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Adequacy of transport Infrastructure: Rail

This Working Paper is the second in a series of Working Papers which disseminates the results of a large research project into the adequacy of Australia's transport infrastructure over the next 20 years. The assessment …

Release date: 2 December 1994

Research Report

Adequacy of Transport Infrastructure: Intercity Roads

This Working Paper is the first in a series of Working Papers which disseminates the results of a large research project into the adequacy of Australia's transport infrastructure over the next 20 years. The assessment c…

Release date: 2 December 1994

Research Report

Short Term Forecasting of Transport and Communications Activity

This Paper provides a description of the short-term forecasting models used in the Bureau's quarterly publication–Transport and Communications Indicators. For domestic freight, four models cover intercapital road freigh…

Release date: 2 July 1991

Research Report

Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Australian Transport

The Paper details emissions from various segments of the transport sector, discusses the magnitude of the task involved in reducing transport emissions, and examines the potential for reducing them by alternative means.…

Release date: 2 May 1991

Research Report

Demand Forecasts and Demand Elasticities for Australian Transport Fuel

The study focuses on the current major transport fuels, which in 1988–89 accounted for 93 per cent of Australia's transport sector energy consumption: petrol (leaded and unleaded), automotive diesel oil, fuel oil and av…

Release date: 2 February 1991

Research Report

Freight Flows in Australian Transport Corridors

In the past, there have been many occasions when decision makers have wanted to know the likely effects of proposed policies on the different transport industries involved in moving non-bulk freight around Australia. Th…

Release date: 2 February 1990

Statistics

Forecasting Aircraft Movements at Major Australian Airports

Forecasts for both domestic and international aircraft movements are generated for the years 1990, 1995 and 2000. From these forecasts growth rates in aircraft traffic have been calculated for the major international ai…

Release date: 2 September 1988

Statistics

Trends and Prospects for Australian International Air Transport

There has not been a comprehensive study of trends and changes in the institutional and commercial parameters which affect Australia's international aviation industry since the International Civil Aviation Policy review…

Release date: 2 February 1988

Research Report

Number Plate Survey Methodology for Long—Distance Traffic Flows

The lack of comprehensive data on transport operations is a long-standing problem in transport research. Information on road transport in particular has proved difficult to obtain. This Paper documents a study which was…

Release date: 2 April 1987

Statistics

Demand for Australian Domestic Aviation Services: Forecasts by Market Segment

This Paper examines the demand for air travel in Australia and forecasts domestic passenger and freight aviation demand to the end of the century at five-year intervals. The analysis begins by reviewing recent trends in…

Release date: 2 May 1986

Statistics

Demand for NSW Intrastate Air Travel

This Paper presents a demand analysis of New South Wales regional and commuter intrastate air services. The main objective of this study was to provide forecasts of patronage to the year 2000 for New South Wales regiona…

Release date: 2 March 1986

Research Report

Assessment of the Australian Road System: Travel Projections

The study undertaken to produce road travel projections, and reported in this Occasional Paper, had three basic elements. Firstly, recent trends in road travel were identified. Secondly, past patterns of the demand for …

Release date: 2 May 1984

Research Report

Demand for International Air Travel: a Conceptual and Operational Framework

The emphasis in this paper is on the development of a suitable conceptual and operational framework within which a policy-sensitive empirical travel choice model could be estimated. Functional Measurement and Discrete C…

Release date: 2 June 1981

Statistics

Sydney Region Aviation Forecasts

The Paper presents methods used for forecasting future passenger and aircraft movements at Sydney Airport. Forecast movements at 5-year intervals to the year 2000 are also presented using these methods, on the basis of …

Release date: 2 September 1978

Research Report

Factors Affecting Demand for International Travel to and from Australia

This Occasional Paper reports on an analysis of the factors affecting the demand for international air travel. This analysis serves as a basis for forecasting the response of demand to changes in key policy variables, i…

Release date: 2 December 1977

Research Report

Model for Medium Term Economic Forecasting: Projections of Australian Income and Expenditure

This paper describes an econometric model designed for Australian economic forecasting in the medium term (from 5 to 10 years). The paper also gives the results of applying the model to predict annual national expenditu…

Release date: 2 December 1977