This information sheet provides a summary of key trends in regional aviation Australia from 1984 to 2012. It is a brief update to Report 130 on Air transport services in regional Australia (2011 update).

• Air transport service trends in regional Australia (2013 update)
  
  is_047.pdf
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This information sheet provides evidence about the relationship between airport infrastructure and economic activity. It draws together evidence from the international literature and evidence for major Australian airports. It presents estimates of the number of jobs located at major Australian airports in 2011, the industry structure and skill mix of that employment, and recent growth in employment based on the ABS Census of Population and Housing.

• Employment Generation and Airports
  
  is_046.pdf
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This information sheet presents estimates of vehicle kilometres travelled in Australia from 1990 to 2012 and vehicle fuel intensity estimates for the same time period. These estimates are presented by vehicle type by fuel type by state, and have also been prepared for capital cities. The information sheet outlines the methodology used to construct these estimates together with an overview of the estimates. The electronic data tables present complete VKT data at a disaggregated level for use in further analysis.

• State and Capital City vehicle kilometres travelled, 1990–2012
  
  is_044.pdf
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• State and Capital City vehicle kilometres travelled, 1990–2012–tables
  
  
  is_044.xls
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This Paper describes broad elements of the TRIS data base and of processing performed on it by the BTE. Sufficient detail is presented to permit users of the data base to make convenient and effective use of it for information retrieval purposes.

• Transportation Research Information Service (TRIS): Description of Outputs from BTE Processing
  
  ip_002.pdf
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This Information Paper details the costs of aviation accidents in Australia for 1988. Costs have been grouped into four broad categories: lost productivity; aircraft damage; insurance administration and legal; and other.

• Costs of Aviation Accidents in Australia–1988
  
  is_003.pdf
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Road crashes cost Australia $6.1 billion in 1993. Road crash costs account for over 90% of the total cost of transport-related accidents in Australia.

• Cost of Road Crashes in Australia–1993
  
  is_004.pdf
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This Information Paper details the costs of aviation accidents in Australia for 1993. Costs have been grouped into six broad categories: lost earnings of victims; family and community losses; pain and suffering; aircraft damage and property loss; insurance administration; and other.

• Costs of Aviation Accidents in Australia–1993
  
  is_005.pdf
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BTCE (1992) Social cost of transport accidents in Australia, Report 79, p. 52, estimated the total cost of rail accidents in 1988 as $94.5 million (in 1988 dollars). The Information Sheet table provides updated estimates, including comparable figures for 1988 and 1993 that are expressed in 1993 dollars.

• Costs of maritime accidents in Australia–1993
  
  is_008.pdf
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BTCE (1992) Social cost of transport accidents in Australia, Report 79, p. 52, estimated the total cost of rail accidents in 1988 as $94.5 million (in 1988 dollars). The Information Sheet table provides updated estimates, including comparable figures for 1988 and 1993 that are expressed in 1993 dollars.

• Costs of rail accidents in Australia–1993
  
  is_007.pdf
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Externalities in the Transport Sector: Key Issues is the first part in a series of Information Sheets that will provide estimates of the costs of externalities generated by road, rail, air and sea transport.

• Externalities in the Transport Sector
  
  is_010.pdf
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