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The impact of airbags and electronic stability control on Australian light vehicle fatalities

This Information Sheet presents estimates of the impact of airbags and electronic stability control (ESC) on fatalities in light vehicle crashes. It is estimated that frontal airbags have reduced light vehicle fatalitie…

Release date: 2 March 2015

Information Sheet

Long-term trends in urban public transport

BITRE Information Sheet 60 provides detailed long-term trend statistics for Australian urban passenger transport. Historical time-series on passenger movement within the Australian capital cities, covering more than a c…

Release date: 2 September 2014

Information Sheet

Saturating daily travel

The Information Sheet models and forecasts urban passenger travel in Australian and American cities from 1921 to present. Passenger travel per person is saturating and so future growth in total urban travel will be clos…

Release date: 2 September 2014

Information Sheet

Urban public transport: updated trends

BITRE Information Sheet 59 summarises recent trends in Australian urban passenger transport–contrasting strong growth in urban public transport (UPT) over the last decade (with 2013 task levels almost 30 per cent higher…

Release date: 2 September 2014

Information Sheet

Who's using the roads: variations in usage by drivers

This information sheet presents estimates of the variation in use of roads by drivers.It finds that road use is highly unequally distributed among motorists, with most vehicles driven relatively low distances while a fe…

Release date: 2 July 2014

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Bass Strait Passenger Vehicle Equalisation Scheme Monitoring Report No. 14

The Ministerial Directions governing the Bass Strait Passenger Vehicle Equalisation Scheme require us to produce a monitoring report every 2 years.

Release date: 2 January 2014

Research Report

Air Passenger Movements Through Capital and Non-Capital City Airports to 2030–31

This report presents forecasts of air passenger movements through Australia's eight capital city airports and five largest non-capital city airports (Newcastle, Cairns, Gold Coast, Townsville and Launceston). The foreca…

Release date: 2 November 2012

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Bass Strait Passenger Vehicle Equalisation Scheme Monitoring Report No. 13

This report presents the results of our thirteenth review of the Bass Strait Passenger Vehicle Equalisation Scheme for the period 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2011.

Release date: 2 May 2012

Research Report

Investigating the Relationships Between Travel Patterns and Social Exclusion of Children in Sydney

Paper given to the 34th Australasian Transport Research Forum, 28–30 September 2011, Adelaide. Authors: Anatoli Lightfoot, Leanne Johnson. Investigating the Relationships Between Travel Patterns and Social Exclusion of …

Release date: 2 September 2011

Bass Strait Passenger Vehicle Equalisation Scheme 2007-09

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Bass Strait Passenger Vehicle Equalisation Scheme No. 12

This report presents the results of our twelfth review of the Bass Strait Passenger Vehicle Equalisation Scheme, covering the period 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2009.

Release date: 2 December 2009

Information Sheet

Urban Passenger Transport: How People Move About in Australian Cities

Information Sheet 31 analyses the trends in passenger transport in Australia's eight capital cities over the period 1977 to 2008. Although car travel continues to dominate travel in our cities, urban public transport ha…

Release date: 2 February 2009

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Bass Strait Passenger Vehicle Equalisation Scheme: Monitoring Report No. 11

Our eleventh annual review of the Bass Strait Passenger Vehicle Equalisation Scheme, up to and including 2006-07.

Release date: 2 September 2008

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Bass Strait Passenger Vehicle Equalisation Scheme BTRE Monitoring Report No. 10

This report presents the results of BTRE's tenth annual review of the Bass Strait Passenger Vehicle Equalisation Scheme. It covers the operation and impact of the Scheme up to and including 2005–06.

Release date: 2 July 2007

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Bass Strait Passenger Vehicle Equalisation Scheme BTRE Monitoring Report No. 9 2004–05

This report presents the results of BTRE's ninth annual review of the Bass Strait Passenger Vehicle Equalisation Scheme. It covers the operation and impact of the Scheme up to (and including) 2004–05.BSPVES Monitoring R…

Release date: 2 March 2006

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Bass Strait Passenger Vehicle Equalisation Scheme BTRE Monitoring Report No. 8 2003–04

This report presents the results of BTRE's eighth annual review of the Bass Strait Passenger Vehicle Equalisation Scheme. It covers the operation and impact of the Scheme up to (and including) 2003–04.BSPVES Monitoring …

Release date: 2 January 2006

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Bass Strait Passenger Vehicle Equalisation Scheme BTRE Monitoring Report No.7 2002–03

This report presents the results of BTRE's seventh annual review of the Bass Strait Passenger Vehicle Equalisation Scheme. It covers the operation and impact of the Scheme up to (and including) 2002–03.BSPVES Monitoring…

Release date: 2 April 2004