In recognising this, with road transport accounting for the majority of total transport consumption, the road system must be managed effectively to contribute to the international competitiveness of Australia and New Zealand. To achieve this, road authorities must ensure that the road system functions efficiently in order to maximise the productivity of import competing and exporting industries. Australian and New Zealand road authorities actively pursue policies aimed at providing more effective and efficient services. They also aim to integrate transport and land-use planning more effectively, recognise the need for ecologically sustainable development and the need to minimise the adverse impacts of road transport to the environment, health, personal safety and material damage.

Current Situation

Austroads Council endorsed a full review of the National Performance Indicators which was completed in January 2005.  Pending the outcome of this review, Council members agreed that data for the following indicators would not be collected for the 2002-03 period.

3.4        User Transaction Additional Cost Driver Licenses
3.5        Use Transaction Additional Cost for Vehicle Registration
5.1.1     Greenhouse Gas Emissions per VKT
5.1.2     Overall CO2- equivalent emissions
5.2        Traffic Noise Exposure All Roads
6.2        Achievement Index
6.3.1     Return on Non Road Intervention Decision
9.1        User Cost Distance Passenger Car
9.2        User Cost Distance Urban freight
9.3        User Cost Distance Rural Freight
9.4        User Cost Distance Urban Courier

The review was not of a technical nature. Rather it brought together the combined experience and expertise of key staff in Austroads member organisations in order to reach consensus.  Criteria were developed covering relevance, feasibility and comparability across jurisdictions, reflecting broad agreement as to the purpose of the NPIs.

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