Publications

Economic risk analysis is useful because it can develop an awareness of the impact of risk and uncertainty on decision making processes and help with the formulation of appropriate policies and strategies to minimise risk. This report describes a…

Austroads commissioned ARRB Transport Research in 1998 to undertake an investigation into the economic evaluation of kerb-lane space. The resulting model, ParkLane v1.0, was the first significant attempt at developing a tool to understand on-road…

This document contains two reports which describe the development of improved models for predicting the effect of proposals for investment in road infrastructure on the numbers, severity and costs of road crashes in Australia. The two reports cover…

The practice of full or part sealing shoulders on two-lane rural roads was originally introduced to reduce seal edge and shoulder maintenance costs, and to shift the seasonal edge moisture zone away from the outer wheel path. The practice has since…

This project evaluation compendium stemmed from a project with the primary aim to develop a guide comprising information, processes, ideas and tools related to road project and program evaluation practice suitable for Australian applications. This…

A need exists in Australia and New Zealand, as it does in other countries, for a means to evaluate and prioritise candidate transport infrastructure investments, so as to ensure funds flow to the most worthwhile projects. Transport agencies around…

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…

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.…