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Truck productivity: sources, trends and future prospects

Analysis of the impact of past heavy vehicle reforms on truck productivity and projected future productivity trends.Truck productivity: sources, trends and future prospects

Release date: 2 August 2011

Information Sheet

Fatal Road Crashes in Australia in the 1990s and 2000s: Crash Types and Major Factors

This information sheet aims to provide some statistical snapshots of the characteristics of fatal road crashes in Australia in the last two decades, 1990 to 2009, and complements the road safety statistical summary prod…

Release date: 2 April 2011

Information Sheet

Public Road-Related Expenditure and Revenue in Australia

This information sheet covers road-related expenditure for the years 2000–01 to 2008–09 by level of government, as well as total expenditure by state and territory.Public Road-Related Expenditure and Revenue in Australia

Release date: 2 February 2011

Information Sheet

Effectiveness of Measures to Reduce Road Fatality Rates

An earlier paper (Gargett et al 2009) showed, by very preliminary analysis of the Victorian road fatality rate, that a combination of increased seat belt wearing, random breath testing (RBT) and speed cameras explained …

Release date: 2 December 2010

Research Report

Road freight estimates and forecasts in Australia: interstate, capital cities and rest of state

In Australia, road transport is the predominant mode for moving freight within the country, especially interstate and within capital cities. It represents a vital link in various logistics chains, providing access for f…

Release date: 2 December 2010

Research Report

Commercial Road Supply with Incentive Regulation

Paper published in the International journal of sustainable transportation, 2015, 9(4):241-53. Author: Mark HarveyCommercial Road Supply with Incentive Regulation

Release date: 2 September 2010

Research Report

Social Cost of Road Crashes

Paper given to the 33rd Australasian Transport Research Forum, 29 September–1 October 2010, Canberra. Authors: Tim Risbey, Mark Cregan, Hema de Silva. Social Cost of Road Crashes

Release date: 2 September 2010

Research Report

Cost of road crashes in Australia 2006

Road crashes impose large human and financial costs on society and substantial investments are made in infrastructure and safety programs to reduce road trauma. The cost of road crashes is important to the safety debate…

Release date: 2 February 2010

Information Sheet

Road Deaths in Australia 1925–2008

This information sheet contains a historical overview of road death statistics in Australian from 1925, when road deaths were first recorded, to 2008. Road Deaths in Australia 1925–2008

Release date: 2 February 2010

Information Sheet

Urban Public Transport: Recent Bus Transport Statistics

This information sheet compiles data on urban public bus services by government and outsourced private sector providers in Australia's capital cities. Statistics examined include: total passenger boardings; passenger ki…

Release date: 2 December 2009

Information Sheet

Public Road-Related Expenditure and Revenue in Australia 2009

This information sheet covers road-related expenditure for the years 2000–01 to 2007–08 by level of government, as well as total expenditure by state and territory.Public Road-Related Expenditure and Revenue in Australi…

Release date: 2 November 2009

Research Report

Fatality Rates

Paper given to the 32nd Australasian Transport Research Forum, 29 September–1 October 2009, Auckland. Authors: David Gargett, Tony Nguyen, David Cosgrove. Fatality Rates

Release date: 2 September 2009

Information Sheet

Fuel Consumption by New Passenger Vehicles in Australia 1979–2008

BITRE has examined trends in the fuel consumption of new passenger vehicles sold in Australia. Up to 2001, technological advances in engine technology, which improved fuel efficiency, were offset by increases in power, …

Release date: 2 August 2009

Information Sheet

Road and Rail Freight: Competitors or Complements?

Up until the early 1960s, railways dominated all but the shortest land-based freight task. Since then, vast improvements in road vehicle productivity and road infrastructure quality, the gradual removal of regulations r…

Release date: 2 July 2009

Research Report

Urban Congestion Working Group: Australian Capital City Congestion Management Case Studies

This document presents a number of case studies by Australian jurisdictions on interventions they have undertaken to alleviate urban congestion pressures across their transport systems. Good congestion interventions can…

Release date: 2 May 2009

Research Report

National road network intercity traffic projections to 2030

This report provides long-term passenger and freight vehicle traffic projections for intercity corridors of the National Land Transport Network (NLTN) between 2005 and 2030. National road network intercity traffic…

Release date: 2 March 2009