The main aim of this Paper is to take a step towards filling the gap in the information available on the transport needs of the disabled. In particular, the travel behaviour and preferences of disabled people in Canberra are explored with a view to producing insights into the effectiveness and limitations of existing and recently introduced transport services specifically designed for this group. Financial and organisational constraints affecting the operation of such services are also considered.

• Transport of the Disabled in the ACT
  
  op_054.pdf
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This Paper presents the results of a study on the performance of roads in a small and therefore more simply analysed region. A road user's view was adopted for performance evaluation during the study and the report's structure represents a methodology for similar future evaluations. For the purpose of the study 'performance' was taken to mean the extent to which requirements are satisfied.

• Assessment of the Australian Road System: A Case Study in Gunning Shire, NSW
  
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This Paper has been prepared as part of an investigation into the value of travel time savings. It follows on from the work reported in the Bureau of Transport Economics Occasional Paper 51 which found that little confidence could be attached to the currently available values.

• Mathematical Techniques for Estimation of the Value of Travel Time Savings: A Review
  
  op_057.pdf
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This Paper deals with the operational characteristics of the Australian Road System and provides time series information to show changes over approximately the last decade in characteristics of the road system. The road system has been defined to include the road network, road users, vehicles and road user legislation while the operational characteristics of the road system have been defined as travel time, comfort and convenience, safety, vehicle operation and community effects.

• Assessment of the Australian Road System: Operational Characteristics
  
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This report presents the results of a study of the Australian road system undertaken by the Bureau of Transport Economics in response to a direction by the then Minister for Transport in May 1982.

• Assessment of the Australian Road System: 1984–Part A
  
  report_056_partA.pdf
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• Assessment of the Australian Road System: 1984–Part B
  
  report_056_partB.pdf
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This study addresses the pattern of road expenditure in Australia and the legislative arrangements under which the Commonwealth Government provides grants to State and Local Governments for roads.

• Assessment of the Australian Road System: Financing
  
  op_061.pdf
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This Occasional Paper describes an economic assessment of rural arterial roads in Australia based on a road deficiency analysis. Benefit cost analysis was undertaken using the NIMPAC road planning model and an additional set of programs developed by the BTE to carry out economic evaluation. The principal objective of the analysis was to examine the economic returns from investment in rural arterial roads in different States and in different types of project construction work.

• Assessment of the Australian Road System: Economic Assessment Model for Rural
  
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This Paper contains basic information on the Australian road network, and on certain related data such as travel, expenditure, vehicle stock, and freight movement. The Paper is presented as a summary guide for ready reference to the status and trends of a limited range of road system characteristics. It includes data which the Bureau has found to be frequently used for the analysis of road systems, especially from the federal viewpoint. While the data presented here do not provide a complete picture, the aim has been to provide an overview description of the Australian road network, and it is anticipated that users will extract individual items of data according to their particular relevance.

• Australian Roads Summary Data, 1982
  
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This Paper presents a method of analysing the relationship between road pavement condition and roadwork, for the purpose of examining the effects of future maintenance policies.

• A Method of Road Pavement Condition Projection
  
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This Paper has been prepared as part of an ongoing investigation into the value of travel time savings. It follows on from the work reported in Bureau of Transport Economics Occasional Papers 51 and 57. The results of a pilot survey of non-urban road users using the functional measurement technique are reported. Particular attention is paid to the validity of sampling options and the processing of data.

• Value of Time: A Pilot Survey of Road Users
  
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