Publications

This report outlines a number of methods for estimating externalities and gives a brief description of the current position with development of estimates of road transport externalities, based on a review of recent local and international literature.…

The State of the Environment Report (DEST, 1996, p.3-50) states that road planning priorities with an "emphasis ... on providing high-capacity roads to fringe and coastal areas" has led to dispersed land use that is now under question. Certainly…

The principle objective of air quality impact assessment is to give the community an acceptable assessment of the air quality changes brought about through a significant road project. The initial in-house scoping of a significant road project,…

This report examines current practices by State road agencies in Australia and by Transit New Zealand in valuation of road infrastructure assets. Areas of consistency and inconsistency are identified. The report focuses on the potential for…

The Federal Government's tax reform package (A New Tax System - ANTS) involves however a range of changes in the taxation of goods and services, especially transport fuel, the nature of social security and the level of income tax paid by individuals.…