Resource library

Urban Transport: Looking Ahead

Australian cities have been transformed from fairly tightly knit core-and-spoke configurations, to sprawling suburban low-density configurations. This transformation of urban land use has been accompanied and made possi…

Release date: 2 August 1999

Urban Transport Models: A Review

Transport models have been used for several decades now, both for research, and as an analytical tool to assist planners and decision-makers. As the complexity of traffic and environmental problems in our cities has inc…

Release date: 2 October 1998

Traffic Congestion and Road User Charges in Australian Capital Cities

Urban travel behaviour is very complex. Analysts have tried to capture its main features in models that provide estimates of the levels and patterns of traffic on the urban road network. While the models are correspondi…

Release date: 2 March 1996

Urban Congestion: Modelling Traffic Patterns, Delays and Optimal Tolls

This Paper provides an account of preliminary work on urban traffic congestion that forms part of the BTCE project on Urban Transport Externalities. The project is concerned with a range of external impacts of urban tra…

Release date: 2 May 1995

Adequacy of Transport Infrastructure: Urban Roads

This Working Paper is the fifth in a series of Working Papers which disseminates the results of a large research project into the adequacy of Australia's transport infrastructure over the next 20 years. The assessment c…

Release date: 2 January 1995

National Highways Linking Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra, 1978 Second Report

As part of the National Highway System the Bureau of Roads nominated the Hume Highway as the National Highway linking Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra. However, the route of the National Highway from Goulburn to south of …

Release date: 2 February 1978

Urban Goods Movement in Sydney

Transport planning and research has placed considerable emphasis on the movement of people but comparatively little on the movement of goods. Such neglect prompted the Commonwealth Bureau of Roads to sponsor a Workshop …

Release date: 2 February 1978

Photochemical Pollution in Australian Airsheds

This report examines the factors which control the formation of photochemical smog in urban airsheds and reviews the present situation which exists in major Australian cities.Photochemical Pollution in Australian Airshe…

Release date: 2 March 1977

Review of Public Transport Investment Proposals for Australian Capital Cities, 1974–75

This Report surveys proposals provided by the States for investment in urban public transport. As in previous reports, the BTE has limited analysis to benefit cost and financial evaluations. While refraining from direct…

Release date: 2 January 1975

Review of Public Transport Investment Proposals for Australian Capital Cities, 1973–74

This is the second Report by the BTE on capital investment in urban public transport, the previous Report having been produced in June 1972.Review of Public Transport Investment Proposals for Australian Capital Cities, …

Release date: 2 January 1973

Perth Fremantle Corridor Study

This Report presents the evaluations of alternative public transport improvements in the urban corridor between Perth and Fremantle. The alternatives considered are a continuation of existing services, electrification o…

Release date: 2 October 1972

Passengers

This chapter provides information on passenger transport activity, including nationally, by city pair, by capital city and by method of travel to work.

Passengers

This chapter provides information on passenger transport activity, including nationally, by city pair, by capital city and by method of travel to work. The data in this chapter comes from a variety of sources, being fro…

South East Queensland research project

A research project to provide an evidence base for the spatial distribution of population growth, jobs, connectivity and liveability of South East Queensland.