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Funding Characteristics of Transport Research in Australia

The Report is the result of a study of the sources, levels and methods of funding transport research and development (R&D) in Australia, and an investigation of matters pertaining to the effectiveness and efficiency…

Release date: 2 January 1982

Research Report

National Travel Survey 1977–78: General Overview and Assessment

The aim of this Report is to provide a general overview of all aspects of the National Travel Survey (NTS). The topics covered include the survey design and operation, public response to the survey, and corrections appl…

Release date: 2 December 1981

Statistics

Road Construction Price Indexes 1969–70 to 1980–81

This Report presents input-price indexes for national road construction activity for the period 1969–70 to 1980–81.Road Construction Price Indexes 1969–70 to 1980–81

Release date: 2 December 1981

Statistics

Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme: A 'Landbridge' Approach to the Estimation of Subsidy Rates

A study of costs incurred by Australian industries on mainland interstate long distance freight transport, and the factors determining the freight rates charged.

Release date: 2 December 1981

Research Report

Transport of Slaughter Cattle in Australia

This Report presents the results of an investigation of the market conduct and performance of that part of the road haulage industry which undertakes the transportation of cattle intended for slaughter at abattoirs for …

Release date: 2 December 1981

Research Report

Estimates of Freight Travelling to and from Sydney along the Hume and Pacific Highways

This Paper presents the final results from a BTE survey of trucks passing through checking stations located on the Hume and Pacific Highways in NSW at Marulan and Berowra respectively. The aim of the survey was to obtai…

Release date: 2 July 1981

Research Report

Estimates of the Task of Transporting Principal Rural Products in Australia in 1975–76

The study identifies and measures the transport task undertaken for the principal rural products in terms of three variables: tonnes consigned, tonne kilometres performed and freight charges paid by the users. It is con…

Release date: 2 July 1981

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

Research Report

Energy Policies and Company Cars: An Application of Experimental Design Methods in Economic Research

Company cars account for more than a third of new car sales in Australia. Since company cars seem generally larger and less fuel-efficient than average and since they appear to travel greater distances and are replaced …

Release date: 2 June 1981

Research Report

Freight Transport Energy Consumption: A Comparison Between the Efficiency of the Modes in the Non-Bulk Task

The work reported in this paper has been undertaken because of a concern for a general tendency in the transport community to make sweeping statements about the desirability of diverting traffic from one mode to another…

Release date: 2 June 1981

Research Report

Road Grants Legislation in Australia: Commonwealth Government Involvement 1900–1981

This Paper details how the scope and purpose of Commonwealth assistance to the States (and, through the States, to Local Government) for roads has varied over the years. Other issues addressed include the distribution o…

Release date: 2 June 1981

Research Report

Economic Analysis of Non-Price Rationing With Particular Reference to Petrol

A thesis that no longer provokes comment is that domestic fuel supplies are likely to be curtailed suddenly and without warning. An idea less well established, but one that has widespread intuitive appeal, is that non-p…

Release date: 2 May 1981

Research Report

A Guide to the Control of Photochemical Pollution

The present work builds on that published previously (BTE Occasional Paper 6, Photochemical Pollution in Australian Airsheds) to develop a discussion of the basic principles and specific measures appropriate to the impr…

Release date: 2 February 1981

Research Report

National Travel Survey 1977–78: Statistical Adjustments and Final Results

From July 1977 to June 1978, the Bureau of Transport Economics (BTE) conducted the National Travel Survey (NTS). This was a major survey of nonurban travel in Australia. This Paper discusses the sources of bias and erro…

Release date: 2 February 1981

Research Report

Review of Road Freight Regulation in Britain

The desirability of de-regulating road freight has long been a subject of discussion and action by governments in Australia. A recent visit to the United Kingdom by Dr K.W. Ogden provided an opportunity for a brief stud…

Release date: 2 February 1981

Research Report

Some Characteristics of Truck Ownership in Australia

This paper presents estimates of the concentration of ownership and the geographic distribution of the Australian trucking fleet.Some Characteristics of Truck Ownership in Australia

Release date: 2 January 1981