This Paper presents the results of a study on the performance of roads in a small and therefore more simply analysed region. A road user's view was adopted for performance evaluation during the study and the report's structure represents a methodology for similar future evaluations. For the purpose of the study 'performance' was taken to mean the extent to which requirements are satisfied.

• Assessment of the Australian Road System: A Case Study in Gunning Shire, NSW
  
  op_055.pdf
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This Paper examines the significance of road construction and maintenance in relation to the wide role of local government. It covers the sources of funds and the decision-making processes relating to road activities. The intergovernmental relations and institutional features governing road investment are also examined.

• Role of Rural Local Government in the Provision of Roads: A Review
  
  op_069.pdf
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This Paper presents a demand analysis of New South Wales regional and commuter intrastate air services. The main objective of this study was to provide forecasts of patronage to the year 2000 for New South Wales regional and commuter intrastate air services. The results may assist in understanding the demand for intrastate aviation services and help in the evaluation of policy options.

• Demand for NSW Intrastate Air Travel
  
  ip_017.pdf
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The Bureau of Transport Economics (BTE) agreed to a request from the Commissioner of the New South Wales Department of Motor Transport (DMT) to undertake a study to monitor a six-month trial. The trial period extended from 17 November 1986 to 17 May 1987 and was confined to the Sydney–Canberra and Sydney–North Coast of New South Wales corridors. The information upon which the results of this study are based was obtained from a review of official statistics relating to passenger travel, information supplied by industry sources, New South Wales Government instrumentalities and from surveys of passengers on bus and train services undertaken by the BTE. The surveys were carried out in January and April 1987 to provide profile characteristics of passengers travelling during peak and off-peak periods respectively.

• Intrastate Bus Services in New South Wales: Trial Entry Liberalisation
  
  op_085.pdf
  (4.1 MB)

This Report describes a case study of capacity of regional transport infrastructure to meet current and future demands of industry.

• Transport and Regional Economic Development
  
  report_074.pdf
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Concerns have been expressed that the introduction of a national system of road user charging for heavy vehicles could adversely affect transport operators, consumers and producers in rural and remote areas of Australia.

• Road Transport Reforms–Implications for Rural and Remote Areas
  
  report_078.pdf
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BTCE selected the Berrima and Mittagong bypasses as the first in a series of case studies which are examining the regional development effects of infrastructure investment, and assessing whether significant economic growth benefits are omitted from conventional benefit-cost analysis.

• The Effects on Small Towns of Being Bypassed by a Highway: A Case Study of Berrima and Mittagong
  
  wp_011.pdf
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Regional airlines can be a lifeline in remote parts of Australia. Competitiveness is an important issue in the regional aviation industry. Although regional aviation has undergone deregulation in most jurisdictions over the last decade, many single-operator routes still exist. The impact of deregulation on air services in regional Australia is an issue of interest to all levels of Government, to the passengers who use regional airlines, and to the regional airlines themselves.

• Regional Aviation Competitiveness
  
  wp_041.pdf
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This paper presents the results of a Bureau of Transport Economics study of the regional impact of the Port of Mackay located on the central coast of Queensland. The port is an important component of the transport chain for sugar and agriculture. By measuring both direct and flow-on effects, the study estimated that the port was responsible for 1.0% of all employment in the region, with a value added contribution of 0.9%.

• Regional Impact of the Port of Mackay
  
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This report presents the economic impact of the Port of Gladstone on the Fitzroy region in Queensland. At the time of writing, Gladstone Port was the fourth largest in Australia. By measuring both direct and flow-on effects, the study estimated that the port was responsible for 2.3% of all employment in the region, with a value added contribution of 3.0%.

• Regional Impact of the Port of Gladstone
  
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