This information sheet provides updated road freight estimates previously reported in Chapter 2 of BITRE Research Report 121. It gives estimates for interstate, intrastate, capital city and total road freight for each state/territory for the period between 1971–72 and 2012–13.

• Australian road freight estimates: 2014 update
  
  is_062.pdf
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On 5 September2014, Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development, the HonJamie Briggs MP, released for public comment, a proposed project appraisal framework,developed by the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics, inconsultation with state and territory governments. BITRE has revised the paperin view of the submissions received. The Assistant Minister released the finalversion on 7 November 2014.

The paper is the outcome of Australian, state and territory governments agreeing to consult todevelop a more sophisticated and consistent framework to assess and evaluatemajor infrastructure projects.

• Overview of project appraisal for land transport
  
  overview_of_project_appraisal_for_land_transport.pdf
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This information sheet reviews trends in Australian productivity with a focus on the transport sector.

Well targeted investments in transport infrastructure result in productivity increases that benefit many other industries. The paper provides for specific examples that cover trucks, freight, waterfront and rail productivity enhancements.

• Infrastructure, transport and productivity
  
  is_055.pdf
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This information sheet presents estimates of the variation in use of roads by drivers.

It finds that road use is highly unequally distributed among motorists, with most vehicles driven relatively low distances while a few drive long distances. The uneven distribution is particularly pronounced for motorcycles and 'other' trucks.

• Who's using the roads: variations in usage by drivers
  
  is_053.pdf
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This information sheet presents the 2013 re-calibrated BITRE Road Construction and Maintenance Price Index and Sub-Indexes. The revised index is an indicator of the change in input costs faced by the road construction and maintenance industry in Australia. The sub-indexes show the change in road costs by road types and road works activities.

• BITRE Road Construction and Maintenance Price Index and Sub-Indexes–2013 update
  
  is_049.pdf
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This publication provides the 2012 update of BITRE's Road Construction and Maintenance Price Index.

• BITRE Road Construction and Maintenance Price Index–2012 update
  
  is_045.pdf
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TrainLine 1 is a collaborative report between the Australasian Railway Association (ARA) and BITRE. It is a further development of the previous rail freight performance publications series. This report provides an overview of rail freight performance, railway infrastructure standards and freight haulage between 2007–08 and 2009–10.Further development of the range of information is envisaged.

The report is split into three sections that provide freight market, freight train and track indicators.

• TrainLine 1
  
  trainL_001.pdf
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Paper published in the International journal of sustainable transportation, 2015, 9(4):241-53. Author: Mark Harvey

• Commercial Road Supply with Incentive Regulation
  
  sp_004_Harvey.pdf
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Subsequent growth in Canberra, particularly in the post-war period, and projections suggesting continued rapid growth, prompted the Minister for Shipping and Transport in 1964 to request from the Commonwealth Railways Commissioner a report on the proposed rail link between Canberra and Yass.

That report stated that when the considerable savings are taken into account that would accrue to the various instrumentalities and people located in the Australian Capital Territory as the result of lower freight rates and passenger fares consequent upon the direct linking of Canberra with Yass, construction of the Canberra-Yass railway could be justified on economic grounds.

In April this year, the Minister for Shipping and Transport requested the Bureau of Transport Economics to carry out a detailed economic evaluation of the link.

• Economic Evaluation of a Canberra to Yass Rail Link
  
  report_001.pdf
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This Report was prepared as the basis for the Standing Committee of Advisers report to the Australian Transport Advisory Council on urban public transport needs in this decade.

• Economic Evaluation of Capital Investment in Urban Public Transport
  
  report_003.pdf
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