Austroads Webinars scheduled for October-November

​We are very pleased to be supporting Austroads in developing a new national vehicle classification scheme. As part of this process, we are pleased to support Austroads in the delivery of 3 upcoming Webinars on the Austroads Classification Scheme elements. More details are given below. The link to all three Webinars can be found in the detailed descriptions. Our very own Drew Gaynor will be leading the sessions.

Upcoming Webinar: Austroads Vehicle Classification Scheme – Heavy Vehicles - 25 October 2023
Austroads has developed an extended vehicle classification scheme (EVCS) to enable improved understanding and monitoring of the evolving vehicle mix on Australian and New Zealand roads in traffic and transport surveys. This webinar is the first session in a three-webinar series. This builds upon the existing 1994 vehicle classification scheme. The EVCS provides greater granularity for each of the existing 12 classes of vehicles and adds a new class for active transport to address the need to count a variety of active transport users such as pedestrians, skateboards and e-scooters. The EVCS will allow transport agencies to better manage transport demand within and between modes, survey active transport and understand how demands integrate with other modes.
This webinar will focus on the heavy vehicle section and discuss:

• level 3 classes 3 to 12
• the greater granularity in level 4 subclasses
• better description of axle groupings
• the creation of a new class 19 for heavy vehicles that do not fit readily into the prescribed classifications
• backward compatibility with existing heavy vehicles counting
• further validation of some sections.

The webinar will be presented by Drew Gaynor and David Johnston. There will be question and answer opportunities during the session.

Upcoming Webinar: Austroads Vehicle Classification Scheme – Light Vehicles - 2 November 2023
Austroads has developed an extended vehicle classification scheme (EVCS) to enable improved understanding and monitoring of the evolving vehicle mix on Australian and New Zealand roads in traffic and transport surveys. This webinar is the second session in a three-webinar series. This builds upon the existing 1994 vehicle classification scheme. The EVCS provides greater granularity for each of the existing 12 classes of vehicles and adds a new class for active transport to address the need to count a variety of active transport users such as pedestrians, skateboards and e-scooters. The EVCS will allow transport agencies to better manage transport demand within and between modes, survey active transport and understand how demands integrate with other modes.
This webinar will focus on the changes to light vehicles and discuss:

• level 3 classes 1 and 2
• the greater granularity in level 4 subclasses
• thresholds between classes 2 and 3
• the use of alternative counting technologies.

The webinar will be presented by Drew Gaynor and David Johnston. There will be question and answer opportunities during the session.

Upcoming Webinar: Austroads Vehicle Classification Scheme – Measuring Active Transport - 9 November 2023
Austroads has developed an extended vehicle classification scheme (EVCS) to enable improved understanding and monitoring of the evolving vehicle mix on Australian and New Zealand roads in traffic and transport surveys. This webinar is the third session in a three-webinar series. This builds upon the existing 1994 vehicle classification scheme. The EVCS provides greater granularity for each of the existing 12 classes of vehicles and adds a new class for active transport to address the need to count a variety of active transport users such as pedestrians, skateboards and e-scooters. The EVCS will allow transport agencies to better manage transport demand within and between modes, survey active transport and understand how demands integrate with other modes.
This webinar will focus on measuring active transport and discuss:

• the creation of level 3 class 20
• the greater granularity in level 4 subclasses
• emerging challenges in categorising class 20 elements
• the use of alternative counting technologies.

The webinar will be presented by Drew Gaynor and David Johnston. There will be question and answer opportunities during the session.