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Introduction to road economics

Paper prepared for the ANZSOG Infrastructure Research Workshop, Canberra, 2015. Author: Mark Harvey Shifting the Transport Infrastructure Debate

Release date: 2 March 2017

Information Sheet

Drivers Licences in Australia

This information sheet presents an estimate of the number of drivers licences in Australia from 1922 to 2016. Also included are estimates of drivers licences in each Australian State and Territory from 1922 to 2016. Lon…

Release date: 2 February 2017

Information Sheet

Intercity Passenger fares

This information sheet presents estimates of air, rail and bus passenger fares between major Australian cities from 1960 to 2016. Data for nine intercity routes are provided in this analysis. Real dollar fare values for…

Release date: 2 February 2017

Information Sheet

Modelled Road Construction and maintenance Price Index

This information sheet presents estimates of the BITRE Road Construction and maintenance Price (RCMP) from 1910-11 and a model of its movements tied to the Australian diesel price, average weekly earnings and the capita…

Release date: 2 February 2017

Information Sheet

Petrol Prices and Diesel Prices in Australia

This information sheet presents estimates of petrol and diesel prices in Australia from 1925-26 to the present. Then a relationship is derived, linking Australian fuel prices to international oil prices over the same pe…

Release date: 2 February 2017

Statistics

Australian Infrastructure Statistics—Yearbook 2016

The Australian infrastructure statistics yearbook provides a comprehensive evidence base to examine long-term and emerging trends as well as inform policy development and regulatory reform in the transport, energy, wate…

Release date: 2 December 2016

Information Sheet

A dozen facts about transport in Australia

This information sheet covers a wide range of subjects, including commuting, freight, rail, energy and safety. The following 12 facts are included:How big is the transport network?How far do we travel?Is this increasing…

Release date: 2 November 2016

Information Sheet

Five facts about commuting in Australia

This Information Sheet covers a wide range of subjects, including volume and length of commuting, traffic congestion and commuting patterns. The following five questions are discussed:Is commuting a big part of urban tr…

Release date: 2 November 2016

Statistics

Trainline 4

Trainline is a compendium of Australia's railways. The compendium provides insights, analysis, and an understanding of the railway industry. Australia's railways are evolving, with changes both outside and within the in…

Release date: 2 November 2016

Statistics

Waterline 58—November 2016

Waterline reports on trends in (a) throughput, (b) container handling productivity and (c) the cost of importing and exporting containers through Australia's five major container ports. It covers container exchange with…

Release date: 2 November 2016

Statistics

Australian road freight estimates: 2016 update

The Information Sheet provides revised estimates of road freight by State, capital city and rest-of-state. The long-term trend in growth has been substantial, interrupted only by the 1990 recession and the Global Financ…

Release date: 2 September 2016

Statistics

Freightline 4—Australian coal freight transport

The Freightline series is intended to provide information on interregional freight movements across Australia, filling a major gap in Australian transport-related data and information, to help better inform and support …

Release date: 2 September 2016

Information Sheet

Toll Roads in Australia

This paper provides an overview of toll roads in Australia based on available information. It covers a range of subjects including information on traffic performance, industry structure and benefits of toll roads and fu…

Release date: 2 September 2016

Information Sheet

Traffic on the national road network, 2013–14

This Information Sheet presents 2013–14 road traffic volumes across the Australian National Land Transport Network (NLTN)–the integrated network of land transport linkages of strategic national importance. It is an upda…

Release date: 2 September 2016

Information Sheet

Developing national road safety indicators for injury

The National Road Safety Strategy 2011–2020 (NRSS) presents a 10-year plan to reduce the annual numbers of both deaths and serious injuries on Australian roads by at least 30 per cent.Australia's performance in addressi…

Release date: 2 August 2016

Information Sheet

Heavy truck safety: crash analysis and trends

This paper analyses road traffic crashes involving heavy trucks, highlighting characteristics such as severity, location, temporarily and type of crash. A brief introduction to the regulatory environment and statistical…

Release date: 2 August 2016