Resource library

Regression Analysis of Ship Characteristics

This Paper presents the results of statistical analyses of ship characteristics which have been undertaken to provide input to models of ship costs and operations in particular trades. Standard least squares regressions…

Release date: 2 December 1980

Research Report

Utilisation of Urban Road Freight Vehicles

An examination of commodities carried and industries served by urban freight transport revealed that nearly half the tonnage moved is in the form of bulk products (sand and gravel, petroleum, cement, etc), though, in pa…

Release date: 2 December 1980

Research Report

Consumption of Transport Energy in Australia 1975–76

This Paper represents the second study into the estimation of the consumption of energy by Australian transport. The results of the first study were published in Occasional Paper 4 which was based on data for the year s…

Release date: 2 November 1980

Research Report

The Road Transport Business: A Guide to Some Financial Aspects

The Paper describes some of the basic financial considerations associated with entry into the trucking industry and details possible operational strategies. This study is aimed at entrants into the trucking industry but…

Release date: 2 September 1980

Research Report

Demand for Sea Passenger Transport between Tasmania and the Australian Mainland

This Report was prepared in response to a Ministerial reference to the Bureau relating to an investigation of the demand for sea passenger transport between Tasmania and the mainland.Demand for Sea Passenger Transport b…

Release date: 2 August 1980

Research Report

Economic and Financial Issues Associated with General Aviation in Australia

This study represents the second part of a major research effort in the General Aviation area which was conducted with the objective of providing background material for the current Commonwealth Department of Transport …

Release date: 2 May 1980

Research Report

Railway Track Design: A Review of Current Practice

This Paper reviews the current practice for the design of conventional railway track. Current track design practice has historically developed slowly and is predominantly based upon years of operating experience. Conseq…

Release date: 2 May 1980

Research Report

Basic Characteristics of General Aviation in Australia

This Occasional Paper reports on the basic characteristics of Australian General Aviation. Information on these characteristics provides an essential background to the understanding and interpretatian of General Aviatio…

Release date: 2 February 1980

Statistics

Guidelines for the Conduct of Urban Transport Corridor Studies

This Paper presents a summary of preliminary statistics obtained from the fourth quarter of the National Travel Survey (NTS). The results cover travel during the months of April, May and June 1978. These statistics are …

Release date: 2 February 1980

Information Sheet

Transportation Research Information Service (TRIS): Description of Outputs from BTE Processing

This Paper describes broad elements of the TRIS data base and of processing performed on it by the BTE. Sufficient detail is presented to permit users of the data base to make convenient and effective use of it for info…

Release date: 2 February 1980

Research Report

Inwards Duty Free Shopping at Australian International Air Terminals: An Economic Evaluation

This Report was prepared in response to a Ministerial reference relating to the feasibility of the introduction of duty free shopping for inward-bound passengers at Australian international air passenger terminals.Some …

Release date: 2 October 1979

Research Report

National Travel Survey 1977–78, Description of the NTS Data Base

This Paper presents a description of the data base compiled from the information obtained from the National Travel Survey (NTS). The general aim of the NTS was to determine domestic non-urban travel characteristics on a…

Release date: 2 October 1979

Statistics

Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme: Recommended Rates of Assistance for Southbound Cargoes, Livestock and Timber at 31 January 1979

Recommended new rates of assistance to be paid on eligible southbound cargoes and on northbound shipments of livestock and timber.

Release date: 2 October 1979

Research Report

An Assessment of the Australian Road System Volumes 1 and 2

The scope of the report is broad in as much as it attempts to develop a comprehensive, explicit and detailed analysis of both historical and future road investment for the whole of Australia. The report does not make sp…

Release date: 2 July 1979

Research Report

Sandy Hollow—Maryvale Railway: Economic Evaluation of Proposed Completion

The uncompleted Sandy Hollow-Maryvale railway in New South Wales has a somewhat chequered history. It was finally begun in 1936 after inquiries stretching back to 1911. Construction was slowed to almost a standstill by …

Release date: 2 July 1979

Research Report

The Long Distance Road Haulage Industry

This Report investigates the structure, market conduct and performance of the domestic long distance freight industry with particular emphasis on the long distance road transport sector and the intermodal competition it…

Release date: 2 July 1979