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The Cost of Maintaining the Australian National Highway System

This Report discusses the objectives of the Australian national highway system, presents statistical information and describes the application of the life cycle costing technique to the pavement evaluation.The Cost of M…

Release date: 2 July 1992

Research Report

Relative Efficiencies in the Transportation of Commodities

This Report assesses the relative efficiencies of road and rail in the transportation of several bulk commodities. The work explores potential constraints to the efficient transportation of bulk commodities, including t…

Release date: 2 January 1992

Research Report

Pavement Management: Development of a Life Cycle Costing Technique

This paper provides a simple method for evaluating alternative strategies for road pavement construction and maintenance using a life cycle costing approach.Pavement Management: Development of a Life Cycle Costing Techn…

Release date: 2 July 1990

Statistics

Transport of Hydrocarbons in the Oil and Gas Industries

This paper contains revision of some data for earlier years as well as statistics for 1985–86 and 1986–87. The paper presents a broad analysis of expenditure and revenue statistics, indicating the major trends in, and p…

Release date: 2 August 1989

Statistics

Road Construction Price Indexes 1977–78 to 1987–88

This Information Paper presents input-price indexes for national road construction activity for the period 1977–78 to 1987–88. This is part of a series which commenced in 1969–70.Road Construction Price Indexes 1977–78 …

Release date: 2 May 1989

Research Report

Costs of Road Crashes in Australia—1988: Supplementary Information

This supplementary Information Paper details the social costs of road crashes in Australia for 1988. Estimates of the social cost of road crashes, reflects not only on the costs borne by crash victims, but also those co…

Release date: 2 January 1989

Research Report

Cost of Road Accidents in Australia

The cost of road accidents is an important and controversial issue. However, it is difficult to derive an acceptable measure of these costs, and it has been some years since an attempt has been made to quantify these co…

Release date: 2 September 1988

Research Report

Review of Road Cost Recovery

Efficient road pricing is required both to generate funds which may be used for roadworks and to ration the use of what is an expensive asset. The important elements of road pricing theory are outlined and these indicat…

Release date: 2 September 1988

Research Report

Pavement Age and the Future Need for Road Reconstruction

Decisions on road reconstruction and rehabilitation are based on a combination of engineering, economic, financial and social considerations. Rigorous analysis in support of such decisions is necessarily extremely compl…

Release date: 2 February 1988

Statistics

BTE Road Construction Price Indexes: 1976–77 to 1986–87

This Information Paper presents input-price indexes for national road construction activity for the period 1975–76 to 1986–87. This Paper contains a further update of the BTE Input-Price Indexes for the financial year 1…

Release date: 2 January 1988

Research Report

Costs of Road Crashes in Australia—1988

This Information Paper details the costs of road crashes in Australia for 1988. Costs have been grouped into three broad categories: loss of victim; crash generated activities; and pain and suffering.Costs of Road Crash…

Release date: 2 January 1988

Statistics

Australian Road Financing Statistics 1975–76 to 1984–85

The Paper presents statistics on road expenditure by State and Territory, by level of government, by year and by Commonwealth road funding category. A consistent series of road expenditure statistics and information on …

Release date: 2 July 1987

Research Report

Competition and Regulation in Grain Transport: Submission to Royal Commission, May 1987

The Royal Commission into Grain Storage, Handling and Transport, was established on 13 October 1986. One of the objectives of the Commission is to investigate the efficiency with which grain is transported in Australia.…

Release date: 2 May 1987

Research Report

Assessment of the Australian Road System

This Report provides an assessment of the status of the Australian Road System and an examination of its future funding requirements. Roads are divided into the categories recognised by Commonwealth road funding legisla…

Release date: 2 January 1987

Statistics

BTE Road Construction Price Indexes 1975–76 to 1985–86

This Information Paper presents input-price indexes for national road construction activity for the period 1975–76 to 1985–86. This Paper contains a further update of the BTE Input-Price Indexes for the financial year 1…

Release date: 2 October 1986

Statistics

Australian Road Financing Statistics 1974–75 to 1983–84

The Paper presents statistics on road expenditure by State and Territory, by level of government, by year and by Commonwealth road funding category. A consistent series of road expenditure statistics and information on …

Release date: 2 July 1986