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| Report 114: Optimising Harmonisation in the Australian Railway Industry | September 2006 |
| The past decade has seen Australian rail transformed in terms of ownership, operational and technical advances. This report reviews the theory and the practice of physical and regulatory harmonisation in Australia and overseas. It also explores the benefits and costs of harmonisation and the concept of optimal harmonisation. |
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| Working Paper 57 - Land Transport Infrastructure Pricing: An Introduction | June 2003 |
| At the Australian Logistics Council (ALC) meeting on 7 November 2002, the Council asked BTRE to provide a comparative analysis of current land transport pricing regimes and their objectives and to present the findings at the next Council meeting, held on 27 February 2003. This working paper comprises the paper prepared for the ALC and already released by the ALC as a discussion paper. |
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| Working Paper 49 - Logistics in Australia: A Preliminary Analysis | October 2001 |
| This Working Paper presents the results of preliminary BTE work on logistics in Australia. It is the first part of a longer-term project on logistics. The Working Paper develops a framework for analysing logistics in Australia, and examines several issues raised by the Secretariat for the Freight Transport Logistics Industry Action Agenda. |
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| Working Paper 40 - Competitive Neutrality Between Road and Rail | September 1999 |
| If the Commonwealth Government's new tax system (ANTS), and associated legislation such as the Diesel and Alternative Fuels Grants Scheme Bill 1999, had been in place in 1998-99, average input costs for interstate non-bulk rail and interstate non-bulk road would have been 8 per cent and 15 per cent lower, respectively, than actual average input costs in 1998-99. |
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| Information Sheet 14 - Urban Transport: Looking Ahead | August 1999 |
| Australian cities have been transformed from fairly tightly knit core-and-spoke configurations, to sprawling suburban low-density configurations. This transformation of urban land use has been accompanied and made possible by a rapid improvement and spread of the road system, and an even more rapid expansion in per person car ownership. |
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| Report 91: Review of the Waterfront Industry Reform Program | May 1995 |
| The Bureau study examines the great changes which have been implemented in the stevedoring workforce and in its employment arrangements, the improvements which have occurred in the productivity and reliability of stevedoring services, and estimates the dollar value of the benefits which have been passed to the various categories of users of waterfront services. |
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| Working Paper 14.6 - Adequacy of transport infrastructure Multimodal | January 1995 |
| This Working Paper is the sixth in a series of Working Papers which disseminates the results of a large research project into the adequacy of Australia's transport infrastructure over the next 20 years. The assessment covers all four modes of transport - road, rail, air and sea - with the primary focus on freight. |
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| Information Paper 39 - Alternative Fuels in Australian Transport | May 1994 |
| This Paper reviews the physical characteristics of alternative fuels, technical and economic aspects of production of alternative fuels and alternative fuel vehicles, environmental, safety and health issues associated with alternative fuel use, factors influencing market acceptance, and policy issues. The emphasis is on the extent of environmental benefits which might result from alternative fuel and the costs involved in making these fuels available. The discussion covers reformulated gasoline, diesel, liquefied petroleum gas, ethanol, methanol, vegetable oils, natural gas, electric vehicles and hydrogen. |
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| Report 76: Relative Efficiencies in the Transportation of Commodities | January 1992 |
| This Report assesses the relative efficiencies of road and rail in the transportation of several bulk commodities. The work explores potential constraints to the efficient transportation of bulk commodities, including the pricing systems applied by road and rail operators. |
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| Information Paper 25 - A Review of Transport Research in Australia | January 1988 |
| In December 1986, the Australian Transport Advisory Council (ATAC) sought the assistance of the Bureau of Transport Economics in undertaking a review of transport research in Australia. The aims of the resulting study carried out by the Bureau were to identify the nature and extent of current Australian transport research, to assess priority areas for future research and to address coordination issues pertinent to delivery of an effective research effort. Following consideration at the December 1987 meeting of ATAC the results of the review are to be used as a basis for discussion at a seminar on transport research to be convened early in 1988. |
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| Information Paper 22 - The Transport Sector in the Australian Economy | July 1987 |
| This Paper presents information about the transport sector in Australia. Included are details of the relative importance of the transport sector in the Australian economy, transport costs in the production and distribution of commodities, the contribution that transport makes to Australia's Balance of Payments and some international comparisons. |
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| Information Paper 20 - Transport of Australia's Minerals | March 1987 |
| In mid-l986 the Federal Bureau of Transport Economics engaged consultant Travers Morgan Pty Ltd to undertake a review of minerals transport in Australia. The objectives of the review were to describe the nature of mineral freight movements in Australia; to identify and assess relevant sources of data; to provide data on mineral movements by mode, origin and destination for the years1980-81 to 1984-85; and to identify and critically assess possible methodologies for updating mineral freight movements at a later date. |
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| Report 54: Evaluation of Standard Gauge Rail Connections to Selected Ports | November 1983 |
| This report is on the economic and financial benefits and costs of providing standard gauge railway lines to the ports of Brisbane, Melbourne and Geelong. The terms of reference for the study also required the BTE to examine the possible standardisation of the Tocumwal-Mangalore railway line because of the interdependence between the proposed Tocumwal-Mangalore and Melbourne-Geelong links. As a result, the study covered standard gauge links to Fisherman Islands (Brisbane), Swanson Dock (Melbourne) and Geelong, with the latter project including a standard gauge connection between Tocumwal and Mangalore. |
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| Occasional Paper 51 - The Value of Travel Time Savings in Public Sector Evaluation | March 1982 |
| This Paper has been prepared in response to a general concern that value of time in transport analysis, while acknowledged to be important, was not being accorded that importance in practice. At the outset it was hoped that a literature and practice review would enable some useful guidance to be given to practitioners on appropriate values for use in various circumstances. This has not been the case. What has emerged is that there is a wide range of considerations properly governing the valuation of time, and time values will vary widely with context. Existing work allows little confidence to be attached to currently available values or to generalising from prior, case-specific, estimates of values of time. What is now required is a series of rigorous estimates of time values with a view also to determining procedures for generalising and updating as required. |
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| Occasional Paper 44 - Economic Analysis of Non - Price Rationing With Particular Reference to Petrol | May 1981 |
| 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. |
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| Occasional Paper 42 - National Travel Survey 1977/78: Statistical Adjustments and Final Results | February 1981 |
| 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. |
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| Report 47: Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme: A 'Landbridge' Approach to the Estimation of Subsidy Rates | January 1981 |
| In order to provide information to assist with the continuing administration of the Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme TFES, the Minister for Transport directed the BTE to undertake studies of the costs incurred by Australian industries on Mainland interstate long distance freight transport, and the factors determining the freight rates charged between Tasmania and the Mainland and the potential for cost reductions. |
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| Occasional Paper 32 - Guidelines for the Conduct of Urban Transport Corridor Studies | February 1980 |
| This Paper presents a methodology for conducting transport corridor studies for urban areas and is intended primarily to assist State Road Authorities (SRAs) with the generation and evaluation of major road improvement projects. The paper does not attempt to provide a 'blueprint' for corridor studies, but concentrates on developing a framework which, if accepted, would provide at least some measure of consistency between studies undertaken by different authorities. |
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| Report 44: Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme: Recommended Rates of Assistance for Southbound Cargoes, Livestock and Timber at 31 January 1979 | October 1979 |
| This Report sets out recommended new rates of assistance to be paid under the Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme TFES on eligible southbound cargoes and on northbound shipments of livestock and timber. The southbound rates were recalculated to meet a direction issued by the Commonwealth Government when the Freight Equalisation Scheme was first introduced, while the direction to recalculate timber rates arose from recommendations made in the 1978 BTE report giving new northbound TFES rates. The investigation of northbound livestock rates was initially directed towards determining whether higher rates of assistance should be paid on consignments of stud animals, but during the course of the study the terms of reference were widened to cover all livestock shipments. |
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| Information Paper 01 - National Travel Survey 1977/78, Description of the NTS Data Base | October 1979 |
| 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. |
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| Occasional Paper 31 - National Travel Survey 1977/78: Preliminary Statistical Summary June Quarter | February 1979 |
| 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. |
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| Occasional Paper 29 - Recreation Demand Modelling | November 1978 |
| During 1976 and 1977 the Victorian Department of Youth, Sport and Recreation and the Geelong Regional Planning Authority undertook a major study of recreational activity in the Geelong area. As part of that study, John Paterson Urban Systems was commissioned to undertake an extensive household survey and to develop a set of recreation site usage models for locations in the Geelong region. These data, together with information on environmental usage limits for each site in the region were used in the development of recreational area management programmes. |
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| Occasional Paper 24 - Approach to Developing Transport Improvement Proposals | August 1978 |
| 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. |
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| Occasional Paper 22 - National Travel Survey 1977/78: Preliminary Statistical Summary December Quarter, 1977 | June 1978 |
| 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. |
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| Occasional Paper 21 - National Travel Survey 1977/78: Geographic Zoning and Coding Systems | June 1978 |
| 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. |
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| Occasional Paper 20 - Public Participation in Transport Planning - Australia | June 1978 |
| 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. |
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| Occasional Paper 18 - National Travel Survey 1977/78: Determination of Regional Sample Sizes | May 1978 |
| 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. |
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| Report 36: Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme: Recommended Northbound Assistance Rates at 1 January 1978 | April 1978 |
| When the Commonwealth Government introduced the Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme TFES on 1 July 1976 it directed the Bureau of Transport Economics to recalculate the rates of assistance by December 1977. This report presents the recommended new rates of assistance calculated on the basis of the freight rates prevailing at the end of December 1977. The method of recalculation was based on that used by the Nimmo Commission although with some modifications. The new assistance rates were calculated as the difference between the costs of moving a consignment from Tasmania to mainland destinations and the costs of moving a similar consignment on comparable mainland routes. |
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| Occasional Paper 16 - Discussion Paper on Transport Planning in Sydney to 1975 | January 1978 |
| 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. |
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| Occasional Paper 10 - National Travel Survey 1977/78: Objectives and Strategies | December 1977 |
| 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. |
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| Occasional Paper 09 - Timetables as a Source of Statistical Data | October 1977 |
| The purpose of this paper is to describe in some detail the various types of statistical data that can be obtained from timetable sources, particularly the provision of cross-classifications of data not normally produced as part of the normal statistical task. The main advantage claimed for this technique is that the statistics can be compiled as soon as timetables are announced and even before the services begin. This can be of great benefit when up-to-date statistical information is required. Another advantage claimed for timetable sources is that all of the relevant data items appear in the one document thus simplifying the task of producing the statistics. |
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| Report 30: Mainline Upgrading - Evaluation of a Range of Options for the Adelaide to Serviceton Rail Link | July 1977 |
| In this Report a number of options for the railway line between Adelaide and Serviceton have been evaluated. This work complements that previously undertaken on the Melbourne to Serviceton link. There appears to be little likelihood of congestion on this link sufficient to justify major upgrading within the next twenty years although some minor loop extensions and the introduction of Centralised Traffic Control are justified now. There is no economic justification for any of the Project Peregrine schemes considered for the Adelaide Hills sections. |
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| Report 29: Mainline Upgrading - Evaluation of a Range of Options for the Sydney - Brisbane Rail Link | July 1977 |
| This study is one of a series concerned with the evaluation of upgrading options for inter-capital rail links in Australia. Analysis indicated that the Sydney to Brisbane line is already exhibiting signs of congestion and, given the expected traffic growth, will become seriously congested in the mid-1980s unless upgrading action is taken. The range of upgrading options considered include grade easement, centralised traffic control and crossing loop extensions. |
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| Report 26: Study of Port Pirie Bogie Exchange | February 1977 |
| Because of separate development by the individual States, the Australian railway network contains links of a number of different gauges. For this reason bogie exchange facilities have been established at several locations including two in South Australia, at Port Pirie and Peterborough, where the State broad gauge system meets the interstate standard gauge system. The intention of these exchanges is to allow ready transfer of loaded and unloaded freight wagons from one system to the other. Traffic through the exchange at Port Pirie has increased to the extent that difficulties are being experienced in handling it. |
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| Report 15: The Economics of an Australian Landbridge | January 1975 |
| The study examines the economics of a landbridge based on Fremantle, and also considers Adelaide and Melbourne as terminal ports for the European trades. In addition, the benefits and costs implied by a strategy of alternate calls at Sydney and Melbourne are considered. |
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| Report 6: An Assessment of Tasmania's Interstate Transport Problems | November 1972 |
| This study attempts a quantitative assessment of Tasmania's transport disabilities relative to the other States and covers interstate shipping to Tasmania, together with closely related topics such as Tasmanian port operations and freight forwarding. Particular note has been taken of the Senate Standing Committee on Primary and Secondary Industry and Trade Committee's views that Tasmania has a 'transport disability' and that any comparisons should take into account its position as a sovereign state. |
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