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BTE Road Construction Price Indexes: 1973–74 to 1983–84

This Information Paper presents input-price indexes for national road construction activity for the period 1973–74 to 1983–84. Earlier values of the indexes going back to 1969–70, can be found in BTE Report 49, Road Con…

Release date: 2 December 1984

Research Report

Container Terminal Productivity in Port Jackson from 1977 to 1981

This Paper contains an analysis of the productivity of the Glebe Island and Seatainer terminals in Port Jackson over the period 1977 to 1981. The results of this work should not only enhance public understanding of the …

Release date: 2 December 1984

Research Report

A Method of Road Pavement Condition Projection

This Paper presents a method of analysing the relationship between road pavement condition and roadwork, for the purpose of examining the effects of future maintenance policies.A Method of Road Pavement Condition Projec…

Release date: 2 December 1984

Research Report

National Aerodrome Plan: A Strategic Framework

The production and development of a 'National Aerodrome Plan' (NAP) represents a continuous and, in many ways, an evolving process. However, the development of a strategic framework, as presented in this Report, allows …

Release date: 2 November 1984

Research Report

Assessment of the Australian Road System: Economic Assessment Model for Rural

This Occasional Paper describes an economic assessment of rural arterial roads in Australia based on a road deficiency analysis. Benefit cost analysis was undertaken using the NIMPAC road planning model and an additiona…

Release date: 2 May 1984

Research Report

Assessment of the Australian Road System: Financing

This study addresses the pattern of road expenditure in Australia and the legislative arrangements under which the Commonwealth Government provides grants to State and Local Governments for roads.Assessment of the Austr…

Release date: 2 May 1984

Research Report

Assessment of the Australian Road System: Provision of Roads in Local Government Areas

This Paper has been prepared to provide input to the major Australian road system study conducted by the Bureau of Transport Economics, the results of which are presented in the Report 'Assessment of the Australian Road…

Release date: 2 May 1984

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

Assessment of the Australian Road System: Operational Characteristics

This Paper deals with the operational characteristics of the Australian Road System and provides time series information to show changes over approximately the last decade in characteristics of the road system. The road…

Release date: 2 May 1984

Research Report

Central North NSW Transport Alternatives

In March 1982 the Northern Transport Study Committee presented a submission to the Bureau of Transport Economics (BTE) on the inadequacies of the transport system serving the Gwydir and Macintyre River Valleys, commonly…

Release date: 2 May 1984

Research Report

Part's A and B: Assessment of the Australian Road System: 1984

This report presents the results of a study of the Australian road system undertaken by the Bureau of Transport Economics in response to a direction by the then Minister for Transport in May 1982.Assessment of the Austr…

Release date: 2 May 1984

Research Report

Social Audit and Australian Transport Evaluation

This Report covers the interpretation of the social audit concept, the methodology for its application and potential areas of application to Australian transport. The Report also considers possible guidelines and propos…

Release date: 2 May 1984

Statistics

Australian Road Financing Statistics 1972–73 to 1981–82

This Paper provides an update of the data on road expenditure and State road revenue in Australia contained in BTE Information Paper 3, 'Australian Road Financing Statistics 1970–71 to 1979–80'. It contains statistics o…

Release date: 2 April 1984

Statistics

BTE Road Construction Price Indexes: 1972–73 to 1982–83

This Information Paper presents input-price indexes for national road construction activity for the period 1972–73 to 1982–83. This is part of a series which commenced in 1969–70.BTE Road Construction Price Indexes: 197…

Release date: 2 December 1983

Research Report

Attributable Aviation Costs: Review of Valuation Methods

This report presents a review of the existing methodology for calculating attributable airport, airway and other related costs and an evaluation of alternative methods. These costs are used in the Department of Aviation…

Release date: 2 November 1983

Research Report

Evaluation of Standard Gauge Rail Connections to Selected Ports

This report is on the economic and financial benefits and costs of providing standard gauge railway lines to the ports of Brisbane, Melbourne and Geelong. The terms of reference for the study also required the BTE to ex…

Release date: 2 November 1983