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The main issue relating to the section of the National Highway linking Hobart, Launceston and Burnie between Penguin and Burnie is whether to retain the coastal alignment for the National Highway or to adopt an alternative inland route.

The production and export of wheat is important for Australia and its storage and transport represents a significant load on domestic resources.

The NTS is a postal survey being conducted over a twelve-month period between July 1977 and June 1978. Its general aim is to determine domestic non-urban travel characteristics on a fully national basis.

When the Commonwealth Government introduced the Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme TFES on 1 July 1976 it directed the Bureau of Transport Economics to recalculate the rates of assistance by December 1977.

For the purposes of this study the east-west rail link across Australia was considered in sections: Sydney to Broken Hill, Broken Hill to Port Pirie (including Adelaide to Peterborough and Adelaide to Port Pirie), The Port Pirie Bogie Exchange and

Transport planning and research has placed considerable emphasis on the movement of people but comparatively little on the movement of goods.

As part of the National Highway System the Bureau of Roads nominated the Hume Highway as the National Highway linking Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra.

Transport planning in urban areas is a complex task demanding consideration not only of transport problems, but also of land-use planning and the provision of other services.

The importance of an efficient transport system for Australia is self-evident. Not surprisingly, both public investment and government legislation have been employed to develop transport networks over time.

This paper describes an econometric model designed for Australian economic forecasting in the medium term (from 5 to 10 years).