This Paper represents the second study into the estimation of the consumption of energy by Australian transport. The results of the first study were published in Occasional Paper 4 which was based on data for the year s 1970–71. The present paper covers the years 1975–76. Many problems concerning data and assumptions became obvious during preparation of the original paper. These were reflected in the present study by a considerable effort to improve the quality of the estimates and to underpin the supporting assumptions. As a result the present paper is considered to contain more accurate estimates than those in the original paper.

• Consumption of Transport Energy in Australia 1975–76
  
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An examination of commodities carried and industries served by urban freight transport revealed that nearly half the tonnage moved is in the form of bulk products (sand and gravel, petroleum, cement, etc), though, in past studies, attention has been focused on the problems of general freight carriers to the exclusion of the others. The current review revealed that problems faced by carriers of bulk materials tend to be different from those faced by carriers of general goods.

• Utilisation of Urban Road Freight Vehicles
  
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The Report is the result of a study of the sources, levels and methods of funding transport research and development (R&D) in Australia, and an investigation of matters pertaining to the effectiveness and efficiency of the transport R&D carried out.

• Funding Characteristics of Transport Research in Australia
  
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With the introduction of cellular container ships in the overseas liner trades, cargo which had traditionally been handled at many ports around Australia was centralised on a few major ports. This change had had a substantial impact on port activity, utilisation of existing facilities, waterside employment and land transport activity.

This report presents the results of a study to determine whether existing cargo centralisation arrangements minimise total transport resource costs and to explore the potential for change.

• Cargo Centralisation in the Overseas Liner Trade
  
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This Occasional Paper compares road expenditure and road user taxation in Australia with that in five overseas countries (Canada, Federal Republic of Germany, Great Britain, New Zealand and USA). These five countries were selected because they are federal systems, and/or because they have similar socio-economic backgrounds to Australia.

• Road Financing in Selected Countries
  
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This Paper seeks to provide an understanding of runway capacity and of the factors on which it depends. The analysis is incorporated in a set of easy-to-use models for the estimation of delays to aircraft under any given pattern of demand. These models are intended to provide the planner with simple tools for the rapid assessment of the impact on delay of changes in demand such as might be achieved by regulatory or pricing policies. In addition the capacity analysis itself forms the basis for a rapid preliminary assessment of the impact of alternative runway configurations, new aircraft types or altered separation standards.

• Airport Runway Capacity and Delay: Some Models for Planners and Managers
  
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This Paper has been prepared in response to a general concern that value of time in transport analysis, while acknowledged to be important, was not being accorded that importance in practice. At the outset it was hoped that a literature and practice review would enable some useful guidance to be given to practitioners on appropriate values for use in various circumstances. This has not been the case. What has emerged is that there is a wide range of considerations properly governing the valuation of time, and time values will vary widely with context. Existing work allows little confidence to be attached to currently available values or to generalising from prior, case-specific, estimates of values of time. What is now required is a series of rigorous estimates of time values with a view also to determining procedures for generalising and updating as required.

• The Value of Travel Time Savings in Public Sector Evaluation
  
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This paper describes a small-scale Delphi survey of participants in a BTE workshop, held to discuss the Future of Urban Passenger Transport in Australia. The survey was not central to the workshop, but rather the workshop provided a convenient focus and venue for such a survey to be mounted.

• The Future of Urban Passenger Transport: A Delphi Survey
  
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The main aim of this Paper is to take a step towards filling the gap in the information available on the transport needs of the disabled. In particular, the travel behaviour and preferences of disabled people in Canberra are explored with a view to producing insights into the effectiveness and limitations of existing and recently introduced transport services specifically designed for this group. Financial and organisational constraints affecting the operation of such services are also considered.

• Transport of the Disabled in the ACT
  
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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
  
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