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Australian aviation forecasts – 2024 to 2050

This report presents long-term forecasts of total Australian air passenger and air freight activity, and forecasts of aviation activity through Australia’s 14 busiest airports, between 2024 and 2050.

Release date: 3 May 2024

Statistics

Australian interstate, intrastate and capital city road freight forecasts – 2022 update

This report presents long-term forecasts of road freight volumes for interstate, intrastate and capital cities for each state and territory in Australia.

Release date: 29 November 2022

Statistics

Australian aggregate freight forecasts – 2022 update

This report presents long-term forecasts of total Australian freight volumes by major transport mode between 2020 and 2050.

Release date: 29 November 2022

Research Report

Forecasting uptake of driver assistance technologies in Australia

This report uses an established modelling framework for forecasting the uptake of technologies that assist drivers and full vehicle automation in Australian light vehicles. Taking uncertainties into consideration, the r…

Release date: 17 December 2021

Statistics

Australian aggregate freight forecasts—2019 update

This report presents long-term forecasts of total Australian freight volumes, for road, rail, coastal shipping and aviation, between 2018 and 2040. The forecasts are based on a combination of statistical models relating…

Release date: 2 November 2019

Research Report

Electric Vehicle Uptake: Modelling a Global Phenomenon

This report describes an approach to estimating likely electric vehicle uptake for each of 22 countries around the world. Models of electric vehicle uptake were derived for Australia, Austria, Belgium, Britain, Canada, …

Release date: 2 August 2019

Research Report

Prices for Petrol and Gasoline—Modelling a Global Phenomenon

The report models petrol prices in 24 countries around the world - the world oil price determines the energy content of the petrol price, and then adding in taxes produces a prediction of the country's petrol price. The…

Release date: 2 March 2019

Research Report

Aviation activity as a leading indicator of economic activity

This study investigates whether data on domestic aviation activity in Australia could be used as an indicator of Australian economic activity–with the view of developing an indicator of regional economic activity should…

Release date: 2 November 2018

Research Report

Introduction to road economics

Paper prepared for the ANZSOG Infrastructure Research Workshop, Canberra, 2015. Author: Mark Harvey Shifting the Transport Infrastructure Debate

Release date: 2 March 2017

Information Sheet

Traffic and congestion cost trends for Australian capital cities

The avoidable cost of congestion for the Australian capital cities is estimated to be around $16.5 billion for the 2015 financial year, having grown from about $12.8 billion for 2010. BITRE 'business-as-usual' projectio…

Release date: 2 November 2015

Research Report

Containerised and non-containerised trade through Australian ports to 2032–33

This report presents 20-year forecasts of exports and imports of containerised and non-containerised freight and sea passenger movements through Australia's five largest capital city ports and, in aggregation, all other…

Release date: 2 December 2014

Information Sheet

Long-term trends in urban public transport

BITRE Information Sheet 60 provides detailed long-term trend statistics for Australian urban passenger transport. Historical time-series on passenger movement within the Australian capital cities, covering more than a c…

Release date: 2 September 2014

Information Sheet

Saturating daily travel

The Information Sheet models and forecasts urban passenger travel in Australian and American cities from 1921 to present. Passenger travel per person is saturating and so future growth in total urban travel will be clos…

Release date: 2 September 2014

Information Sheet

Urban public transport: updated trends

BITRE Information Sheet 59 summarises recent trends in Australian urban passenger transport–contrasting strong growth in urban public transport (UPT) over the last decade (with 2013 task levels almost 30 per cent higher…

Release date: 2 September 2014

Research Report

Public transport use in Australia's capital cities, Modelling and forecasting

This report allows understanding on forecasting of city passenger travel by motor vehicles and urban public transport. It will aid planning and policy development regarding urban public transport and motor vehicle traff…

Release date: 2 March 2013

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