This Report assesses the relative efficiencies of road and rail in the transportation of several bulk commodities. The work explores potential constraints to the efficient transportation of bulk commodities, including the pricing systems applied by road and rail operators.

• Relative Efficiencies in the Transportation of Commodities
  
  report_076.pdf
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This report updates and supersedes the time series statistics presented in Report 115 and Information sheet 35 on Air transport services in regional Australia: trends and access. It updates the data (to 2012) and the geographic basis of the analysis.

• Air Transport Service Trends in Regional Australia–2011 update
  
  report_130.pdf
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Paper given to the 31st Australasian Transport Research Forum, 2 October–3 October 2008, Gold Coast. Authors: David Gargett, Afzal Hossain

• Road Freight Estimates by State/Territory
  
  sp_003_Gargett_Hossain.pdf
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Paper given to the 31st Australasian Transport Research Forum, 2 October–3 October 2008, Gold Coast. Authors: Hema de Silva, Tim Risbey, Justin McEvoy, Joel Mallett

• Probability Based Estimation of Human Productivity Losses from Road Fatalities
  
  sp_002_deSilva_Risbey_McEvoy_Mallett.pdf
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Paper given to the 31st Australasian Transport Research Forum, 2 October–3 October 2008, Gold Coast. Author: David Cosgrove.

• Long-Term Emission Trends for Australian Transport
  
  sp_001_Cosgrove.pdf
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Paper given to the 32nd Australasian Transport Research Forum, 29 September–1 October 2009, Auckland.Authors: Godfrey Lubulwa, Rob Bolin and Anatoli Lightfoot.

• Australian Sea Port Activity to 2029–30
  
  sp_003_Lubulwa_Bolin_Lightfoot.pdf
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Paper given to the 32nd Australasian Transport Research Forum, 29 September–1 October 2009, Auckland. Authors: David Gargett, Tony Nguyen, David Cosgrove.

• Fatality Rates
  
  sp_002_Gargett_Nguyen_Cosgrove.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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Paper given to the 33rd Australasian Transport Research Forum, 29 September–1 October 2010, Canberra. Author: Jack McAuley.

• External Costs of Inter-Capital Freight in Australia
  
  sp_001_McAuley.pdf
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Paper given to the 33rd Australasian Transport Research Forum, 29 September–1 October 2010, Canberra. Authors: Hema de Silva, Anatoli Lightfoot.

• Commuting to Work by Private Vehicle in Melbourne: Trends and Policy Implications
  
  sp_002_deSilva_Lightfoot.pdf
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