ARTSA Insight

Anyone who has towed a trailer of any size will be familiar with the bang and clatter that can be...

The location of the fifth wheel with respect to the axle lines on a prime mover potentially affects the road...

ARTSA-I recently held a dinner meeting at which I talked with Dr Peter Sweatman about his career in heavy vehicle...

The National Heavy Vehicle Law applies to Queensland, New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia. This...

For about a decade ARTSA-Institute has obtained a redacted version of the NEVDIS heavy vehicle database from AustRoads. I want...

A truly remarkable session about paths to reduced CO₂ emissions occurred at ARTSA-I’s November 2024 conference: Road Transport – embracing...

The National Transport Commission (NTC) has recently released ‘exposure drafts’ for proposed, but yet to be approved, amendments to the...

We all benefit from increasingly long and heavy roadtrain combinations. With less fuel burned per tonne of payload, there is...

As CEO of the Victorian Transport Association (VTA), I have the privilege of advocating for one of Australia’s most vital...

There are two important ideas in this article. Firstly, Australia needs an Office of Heavy Vehicle Safety probably within the...