In March 1982 the Northern Transport Study Committee presented a submission to the Bureau of Transport Economics (BTE) on the inadequacies of the transport system serving the Gwydir and Macintyre River Valleys, commonly referred to as the north-west slopes and plains area of New South Wales. Subsequently, in response to a Ministerial reference the BTE undertook this study in which the economic and financial implications of a range of transport alternatives for this region are examined.

• Central North NSW Transport Alternatives
  
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This Report covers the interpretation of the social audit concept, the methodology for its application and potential areas of application to Australian transport. The Report also considers possible guidelines and proposals for promoting the social audit approach.

• Social Audit and Australian Transport Evaluation
  
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The study undertaken to produce road travel projections, and reported in this Occasional Paper, had three basic elements. Firstly, recent trends in road travel were identified. Secondly, past patterns of the demand for road travel were analysed and, wherever possible, such demand relationships were quantified. Thirdly, scenarios relating to the future environment for road travel were developed and projections made.

• Assessment of the Australian Road System: Travel Projections
  
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This Paper has been prepared to provide input to the major Australian road system study conducted by the Bureau of Transport Economics, the results of which are presented in the Report 'Assessment of the Australian Road System: 1984'.

• Assessment of the Australian Road System: Provision of Roads in Local Government Areas
  
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This study addresses the pattern of road expenditure in Australia and the legislative arrangements under which the Commonwealth Government provides grants to State and Local Governments for roads.

• Assessment of the Australian Road System: Financing
  
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This Occasional Paper describes an economic assessment of rural arterial roads in Australia based on a road deficiency analysis. Benefit cost analysis was undertaken using the NIMPAC road planning model and an additional set of programs developed by the BTE to carry out economic evaluation. The principal objective of the analysis was to examine the economic returns from investment in rural arterial roads in different States and in different types of project construction work.

• Assessment of the Australian Road System: Economic Assessment Model for Rural
  
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The production and development of a 'National Aerodrome Plan' (NAP) represents a continuous and, in many ways, an evolving process. However, the development of a strategic framework, as presented in this Report, allows the presentation of quantitative and qualitative information and methodologies which need to be considered in developing a national perspective for the plan.

• National Aerodrome Plan: A Strategic Framework
  
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This Paper presents a method of analysing the relationship between road pavement condition and roadwork, for the purpose of examining the effects of future maintenance policies.

• A Method of Road Pavement Condition Projection
  
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This Paper contains an analysis of the productivity of the Glebe Island and Seatainer terminals in Port Jackson over the period 1977 to 1981. The results of this work should not only enhance public understanding of the factors which affect container berth productivity but should also be valuable for future comparison with the productivity of other terminals.

• Container Terminal Productivity in Port Jackson from 1977 to 1981
  
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The introduction by East–West Airlines of low-cost fares on the Sydney–Melbourne and Sydney–Brisbane routes in the first half of 1983 generated considerable debate within the aviation industry. The early stages of this debate were characterised by a lack of data on the passenger response to these innovative fares. In this Paper the results of a series of four surveys and an analysis of trunk network patronage designed to assess passenger response to discount air fares are described. The work was not restricted to the response of East-West Airlines' passengers but also included the response of passengers who travelled with Ansett Airlines of Australia and Trans Australia Airlines. One of the implications from this analysis is that a policy of minimising spillage of full fare passengers may be inconsistent with profit maximisation in the short term. Another implication is that optimal seat reservation procedures require data on the unsatisfied demand for full and discount fares.