This Information Sheet identifies the 33 largest spatial concentrations of transport industry employment within Australia. These major transport employment hubs are all located within the five most populous capital cities and include airports, ports, CBDs and a range of industrial areas. This study presents evidence on the number of jobs located in each of these transport employment hubs, the industry mix of those jobs, and the characteristics of workers in each location. In particular, it focuses on investigating the nature of employment in the industrial area hubs, many of which serve important freight and logistics functions.

• Major transport employment hubs
  
  is_058.pdf
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This study aims to improve understanding of the current characteristics of the Transport, postal and warehousing (TPW) workforce and how the workforce is evolving over time. It provides details of the sub-industries in which TPW workers are employed, their hours worked, gender, age, occupation, educational qualifications, income and commuting behaviour. It also describes some of the key changes that occurred between 2006 and 2011, such as the ageing and upskilling of the TPW workforce.

• National profile of Transport, postal and warehousing workers
  
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BITRE Information Sheet 60 provides detailed long-term trend statistics for Australian urban passenger transport. Historical time-series on passenger movement within the Australian capital cities, covering more than a century, contrast changes over time in patronage on urban public transport (UPT) systems with the corresponding patterns of private road vehicle use.

• Long-term trends in urban public transport
  
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• Urban Transport Summary for 2013
  
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• Latest urban transport statistics
  
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The Information Sheet models and forecasts urban passenger travel in Australian and American cities from 1921 to present. Passenger travel per person is saturating and so future growth in total urban travel will be closely linked to population growth.

• Saturating daily travel
  
  is_061.pdf
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On 5 September2014, Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development, the HonJamie Briggs MP, released for public comment, a proposed project appraisal framework,developed by the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics, inconsultation with state and territory governments. BITRE has revised the paperin view of the submissions received. The Assistant Minister released the finalversion on 7 November 2014.

The paper is the outcome of Australian, state and territory governments agreeing to consult todevelop a more sophisticated and consistent framework to assess and evaluatemajor infrastructure projects.

• Overview of project appraisal for land transport
  
  overview_of_project_appraisal_for_land_transport.pdf
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This information sheet reviews trends in Australian productivity with a focus on the transport sector.

Well targeted investments in transport infrastructure result in productivity increases that benefit many other industries. The paper provides for specific examples that cover trucks, freight, waterfront and rail productivity enhancements.

• Infrastructure, transport and productivity
  
  is_055.pdf
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This information sheet provides an overview of activity in five key Australian infrastructure industries: transport, energy, communications, water and resources.

The purpose of the report is to track investment in infrastructure and explore its impact on infrastructure performance, usage and productivity.

• Infrastructure Investment Macromonitor
  
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The Yearbook is an important piece of work for the Department and provides a comprehensive evidence base to examine long-term and emerging trends as well as inform policy development and regulatory reform in the transport, energy, water and communications sectors. It is the only comprehensive source of time series statistics for Australia's major areas of economic infrastructure. The Yearbook is accompanied by the first Key Australian Infrastructure Statistics booklet which is a summary of statistics from the Yearbook.

• Yearbook 2013–Australian Infrastructure Statistics
  
  INFRA1886_R_BITRE_INFRASTRUCTURE_YEARBOOK_0813_web.pdf
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• Key Australian Infrastructure Statistics
  
  INFRA1915_BITRE_KEY_STATISTICS_0813_web.pdf
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• Australian Infrastructure Statistics
  
  Yearbook 2013
  
  Part 1–Infrastructure and the Economy
  
  PartI_Infrastructure_and_the_Economy.zip
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• Australian Infrastructure Statistics
  
  Yearbook 2013
  
  Part T–Transport
  
  PartT_Transport.zip
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• Australian Infrastructure Statistics
  
  Yearbook 2013
  
  Part E–Energy
  
  PartE_Energy.zip
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• Australian Infrastructure Statistics
  
  Yearbook 2013
  
  Part C–Communication
  
  PartC_Communication.zip
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• Australian Infrastructure Statistics
  
  Yearbook 2013
  
  Part W–Water
  
  PartW_Water.zip
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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 34th Australasian Transport Research Forum, 28–30 September 2011, Adelaide. Author: David Cosgrove.

• Long-Term Patterns of Australian Public Transport Use
  
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