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Regional Public Transport in Australia: Economic Regulation and Assistance Measures

Regional public transport plays an important role in meeting the needs of Australians living in regional and remote areas for access to essential services and for mobility. This paper provides information on Commonwealt…

Release date: 2 April 2003

Research Report

Improving Transport on the Warringah Peninsula: Issues And Options

The Warren Centre's Community Values Study identified traffic congestion as the main traffic and transport concern for Warringah region residents (51 per cent of those surveyed, compared with 42 per cent for Sydney). Th…

Release date: 2 January 2003

Research Report

Atherton Tablelands Regional Analysis

The agriculture-based Atherton Tablelands region of Far North Queensland experienced major change after the deregulation of the tobacco industry, and more recently, the dairy industry. The area was previously stable and…

Release date: 2 August 2001

Research Report

Brisbane to Melbourne Rail Link: Economic Analysis

Historically, railways have provided the means to open up new areas for economic development. When built to link existing centres of economic activity, they have given rise to greatly increased opportunities for trade a…

Release date: 2 October 2000

Research Report

Adequacy of Tourism Transport Infrastructure in Eastern Indonesia

This Report develops further the findings of earlier work by the Bureau of Transport and Communications Economics and the Research and Development Agency of the Indonesian Ministry of Communications on transport in nort…

Release date: 2 January 1999

Information Sheet

Public Road-Related Expenditure and Revenue in Australia 1998

The total amount of road-related expenditure by the Commonwealth, state, territory and local governments in 1996–97 was $6.2 billion. Revenue collected by the Commonwealth, state and territory governments from a selecti…

Release date: 2 October 1998

Research Report

Transport Synergies Between Eastern Indonesia and Northern Australia

This research project was designed to explore the potential for economic synergies between the two regions and the role that transport might play in their development. The project was undertaken in conjunction with the …

Release date: 2 January 1998

Research Report

Roads 2020

Using the Bureau of Transport and Communications Economics' Road Infrastructure Assessment Model (RIAM), the Roads 2020 study makes forecasts at a strategic level of expenditure needs for investment and maintenance betw…

Release date: 2 October 1997

Information Sheet

Public Road-Related Expenditure and Revenue in Australia

This Information Paper details government funding of road related expenditure, by State and Commonwealth governments, as well as motor vehicle revenue for the period 1995 to 1996.Public Road-Related Expenditure and Reve…

Release date: 2 May 1997

Research Report

Employment Effects of Road Construction

The Bureau of Transport and Communications Economics (BTCE) is examining a number of issues in measuring the benefits of transport infrastructure investment. The issue examined in this paper is how to estimate the emplo…

Release date: 2 December 1996

Statistics

BTCE Road Construction and Maintenance Price Index

The revised Bureau of Transport and Communications Economics road construction and maintenance price index (RCMPI) is designed to allow the Australian road industry to monitor price movements of inputs to road construct…

Release date: 2 October 1996

Research Report

Econometric Evidence on the Benefits of Infrastructure Investment: an Australian Perspective

This Working Paper forms part of a research project investigating into certain issues concerned with measuring the benefits of investment in transport infrastructure. The focus of the project is on possible benefits fro…

Release date: 2 May 1996

Research Report

Analysis of the Rail Deficit

The aim of this study is to find out if railways are improving their financial performance following the industry reform programs initiated by the State and Commonwealth Governments in the 1980s.Analysis of the Rail Def…

Release date: 2 October 1995

Research Report

Economic Effects of a Brisbane—Melbourne Inland Railway

Like some other freight-oriented rail investments, the inland railway has been advocated partly on the grounds that it will stimulate the economies of some rural regions. Examined in this paper are the effects of inland…

Release date: 2 June 1995

Research Report

Evaluating Transport Investments With National Economic Models: Australian Experience With ORANI

This Working Paper is an intermediate output in a research project being conducted by BTCE. The project team examines the adequacy of conventional methods for estimating economic benefits from transport and communicatio…

Release date: 2 April 1995

Research Report

Adequacy of transport infrastructure Multimodal

This Working Paper is the sixth 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