useful for road managers without pavement engineering expertise, allowing them to assess the impacts of freight vehicles on their infrastructure accurately and understand the long-term pavement effects of freight activity on roads.
The tool’s development involved the use of trusted sources already used by road managers in road design and assessments, such as Austroads pavement research and transport agency pavement guidelines.
The Pavement Calculator is the second in a suite of tools that is being released for consultation by the NHVR over the coming months, with Freight PASS released for consultation in October 2023.
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