Road and Rail Freight: Competitors or Complements?

Up until the early 1960s, railways dominated all but the shortest land-based freight task. Since then, vast improvements in road vehicle productivity and road infrastructure quality, the gradual removal of regulations restricting road freight carriage and the exponential growth in interstate trade has broadened the range of freight tasks for which road is better suited than rail.

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Source https://www.bitre.gov.au/publications/2009/is_034
Author BITRE
Maintainer BITRE
Last Updated October 24, 2022, 05:33 (UTC)
Created September 8, 2022, 04:03 (UTC)
Asset Type Report
AGIFT Theme Transport
Source (Internal / External) External - Other
Access Rights Open
Temporal Coverage From 1960
Temporal Coverage To 2030
Geographic Scope National
Data Status Current