This Information Paper presents input-price indexes for national road construction activity for the period 1973–74 to 1983–84. Earlier values of the indexes going back to 1969–70, can be found in BTE Report 49, Road Construction Price Indexes: 1969–70 to 1980–81.
Publications by year: 1984
This Paper contains an analysis of the productivity of the Glebe Island and Seatainer terminals in Port Jackson over the period 1977 to 1981.
This Paper presents a method of analysing the relationship between road pavement condition and roadwork, for the purpose of examining the effects of future maintenance policies.
This Paper contains basic information on the Australian road network, and on certain related data such as travel, expenditure, vehicle stock, and freight movement.
The production and development of a 'National Aerodrome Plan' (NAP) represents a continuous and, in many ways, an evolving process.
This Occasional Paper describes an economic assessment of rural arterial roads in Australia based on a road deficiency analysis. Benefit cost analysis was undertaken using the NIMPAC road planning model and an additional set of programs developed by the BTE to carry out economic evaluation.
This study addresses the pattern of road expenditure in Australia and the legislative arrangements under which the Commonwealth Government provides grants to State and Local Governments for roads.
This Paper has been prepared to provide input to the major Australian road system study conducted by the Bureau of Transport Economics, the results of which are presented in the Report 'Assessment of the Australian Road System: 1984'.
The study undertaken to produce road travel projections, and reported in this Occasional Paper, had three basic elements. Firstly, recent trends in road travel were identified.
This Report covers the interpretation of the social audit concept, the methodology for its application and potential areas of application to Australian transport. The Report also considers possible guidelines and proposals for promoting the social audit approach.