Resource library

Waterline 61—December 2017

Waterline provides information on container movements on both the wharf-side and the landside of five Australian major container port terminals.

Release date: 2 December 2017

Statistics

Trainline 5

Trainline is a compendium of Australia's railways. The compendium provides insights, analysis, and an understanding of the railway industry. Australia's railways are evolving, with changes both outside and within the in…

Release date: 2 November 2017

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Research Report

Measuring infrastructure asset performance and customer satisfaction: A review of existing frameworks

Well-managed, modern and functioning infrastructure underpins much of the economic prosperity of Australia. It is thus crucial that Australia's infrastructure keeps up with the needs of the community.While some infrastr…

Release date: 2 September 2017

Information Sheet

Fuel economy of Australian passenger vehicles—a regional perspective

This information sheet presents Australian data on how realised rates of fuel consumption vary over time, and how the rates depend on key vehicle characteristics such as number of cylinders, fuel type and vehicle age. I…

Release date: 2 August 2017

Information Sheet

Growth in the Australian Road System

This information sheet presents estimates of Kilometres and lane-kilometres of road length for Australian States and Territories back to 1910. It provides the same data for Metropolitan Australia back to 1910, and for i…

Release date: 2 August 2017

Information Sheet

Infrastructure and Transport PPPs and Privatisation in Australia

This information sheet provides a list of infrastructure and transport-related Public Private Partnerships and privatisations in Australia since 1980. To the Bureau of Infrastructure Transport and Regional Economics' (B…

Release date: 2 August 2017

Statistics

Waterline 60—August 2017

Waterline reports on trends in (a) throughput, (b) container handling productivity on the waterfront and the land side of ports in Australia, and (c) the cost of importing and exporting containers via five container por…

Release date: 2 August 2017

Research Report

Trends and drivers in the affordability of communications services for Australian households

This working paper is the first of four papers creating measures that monitor and report on the affordability of communications services.

Release date: 15 July 2017

Information Sheet

Freight Rates in Australia

This Information Sheet presents an estimate of interstate freight rates for road, rail, sea and air modes back to 1965. Models of the first three modes are also presented, allowing an understanding of the determinants o…

Release date: 2 July 2017

Research Report

Costs and benefits of emerging road transport technologies

Road transport technologies are evolving rapidly. Recent years have seen the expansion of intelligent transport systems (ITS), such as ramp metering and signal coordination, and low-level vehicle automation. In coming y…

Release date: 2 June 2017

Information Sheet

Motorcycling Safety

This information sheet provides an overview of the current status of motorcycling safety in Australia. In 2016 motorcyclist deaths increased by 22 per cent, to 248 deaths (almost 1 in five road deaths). This represents …

Release date: 2 May 2017

Information Sheet

Spending by Australian households on owning and operating vehicles

In this research, several elements of spending are examined, including the composition of that expenditure, the contribution of taxes and government charges, how the expenditure varies by broad region type and by key de…

Release date: 2 May 2017

Statistics

Waterline 59—May 2017

Waterline reports on trends in (a) throughput, (b) container handling productivity on the waterfront and the land side of ports in Australia, and (c) the cost of importing and exporting containers via five container por…

Release date: 2 May 2017

Statistics

Australian Sea Freight 2014–15

This report provides information on sea freight movements, vessel activity, the use of coastal trading licences, and the size and composition of the Australian trading fleet.

Release date: 2 April 2017

Information Sheet

Light commercial vehicle safety

This information sheet analyses fatal crashes and fatalities involving light commercial vehicles. Light commercial vehicles account for more than 1 in 6 registered vehicles and almost 1 in 5 of total vehicle kilometres …

Release date: 2 April 2017

Information Sheet

Urban Passenger fares

This Information Sheet presents estimates of urban passenger fares in major Australian cities from 1952-53 to 2015-16. A taxi fare index is available separately from 1996-97 to 2015-16. The general trend has been for ri…

Release date: 2 April 2017