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Australian road freight estimates: 2014 update
This information sheet provides updated road freight estimates previously reported in Chapter 2 of BITRE Research Report 121. It gives estimates for interstate, intrastate, capital city and total road freight for each state/territory for the period between 1971–72 and 2012–13. -
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An Assessment of Tasmania's Interstate Transport Problems
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... -
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A dozen facts about transport in Australia
This information sheet covers a wide range of subjects, including commuting, freight, rail, energy and safety. -
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Australian road freight estimates: 2016 update
The Information Sheet provides revised estimates of road freight by State, capital city and rest-of-state. The long-term trend in growth has been substantial, interrupted only by the 1990 recession and the Global Financial Crisis. -
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An Overview of the Australian Road Freight Transport Industry
This paper presents the results of a desk study of the road freight industry -
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Freight Between Australian Cities
This information sheet provides estimates of non-bulk freight flows over seven intercity corridors for the 25 years from 1970 to 1995. -
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Freight Rates in Australia
Freight rates are a key factor influencing freight mode choice and the costs of freight-reliant business sectors, such as mining, construction, and the retail and wholesale trades. As such, they affect the profitability of Australian industry. -
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Road vehicle-kilometres travelled: estimation from state and territory fuel sale...
This report develops a methodology for estimating traffic levels for each of the eight States and Territories in Australia from March 1965 to June 2010 -
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Freight Flows in Australian Transport Corridors
In the past, there have been many occasions when decision makers have wanted to know the likely effects of proposed policies on the different transport industries involved in moving non-bulk freight around Australia. Their decisions have been hampered by a lack of data on the magnitude of, and... -
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Freight Rates in Australia (1964 - 2001)
This paper provides estimates of interstate non-bulk freight rates. The estimates show that, in real terms, it has never been cheaper to ship goods in Australia. -
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Freight Measurement and Modelling in Australia
Freight Measurement and Modelling in Australia aims to summarise the existing state of knowledge on freight in Australia and to present the time series data, analysis and sources which underpin the BTRE's long term freight forecasts. Consistently measured time series data are required to model... -
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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... -
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Trends in Trucks and Traffic
Increasingly in Australia, trucking is an essential feature of economic activity, with road being the only mode possible for much freight traffic (eg in cities), and with rail tending to be less competitive than road on many intercity links. -
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Australian Domestic Airline Activity - time series
Monthly, calendar year and financial year reports on traffic carried by Australian domestic and regional airlines. -
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Road Deaths in Australia 1925-2008
This information sheet contains a historical overview of road death statistics in Australia from 1925, when road deaths were first recorded, to 2008 -
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Estimates of Freight Travelling to and from Sydney along the Hume and Pacific Hi...
This Paper presents the final results from a BTE survey of trucks passing through checking stations located on the Hume and Pacific Highways in NSW at Marulan and Berowra respectively. The aim of the survey was to obtain information on the quantity and nature of road freight travelling to and... -
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Why short-haul intermodal rail services succeed
The shipping container has revolutionised freight transport over the last half-century but its success is bringing challenges, not least in landside container movements. Port-induced road traffic congestion impacts on port arteries and communities and undermines port efficiency. Policymakers and... -
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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. -
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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... -
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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....