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Intrastate Bus Services in New South Wales: Trial Entry Liberalisation

The Bureau of Transport Economics (BTE) agreed to a request from the Commissioner of the New South Wales Department of Motor Transport (DMT) to undertake a study to monitor a six-month trial. The trial period extended f…

Release date: 2 November 1987

Research Report

Port Authorities in Australia

This Paper discusses the current situation and problems of Australian Port Authorities, particularly in the light of the limited amount of competition imposed by the economies of scale inherent in modern cargo-handling …

Release date: 2 October 1987

Research Report

A Model for Estimating Cargo Ship Costs; BTCESHIP

In many of its analyses involving shipping, the Bureau of Transport Economics has been required to estimate costs associated with owning and operating vessels of various types. This Paper presents a model for estimating…

Release date: 2 August 1987

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

The Transport Sector in the Australian Economy

This Paper presents information about the transport sector in Australia. Included are details of the relative importance of the transport sector in the Australian economy, transport costs in the production and distribut…

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

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

Research Report

Transport of Australia's Minerals

In mid-l986 the Federal Bureau of Transport Economics engaged consultant Travers Morgan Pty Ltd to undertake a review of minerals transport in Australia. The objectives of the review were to describe the nature of miner…

Release date: 2 March 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

Research Report

Shore-Based Shipping Costs, Non-Bulk Cargo

In July 1984, the Federal Bureau of Transport Economics organised a seminar to enable the problems of the shore-based shipping industry to be discussed by its senior representatives. The seminar delegates agreed that th…

Release date: 2 September 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

Research Report

Container Shipping in Transition

The objectives of this study were to review developments in world container shipping and establish the main trends in the deep sea trades. This will in turn provide background to the BTE's own studies of liner shipping …

Release date: 2 May 1986

Research Report

Contestability and the Australian Liner Trades

This study analyses the efficiency of the Australian liner shipping industry by using the recently developed theory of contestable markets. Its importance is reflected in the fact that over half of Australia's ocean bor…

Release date: 2 May 1986

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