This Paper describes the National Travel Survey in terms of it's objectives and strategies. It discusses the concepts of interregional travel patterns and the need for consistent and statistically valid data, the parameters influencing travel particularly the social, economic and personal choices, seasonal variances, sampling details and the operation of the survey. Much of the information has never been systematically collected before, and none of it has been collected to the comprehensive degree applying in the NTS. As a result, it is expected that the results will give new insights into the requirements for future transport systems, policies and philosophies.

• National Travel Survey 1977–78: Objectives and Strategies
  
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This paper describes an econometric model designed for Australian economic forecasting in the medium term (from 5 to 10 years). The paper also gives the results of applying the model to predict annual national expenditure and product, in the aggregate and by main components, over the period 1976 to 1983.

• Model for Medium Term Economic Forecasting: Projections of Australian Income and Expenditure
  
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Transport planning in urban areas is a complex task demanding consideration not only of transport problems, but also of land-use planning and the provision of other services. A range of service and planning agencies and interest groups are involved directly and indirectly in transport planning and they interact at various stages and in various ways throughout the planning process. The effectiveness of this process and consequently the quality of transport services provided, depends to an important degree on the interaction between these bodies.

• Discussion Paper on Transport Planning in Sydney to 1975
  
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The NTS is a postal survey being conducted over a twelve-month period between July 1977 and June 1978. Its general aim is to determine domestic non-urban travel characteristics on a fully national basis. All modes of travel are to be encompassed, and the seasonal nature of this travel will also be identified. This Occasional Paper discusses the geographical distribution of this total sample.

• National Travel Survey 1977–78 Determination of Regional Sample Sizes
  
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This Paper presents a summary of preliminary statistics obtained from the first three months of the National Travel Survey (NTS). The results cover travel during the months of July, August and September 1977. These statistics are preliminary in the sense that they represent the results of an analysis of only the postal survey results. No corrections for sample bias and so on have been made at this stage.

• National Travel Survey 1977–78 Preliminary Statistical Summary September Quarter, 1977
  
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Planners in all spheres of activity are demonstrating an increasing interest in the use of public participation as a planning tool. Despite this interest, there has been little documentation and research drawing on the participation experience in planning in Australia. This paper presents an inventory of Australian public participation experience compiled from a survey of Australian transport authorities and selected consultants.

• Public Participation in Transport Planning–Australia
  
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In this paper, the development of a geographic zoning system used in the sampling processes associated with the National Travel Survey (NTS) is described. Associated with this, the BTE has also produced a coding scheme which allows approximately 8,700 place names to be allocated to their appropriate Local Government Area (LGA), Census Statistical Division (CSD) Australian Government Region (AGR) and NTS region numbers.

• National Travel Survey 1977–78: Geographic Zoning and Coding Systems
  
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This Paper presents a summary of preliminary statistics obtained from the second quarter of the National Travel Survey (NTS). The results cover travel during the months of October, November and December 1977. Each summary comprises the following general types of information: a summary of the survey sample and response statistics; trip generation information; and information on the proportion of travel having particular characteristics.

• National Travel Survey 1977–78: Preliminary Statistical Summary December Quarter, 1977
  
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This Occasional Paper summarises the procedures and findings of a series of investigations undertaken to identify transport disadvantaged groups of urban residents. It clarifies the assumptions underlying the systematic planning procedures adopted and outlines an approach for identifying and analysing suitable improvement options for particular consumer segments in accordance with the particular issue under study. The approach is discussed in the context of transport related criteria and the role of urban transport improvements in assisting in achievement of objectives.

• Approach to Developing Transport Improvement Proposals
  
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This paper describes a method of measuring price changes at the national level in the road and bridge construction and maintenance industry. The paper gives the results of application of such methodology to measure the price changes for roadworks from 1963–64 to 1977–78 in the form of a price index. This index is a refinement and update of the price index developed by the author for the former Commonwealth Bureau of Roads.

• A Road Construction Price Index
  
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