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National Freight Data
Australia's Bulk Ports
The report provides a profile of Australia's principal bulk ports and the logistics chain that delivers commodities through those ports. -
National Freight Data
Filling a gap in rail data: an investigation of the Gheringhap Loop train sighti...
This paper analyses train sightings data collected at Gheringhap, Victoria, located on the Melbourne to Adelaide main line. These sightings provide an independent source of information on train movements, train lengths, and reliability, and, given knowledge of freight volumes, can be used to... -
National Freight Data
Modelling Responses of Urban Freight Patterns to Greenhouse Gas Abatement Scenar...
This paper presents the results of applying a policy model to simulate the effects on greenhouse gas emissions from trucking in Sydney of various abatement scenarios. These include vehicle efficiency scenarios, traffic efficiency scenarios and alternative infrastructure and land use scenarios.... -
National Freight Data
The Road Freight Transport Industry
Data and information on the road freight transport industry is in limited supply. In order to reduce this problem, the Bureau of Transport and Communications Economics undertook this overview of the road freight transport industry. The industry is shown to be carrying an increasing proportion of... -
National Freight Data
Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme: Recommended Rates of Assistance for South...
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. -
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Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme: Recommended Northbound Assistance Rates a...
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. -
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Darwin and Northern Territory Freight Transport Study
The difficulties associated with defining and funding an acceptable transport system to serve the needs of Australians living in the Centre and North of the continent have proved a continuing area of concern to successive Commonwealth and State Governments. In this study an attempt has been made... -
Road Safety Data
Road Deaths In Crashes Involving Heavy Vehicles—Quarterly Bulletin
Latest summaries of fatalities in road crashes in Australia involving heavy vehicles are presented here. Updates are quarterly and published around 7 weeks after the end of the reference quarter. Data are sourced from the road traffic or police authorities in each jurisdiction. Data are... -
Road Safety Data
Social Cost of Road Crashes - BITRE Final Report (Sep 2022)
The Australian National University (ANU) was engaged by the Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics (BITRE) to develop a model to estimate the social cost of road crashes in Australia. The current study replicates and extends the previous BITRE costing study (BITRE, 2009) by... -
Road Safety Data
Pedestrians and Road Safety
This information sheet details how pedestrians comprise of the largest single road user group because almost everyone is a pedestrian at some point. People walk for leisure, to go work, school or local shops, and to access other modes of transport. In Australia, there has been a consistent... -
Road Safety Data
Australian Cycling Safety
This information sheet includes several sources of bicycle crash data and exposure data used to provide an overview of cycling safety and data sources in Australia. Section 1 presents latest casualty and fatality statistics, including tabulations by jurisdiction and age group. Section 2 presents... -
Road Safety Data
Young Adult Road Safety - A Statistical Picture
This information sheet presents the latest available Australian and international statistics on the road safety of young adults. -
Road Safety Data
Location and Other Risk Factors in Crashes
This information sheet reports results of a study into the risk factors of vehicle crashes given a crash has occurred in terms of whether it results in the death of a person involved. Factors include vehicle type and age, whether a restraint or helmet was worn, nature of crash, time of day and... -
Road Safety Data
Impact of Road Trauma and Measures to Improve Outcomes
The Impact of Road Trauma Measures to Improve Outcomes Report 140 presents the results of a BITRE review of the impacts of road trauma. This review evaluated different road safety approaches, both internationally and domestically, and provided a timely stock take of ways that road safety experts... -
Road Safety Data
Motorcycling Safety
This information sheet provides an overview of the current status of motorcycling safety in Australia. -
National Freight Data
Transport Elasticities Database
This resource contains a set of tables measuring demand, time, price, and service elasticities for all modes of passenger and freight transport