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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

Public Participation in Transport Planning—Australia

Planners in all spheres of activity are demonstrating an increasing interest in the use of public participation as a planning tool. Despite this interest, there has been little documentation and research drawing on the …

Release date: 2 June 1978

Research Report

National Travel Survey 1977–78: Determination of Regional Sample Sizes

The NTS is a postal survey being conducted over a twelve-month period between July 1977 and June 1978. Its general aim is to determine domestic non-urban travel characteristics on a fully national basis. All modes of tr…

Release date: 2 May 1978

Research Report

Australian Domestic Air Transport : Some Economic Issues

The importance of an efficient transport system for Australia is self-evident. Not surprisingly, both public investment and government legislation have been employed to develop transport networks over time. Domestic air…

Release date: 2 January 1978

Research Report

Discussion Paper on Transport Planning in Sydney to 1975

Transport planning in urban areas is a complex task demanding consideration not only of transport problems, but also of land-use planning and the provision of other services. A range of service and planning agencies and…

Release date: 2 January 1978

Research Report

National Travel Survey 1977–78: Objectives and Strategies

This Paper describes the National Travel Survey in terms of it's objectives and strategies. It discusses the concepts of interregional travel patterns and the need for consistent and statistically valid data, the parame…

Release date: 2 December 1977

Research Report

History of Commonwealth Government Legislation Relating to Roads and Road Transport 1900–1972

The Bureau of Transport Economics and the former Commonwealth Bureau of Roads have examined the historical background to their work both from the point of view of precedent and legal interpretation of responsibilities o…

Release date: 2 October 1977

Research Report

Timetables as a Source of Statistical Data

This Paper describes the National Travel Survey in terms of it's objectives and strategies. It discusses the concepts of interregional travel patterns and the need for consistent and statistically valid data, the parame…

Release date: 2 October 1977

Research Report

Cost Recovery in Australian Transport 1974–75

In recent years, increasing attention has been focussed on the question of charges for services provided by governments. In particular, the Commonwealth Government's 'cost recovery' policies have been the subject of wid…

Release date: 2 August 1977

Research Report

Darwin and Northern Territory Freight Transport Study

The difficulties associated with defining and funding an acceptable transport system to serve the needs of Australians living in the Centre and North of the continent have proved a continuing area of concern to successi…

Release date: 2 August 1977

Research Report

Sampling Processes for the National Travel Survey

This particular Paper describes the methods used to determine sample frameworks and sizes for the National Trend Survey (NTS), and also outlines the methods finally adopted for selecting a sample.Sampling Processes for …

Release date: 2 January 1976

Research Report

Parts A, B and C: Consumer Preferences in Urban Buses and Bus Services

This Report presents the results of a consumer preference survey into bus design and bus service characteristics. The survey was conducted by the BTE together with the Metropolitan (Perth) Transport Trust, and consisted…

Release date: 2 August 1975

Research Report

Transport and Energy in Australia, Part 2—Consumption by Categories

This report investigates the current level of energy consumption by various categories of Australian transport. It examines the present Australian transport task and the associated levels of energy consumption. The effi…

Release date: 2 August 1975

Research Report

Road User Charges: Theories and Possibilities

Considerable disagreement exists on an appropriate system of road user charges and road investment policies. While some work in this important area of resourse allocation has been done in other countries, until recently…

Release date: 2 July 1975

Research Report

Transport and Energy in Australia, Part 1—Review

This report contains a survey of recent Australian and overseas literature on the availability and use of energy for transport. This study is provided with a view to improving the basis for decisions on energy supply, d…

Release date: 2 April 1975

Research Report

Liquefied Petroleum Gas as a Motor Vehicle Fuel

This Report is one of two that have been prepared in the BTE to review the state of knowledge in the field of alternative road vehicle technologies and to indicate the magnitude of possible benefits (the other being a r…

Release date: 2 January 1974