Infrastructure, transport and productivity
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
Paper given to the 33rd Australasian Transport Research Forum, 29 September–1 October 2010, Canberra.
Author: David Gargett.
- Petrol Prices in Australia
Investigating the Relationships Between Travel Patterns and Social Exclusion of Children in Sydney
Paper given to the 34th Australasian Transport Research Forum, 28–30 September 2011, Adelaide. Authors: Anatoli Lightfoot, Leanne Johnson.
- Investigating the Relationships Between Travel Patterns and Social Exclusion of Children in Sydney
Parts A, B and C: Consumer Preferences in Urban Buses and Bus Services
This Report presents the results of a consumer preference survey into bus design and bus service characteristics. The survey was conducted by the BTE together with the Metropolitan (Perth) Transport Trust, and consisted of two parts: household interviews carried out by the Australian Bureau of Statistics; and questionnaires distributed to travellers using the Perth suburban bus service.
- Part A: Consumer Preferences in Urban Buses and Bus Services
- Part B: Consumer Preferences in Urban Buses and Bus Services
- Part C: Consumer Preferences in Urban Buses and Bus Services
Sampling Processes for the National Travel Survey
This particular Paper describes the methods used to determine sample frameworks and sizes for the National Trend Survey (NTS), and also outlines the methods finally adopted for selecting a sample.
- Sampling Processes for the National Travel Survey
Cost Recovery in Australian Transport 1974–75
In recent years, increasing attention has been focussed on the question of charges for services provided by governments. In particular, the Commonwealth Government's 'cost recovery' policies have been the subject of wide debate, especially in their application to air transport.
This Report contains results of a study of cost recovery in Australian transport generally in the year 1974–75. Each major mode of transport is included, and the analysis is comprehensive in the sense that different areas and classes of transport operations within each mode are analysed wherever applicable or practicable.
- Cost Recovery in Australian Transport 1974–75
Timetables as a Source of Statistical Data
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.
- Timetables as a Source of Statistical Data
National Travel Survey 1977–78: Objectives and Strategies
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
Aggregate Bus Maintenance Costs
A knowledge of bus maintenance costs and how they vary with bus age is of value in a number of applications. Of particular interest to BTE is the importance of bus maintenance costs to optimal bus replacement strategies. The report summarises the Aggregate Bus Maintenance Studies of six bus operators in Australian capital cities and isolates the major variables influencing both maintenance and servicing costs.
- Aggregate Bus Maintenance Costs
Discussion Paper on Transport Planning in Sydney to 1975
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