This report examines the factors which control the formation of photochemical smog in urban airsheds and reviews the present situation which exists in major Australian cities.

• Photochemical Pollution in Australian Airsheds
  
  op_006.pdf
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In the past, very little attention has been given to establishing the relationship between environmental factors and real estate values. This relationship is an important input to the evaluation of the environmental impacts of particular transport projects. This report presents the results of a study of the impact of environmental factors on house prices in the Marrickville and Rockdale municipalities of Sydney.

• Impact of Environmental Factors of Relative House Prices
  
  op_007.pdf
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In April, 1976, the Minister for Transport, requested the Commonwealth Bureau of Roads to report on "the justification and timing for the construction of an Eastern by-pass of Launceston, including the question of whether such a bypass would warrant inclusion in the Declared National Highway System". After identifying the most desirable of a number of alternative Eastern by-pass routes, the report states that at this time there is no economic warrant for an Eastern by-pass.

• Eastern By-Pass Routes for Launceston: Evaluation
  
  report_028.pdf
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This study is one of a series concerned with the evaluation of upgrading options for inter-capital rail links in Australia.

Analysis indicated that the Sydney to Brisbane line is already exhibiting signs of congestion and, given the expected traffic growth, will become seriously congested in the mid-1980s unless upgrading action is taken. The range of upgrading options considered include grade easement, centralised traffic control and crossing loop extensions.

• Mainline Upgrading–Evaluation of a Range of Options for the Sydney–Brisbane Rail Link
  
  report_029.pdf
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In this Report a number of options for the railway line between Adelaide and Serviceton have been evaluated. This work complements that previously undertaken on the Melbourne to Serviceton link.

There appears to be little likelihood of congestion on this link sufficient to justify major upgrading within the next twenty years although some minor loop extensions and the introduction of Centralised Traffic Control are justified now. There is no economic justification for any of the Project Peregrine schemes considered for the Adelaide Hills sections.

• Mainline Upgrading–Evaluation of a Range of Options for the Adelaide to Serviceton Rail Link
  
  report_030.pdf
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The Government rail systems in Australia provide a number of intersystem rail passenger services which cater for intra and interstate travellers. These services are potentially important sources of income for the rail systems concerned.

This Report presents the results of a study of the profitability of the East-West rail passenger services specifically covering the Indian Pacific and Trans Australian trains.

• Study of East–West Rail Passenger Services: The 'Indian Pacific' and 'Trans Australian'
  
  report_031.pdf
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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 successive Commonwealth and State Governments.

In this study an attempt has been made to define a broad network of supply links to the major population centres of the Northern Territory and identify priorities for investment which would provide a satisfactory level of service at minimum total cost. The basic criterion of acceptability was taken as the provision of all weather links between the Northern Territory centres and their major sources of supply.

• Darwin and Northern Territory Freight Transport Study
  
  report_032.pdf
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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 wide debate, especially in their application to air transport.

This Report contains results of a study of cost recovery in Australian transport generally in the year 1974–75. Each major mode of transport is included, and the analysis is comprehensive in the sense that different areas and classes of transport operations within each mode are analysed wherever applicable or practicable.

• Cost Recovery in Australian Transport 1974–75
  
  report_033.pdf
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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 parameters influencing travel particularly the social, economic and personal choices, seasonal variances, sampling details and the operation of the survey. Much of the information has never been systematically collected before, and none of it has been collected to the comprehensive degree applying in the NTS. As a result, it is expected that the results will give new insights into the requirements for future transport systems, policies and philosophies.

• Timetables as a Source of Statistical Data
  
  op_009.pdf
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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 of government. It is considered that this paper may provide assistance to the study of State/Commonwealth relations with special reference to roads and road transport.

• History of Commonwealth Government Legislation Relating to Roads and Road Transport 1900–1972
  
  op_008.pdf
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