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National Highways Linking Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra Third Report: Canberra Connections, 1979

In this Report, four parallel investigations were undertaken: road user effects; construction costs and engineering considerations; environmental impact; and social impact.In examining possible route locations in each c…

Release date: 2 March 1979

Research Report

National Travel Survey 1977–78: Preliminary Statistical Summary June Quarter

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 1979

Research Report

Vehicle Driving Patterns and Measurement Methods for Energy and Emissions Assessment

Urban air quality management is concerned with comparing two kinds of costs: those arising out of increased levels of air pollution and those involved in implementing an abatement program. This report is concerned with …

Release date: 2 December 1978

Research Report

Recreation Demand Modelling

During 1976 and 1977 the Victorian Department of Youth, Sport and Recreation and the Geelong Regional Planning Authority undertook a major study of recreational activity in the Geelong area. As part of that study, John …

Release date: 2 November 1978

Research Report

Mainline Upgrading—Evaluation of a Range of Options for the Kalgoorlie—Perth Rail Link

This Report is the last of a series on railway mainline upgrading options and covers the evaluation of options for upgrading the standard gauge link between Kalgoorlie and Perth.The evaluation of upgrading options diffe…

Release date: 2 October 1978

Research Report

National Travel Survey 1977–78: Preliminary Statistical Summary: March Quarter

This Paper presents a summary of preliminary statistics obtained from the third quarter of the National Travel Survey (NTS). The results cover travel during the months of January, February and March 1978. Each summary c…

Release date: 2 October 1978

Research Report

A Road Construction Price Index

This paper describes a method of measuring price changes at the national level in the road and bridge construction and maintenance industry. The paper gives the results of application of such methodology to measure the …

Release date: 2 October 1978

Statistics

Sydney Region Aviation Forecasts

The Paper presents methods used for forecasting future passenger and aircraft movements at Sydney Airport. Forecast movements at 5-year intervals to the year 2000 are also presented using these methods, on the basis of …

Release date: 2 September 1978

Research Report

Usage Patterns of Urban Cars: Their Effect on Fuel Consumption and Emissions

This report examines the hypothesis that there are no significant differences in the urban usage characteristics of various sized passenger vehicles, and discusses some implications of these results. The purpose of this…

Release date: 2 September 1978

Research Report

Approach to Developing Transport Improvement Proposals

This Occasional Paper summarises the procedures and findings of a series of investigations undertaken to identify transport disadvantaged groups of urban residents. It clarifies the assumptions underlying the systematic…

Release date: 2 August 1978

Research Report

Discussion Paper on Residential Streets

This Report summarises and draws together the results of a long and detailed series of investigations into aspects of residential streets, including residential street design, construction and operation, conducted by th…

Release date: 2 July 1978

Research Report

Railway Freight Operations: Survey of Wagon Utilisation

The study is based on analysis of all wagon movements in NSW, Victoria, South Australia and on the ComRail system (as it was then) for the month of May 1974. Data editing and analysis has resulted in a detailed assessme…

Release date: 2 July 1978

Research Report

National Travel Survey 1977–78: Preliminary Statistical Summary December Quarter, 1977

This Paper presents a summary of preliminary statistics obtained from the second quarter of the National Travel Survey (NTS). The results cover travel during the months of October, November and December 1977. Each summa…

Release date: 2 June 1978

Research Report

National Travel Survey 1977–78 Geographic Zoning and Coding Systems

In this paper, the development of a geographic zoning system used in the sampling processes associated with the National Travel Survey (NTS) is described. Associated with this, the BTE has also produced a coding scheme …

Release date: 2 June 1978

Research Report

National Travel Survey 1977–78: Preliminary Statistical Summary September Quarter, 1977

This Paper presents a summary of preliminary statistics obtained from the first three months of the National Travel Survey (NTS). The results cover travel during the months of July, August and September 1977. These stat…

Release date: 2 June 1978

Research Report

National Highways Linking Hobart, Launceston and Burnie: Appraisal of Penguinto Burnie Section, 1978

The main issue relating to the section of the National Highway linking Hobart, Launceston and Burnie between Penguin and Burnie is whether to retain the coastal alignment for the National Highway or to adopt an alternat…

Release date: 2 June 1978