Resource library

Pedestrians and road safety

Pedestrians comprise the largest single road user group because almost everyone is a pedestrian at some point. People walk for leisure, to go to work, school or local shops, and to access other modes of transport. In Au…

Release date: 2 May 2015

Statistics

Waterline 56—May 2015

Waterline 56 reports on trends in productivity and pricing at 5 major Australian container ports up to the December quarter 2014.

Release date: 2 May 2015

Research Report

Developing productivity elasticities for estimating WEBs in Australia—Scoping Study

Estimates of Wider Economic Benefits (WEBs) are increasingly featuring in cost-benefit analyses (CBAs) of major urban transport infrastructure projects. Governments are particularly interested in WEBs because they relat…

Release date: 2 March 2015

Information Sheet

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

Changes in Australia's industry structure: cities and regions, 2006–2011

This Information Sheet identifies recent trends (2006 to 2011) in employment by various industries for regional areas, capital cities and non-capital cities. It updates BITRE's previous Information Sheet 32, which focus…

Release date: 2 January 2015

Information Sheet

International trade and Australian cities: what house prices say

Information Sheet 67 opens with a brief discussion on recent insights into Australian international trade, particularly ways to better measure its real value. It then looks at the changes in the value of international t…

Release date: 2 January 2015

Information Sheet

International trade and cities: what house prices say

The relationship between changes in the value and direction of trade and house prices are examined for Ireland, Britain, Canada, the United States and New Zealand. It finds a strong relationship between trade patterns a…

Release date: 2 January 2015

Statistics

Waterline 55—January 2015

Waterline 60 reports on trends in productivity and pricing at 5 major Australian container ports up to the June quarter 2014.

Release date: 2 January 2015

Statistics

Australian infrastructure statistics—Yearbook 2014 and key Australian infrastructure statistics booklet

Evidence of long-term and emerging trends to inform policy and regulatory reform in the transport, energy, water and communications sectors.

Release date: 2 December 2014

Information Sheet

BITRE Road Construction and Maintenance Price Index—2014 update

This Information Sheet presents the quarterly Road Construction and Maintenance Price Index figures for the year 2013–14. Additionally, it presents sub-indexes by activity type for road maintenance and road construction…

Release date: 2 December 2014

Research Report

Containerised and non-containerised trade through Australian ports to 2032–33

Forecast exports and imports of freight and sea passenger movements through Australia's 5 largest ports, and national aggregates.

Release date: 2 December 2014

Research Report

Impact of road trauma and measures to improve outcomes

Report 140 presents the results of a BITRE review of the impacts of road trauma. This review evaluated different road safety approaches, both internationally and domestically, and provided a timely stock take of ways th…

Release date: 2 December 2014

Information Sheet

New passenger vehicle fuel consumption trends, 1979 to 2013

The trends evident in BITRE's earlier Information Sheet (BITRE 2009) have continued since 2008. Vehicle sales have increased, with the SUV and LCV categories continuing to increase their shares. With the introduction of…

Release date: 2 December 2014

Research Report

A study of the potential for dedicated freight infrastructure in Australia

The National Ports Strategy was developed by Infrastructure Australia (IA) and the National Transport Commission (NTC) in 2010 at the request of the Council of Australian Governments (COAG). Recommendation 3.10 of th…

Release date: 2 December 2014

Information Sheet

Major transport employment hubs

This Information Sheet identifies the 33 largest spatial concentrations of transport industry employment within Australia. These major transport employment hubs are all located within the five most populous capital citi…

Release date: 2 November 2014

Information Sheet

National profile of Transport, postal and warehousing workers

This study aims to improve understanding of the current characteristics of the Transport, postal and warehousing (TPW) workforce and how the workforce is evolving over time. It provides details of the sub-industries in …

Release date: 2 November 2014