The Australian Road Transport Suppliers Association (ARTSA) has released its report from the two-day heavy vehicle Performance Based Standards (PBS) conference held in Melbourne in March 2013.
Attended by 120 people from across the spectrum of PBS, the amount of delegates at the conference demonstrated the strong interest in the world leading scheme.
According to Dr Peter Hart, Chairman of ARTSA, there were six strong themes that came from the event including:
- Adequate resourcing of the NHVR's PBS secretariat.
- Transitioning of popular PBS designs into more generic blueprints.
- Revision of standards and development of some new ones including tyre specifications, suspension specifications, self certification and a review of braking requirements.
- More assistance for local government to better understand the PBS potential and open up their road networks.
- More work on bus standards.
- A focus on bridge assessment issues.
According to Dr Hart, ARTSA will be making representations to the NHVR and the NTC on some of the issues highlighted above. “We need to work together to tick off some of the hard won ideas put forward at the conference,” he concluded.
The PBS Conference report including papers and photos can be accessed from the ARTSA website.
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