Road
Australia boasts the largest trucks in the world. They are necessary for negotiating our vast land efficiently and economically.
Trucks provide us access to the goods we demand as consumers, playing a critical part in the lifestyle we enjoy in Australia. Even when goods have been transported by rail,sea or air, trucks still play a vital part in the supply chain by transporting these goods to and from railheads and ports. In fact, almost everything we buy or sell has been on a truck.
General Info
- Western Australian Heavy Vehicle News and links
http://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/UsingRoads/HeavyVehicles/Pages/HeavyVehiclesHome.aspx - Western Australian Harvest Mass Management Scheme
http://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/UsingRoads/HeavyVehicles/Pages/HMMS.aspx - Western Australia Road and Traffic Information
http://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/UsingRoads/RoadTrafficInformation/Pages/RoadTrafficInformation.aspx - Metro Freight Network - better ways of moving freight in the metropolitan area
www.transport.wa.gov.au/freight/19738.asp
Publications & Reports
- An article on Sharing the Road with Trucks
http://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/_layouts/getAsset.aspx?URI=1605257&REV=1&RCN=D07#104696
Fact Sheets
- Signage requirements for heavy vehicles in Western Australia
http://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/UsingRoads/HeavyVehicles/PublicationsInformation/Pages/Signage.aspx - Intelligent Access Program a national program that remotely monitors where, when and how heavy vehicles are being operated on the road network
http://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/UsingRoads/HeavyVehicles/.../IntelligentAccessProgram.aspx
Safety
- Western Australian road safety services
http://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/UnderstandingRoads/RoadSafety/Pages/RoadSafety.aspx - National heavy vehicle safety study surveying long haul truck drivers
http://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/UsingRoads/HeavyVehicles/...Nationalheavyvehiclesafetystudy.aspx - Heavy Vehicle Advisory Group - a forum for communication and coordinated action amongst key road freight transport stakeholders
http://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/UsingRoads/HeavyVehicles/.../HeavyVehicleAdvisoryGroup.aspx - Towards Zero: 2008 - 2020 Road safety strategy
http://www.ors.wa.gov.au/StrategiesRoadSafety/Pages/NewStrategy2008-2020.aspx - Western Australia Road Safety & Awareness
http://wa.gov.au/governmentservices/communitysafety/roadsafetyawareness/ - RAC - Road Safety
http://rac.com.au/Advocacy/Road-safety.aspx - WA Police - Road Safety information
http://www.police.wa.gov.au/Traffic/Roadsafety/tabid/991/Default.aspx
Organisations & Contacts
- Main Roads WA
http://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au - WA Road Transport Association
www.warta.com.au - National Transport Commission (NTC)
http://www.ntc.gov.au - Freight and Logistics Council of WA
http://www.transport.wa.gov.au/freight/19913.asp - Livestock and Rural Transport Association of WA
http://www.lrtawa.org.au/history - The Royal Automobile Club (RAC)
http://rac.com.au
