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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This Paper presents a summary of preliminary statistics obtained from the third quarter of the National Travel Survey (NTS). The results cover travel during the months of January, February and March 1978. Each summary comprises the following general types of information: a summary of the survey sample and response statistics; trip generation information; information on the proportion of travel having particular characteristics. The results presented in this Paper are for aggregations of NTS regions to State, Territory and national levels.

• National Travel Survey 1977/78: Preliminary Statistical Summary: March Quarter
  
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This Paper presents a summary of preliminary statistics obtained from the fourth quarter of the National Travel Survey (NTS). The results cover travel during the months of April, May and June 1978. 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. The results from a supplementary household interview survey conducted in parallel with the NTS will be used to adjust the postal survey results. This adjustment will take place at the conclusion of the twelve-month NTS survey period.

• National Travel Survey 1977–78: Preliminary Statistical Summary June Quarter
  
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This Paper presents a description of the data base compiled from the information obtained from the National Travel Survey (NTS). The general aim of the NTS was to determine domestic non-urban travel characteristics on a fully national basis. All modes of travel were encompassed, and the seasonal nature of this travel was also monitored. As well as various travel parameters, some personal and household characteristics were obtained, to allow the influence of personal and household characteristics on long-distance travel behaviour to be assessed.

• National Travel Survey 1977–78, Description of the NTS Data Base
  
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From July 1977 to June 1978, the Bureau of Transport Economics (BTE) conducted the National Travel Survey (NTS). This was a major survey of nonurban travel in Australia. This Paper discusses the sources of bias and errors in the NTS data and presents a method of adjusting the statistical results for non-response bias. The general design of the NTS is evaluated in the light of the practical experience gained from its operation. Finally, the Paper presents a range of tabulations summarising some of the more important and interesting results derived from the NTS data. These results have been adjusted for statistical non-response bias and have been calculated to apply to the population.

• National Travel Survey 1977–78: Statistical Adjustments and Final Results
  
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A thesis that no longer provokes comment is that domestic fuel supplies are likely to be curtailed suddenly and without warning. An idea less well established, but one that has widespread intuitive appeal, is that non-price rationing can claim to efficiently allocate resources. This idea arises out of the notion that during unexpected fuel shortages, the ability of individuals and firms to adjust might not be related to their contribution to the community's well being.

• Economic Analysis of Non-Price Rationing With Particular Reference to Petrol
  
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