Transport

Includes data over various years on work, environment, education and training, housing, economic activity, crime and justice, health, family and community. Report Locationhttp://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Lookup/1338.1Main+Features1Dec%202010?OpenDocument ....

Includes data over various years on agriculture transport, aviation, construction of infastructure, employment by industry, freight, financing, rail, and shipping. Report Locationhttp://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/ViewContent?readform&view=ProductsbyTopic&Action=Expand&Num=3.17 ....

Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) in the infrastructure sector are agreements where private parties willingly agree to share responsibility with government agencies for (a subset of the following activities:) investment, finance, design, construction, renovation, maintenance, management, or operation of transportation facilities, e.g., ....

Australian Transport Statistics provides a short summary of a diverse range of transport statistics. Topics include employment, GDP, infrastructure expenditure, passenger and freight movements, trade, motor vehicles, fatalities and estimated greenhouse gas emissions attributed to the transport industry. Information is provided for the road, rail, ....

The Bruce Highway Action Plan sets out a detailed program of works which will improve the safety, flood immunity and capacity of the Bruce Highway, over the next 10 years. Proposed projects include: $5.2 billion worth of safety improvements, including wide centre line and shoulder seals, audible edge lines, more overtaking lanes, safety bar ....

The growing national and international awareness of the increased representation of serious injuries and fatalities in rural and remote areas is the focus of this paper. Australia was one of the earliest countries to try to address this issue with a targeted national action plan in 1996. This was an important document but the most recent national ....

This paper provides an analysis of commuting patterns on the Sunshine Coast and from the Sunshine Coast to other Local Government Areas in south east Queensland. This is done for persons of different levels of education. Human capital theory suggests that commuting patterns may vary by level of education and this is explicitly test ....

Connecting the Hunter is the first in a series of short papers aimed at establishing a regional approach to Hunter growth strategies. It does not provide details or analysis of infrastructure proposals. Instead, it recognises that infrastructure – water, energy, communications and transport – has a complex relationship with ec ....

The Regional Network Development Plan will be the first ever long-term and state-wide strategy for public transport in regional Victoria. What we've learnt through this process is that many regions are facing similar challenges when it comes to public transport services and investment. A state-wide strategy that sets out the guiding principles a ....

The motivation for this study stems from a longstanding concern among some SEATS councils. The concern was that physical road infrastructure deficiencies and inconsistencies in heavy vehicle regulatory operating arrangements have and continue to represent constraints to more efficient and effective cross border heavy vehicle travel. This imposes ....

The Far North Queensland Citizen\'s Jury (FNQCJ) attempted to replicate the ideals of deliberative democracy in considering future management options for the Bloomfield Track, a controversial road between Cape Tribulation Qld and the Bloomfield River Qld. The FNQCJ consisted of 12 randomly selected citizens from the region who visited t ....

Purpose - The rapidly changing role of capital city airports has placed demands on surrounding infrastructure. The need for infrastructure management and coordination is increasing as airports and cities grow and share common infrastructure frameworks. The purpose of this paper is to document the changing context in Australia, where the ....

This study examined whether older rural drivers are restricted in the ability to self-regulate their driving by the importance they attribute to driving and reduced access to alternative transportation. A sample of 170 drivers (aged >/= 75) from rural and urban areas of South Australia completed a questionnaire on driving importance, alternati ....

Evaluates the use of technology in the land-based export supply chain, to ensure it maximises Australia's global competitiveness - technology in the transport and distribution of agricultural produce is relatively low in the logistics chain, but provides an opportunity for improved productivity with improved communication infrastructure. - mark ....