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Ex-post economic evaluation of National Highway projects, Case Study 2: Northam Bypass

BTRE's ex-post road investments evaluation project involves systematically reviewing after the fact the projected costs and benefits of major investments. The project complements the recent implementation by jurisdictio…

Release date: 2 August 2007

Statistics

Road Construction Maintenance Price Index

The index measures movements in prices of inputs used in roadworks including materials, equipment, fuel and labour. For details of how the index was constructed, see BTCE, Road Construction Price Index, Information Pape…

Release date: 2 August 2007

Research Report

Ex-post economic evaluation of National Highway projects, Case Study 1: Wallaville Bridge

This analysis is the first in a series of case studies undertaken for the BTRE ex-post road investments evaluation project. The project complements the recent implementation by juristictions of the Australian Transport …

Release date: 2 June 2007

Research Report

National Guidelines for Transport System Management in Australia

The first edition of the Guidelines (ATC 2004a) was produced by the Guidelines Assessment Methodology Working Group (endorsed by the Standing Committee on Transport). It incorporated a generic framework, with an initial…

Release date: 2 February 2007

Research Report

Optimising Harmonisation in the Australian Railway Industry

In the last decade, Australia's railways have undergone an ownership, operational and technological revolution. The establishment of national public and private train operators has finally brought seamless rail freight …

Release date: 2 September 2006

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Research Report

Drivers of Economic Growth in the Greater Sydney Metropolitan Region

The Greater Sydney Metropolitan Region is one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas of Australia. This project improves our understanding of socio-economic drivers of growth in this region. 54 Statistical Local Area…

Release date: 2 August 2006

Research Report

Submission to the Productivity Commission Road and Rail Freight Infrastructure Pricing Inquiry

The submission commences with a brief general discussion of the economics of road and rail infrastructure and some implications for pricing; examines the relationship between estimates of road infrastructure costs attri…

Release date: 2 August 2006

Research Report

Skill Shortages in Australia's Regions

Skill shortages are a well documented issue both in Australia and overseas, but the problem itself is not well defined. Most of the previously published work has been conducted on a national or industry wide scale. The …

Release date: 2 July 2006

Information Sheet

Public Road-Related Expenditure and Revenue in Australia (2005 Update)

This update covers information for the years 2002–03 for road-related expenditure by level of government and by State and Territory, as well as selected motor vehicle taxes and charges and for 2003–04, the BTRE road con…

Release date: 2 October 2005

Research Report

Risk in Cost-Benefit Analysis

For cost-benefit analyses (CBA) of public-sector projects, a common misconception is that the discount rate should include a risk premium in consonance with the private-sector practice of doing so. In examining the issu…

Release date: 2 April 2005

Information Sheet

Public Road-Related Expenditure and Revenue in Australia (2004 update)

The total amount of road-related expenditure by the Australian, State, Territory and Local Governments in 2001–02 was $7.6 billion. Between 1998–99 and 2001–02 road-related expenditure increased by an average of $99.4 m…

Release date: 2 October 2004

Research Report

Appropriateness of a 350 Million Litre Biofuels Target

In July 2003 the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, jointly with BTRE and the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics, were asked to investigate the appropriateness of maintai…

Release date: 2 December 2003

Research Report

Focus on regions No. 1: Industry Structure

Australia, like many other developed countries, has experienced a decline in the importance of the manufacturing and agriculture sectors over recent decades, and strong growth in the services sector. In particular, Busi…

Release date: 2 November 2003

Research Report

Rail Infrastructure Pricing: Principles and Practice

Since the early 1990s, railway operations in Australia and in many overseas countries have been radically reformed. One reform has been widespread outsourcing of railway activities such as infrastructure maintenance, to…

Release date: 2 July 2003

Research Report

Government Interventions in Pursuit of Regional Development: Learning from Experience

The questions of why regions grow or fail to grow, and what, if anything, governments can do about it have attracted considerable interest and debate for many years. This report provides a select review of previous gove…

Release date: 2 June 2003

Research Report

State Spending on Roads

Over the last few years, the Commonwealth has devoted considerable resources to the task of helping local government authorities maintain and upgrade their road systems. The major initiative was an extra $1.2 billion in…

Release date: 2 June 2003