A country report summarising highway capacity research and applications in Australia was presented at the First International Symposium on Highway Capacity held at Karlsruhe. This report presents a summary of the capacity research progress undertaken at the Australian Road Research Board, universities and state road and traffic authorities since the last symposium. The subjects covered include signalised intersections, roundabouts, other unsignalised intersections, vehicle-actuated signals, dynamic control of traffic signals, saturation flows, pedestrian-vehicle interaction, paired intersections, arterial road performance, network analysis, shopping centre design, rural roads and design, rural roads and freeways, fuel consumption and emissions, accidents at roundabouts, intersection design packages and software integration. References to publications and a brief list of staff involved in capacity research in Australia are given at the end of the report. (A)
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