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A Review of Current Practice for Industry Contributions to Local Road Costs
AP-R240-04
30 Jan 2004
Economics and Financing
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Whilst there are many different sources of funding for road construction, maintenance and rehabilitation, a limited number of these are available for application to local roads. Changes in the volume and type of freight being carried on local roads…
Geometric Design for Trucks: When, Where and How?
AP-R211-02
7 Nov 2002
Road Design
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While truck tracking characteristics are a primary consideration for intersection geometry and curve widening practices, most road geometric design standards, particularly alignment design standards, are based on the performance characteristics of…
Lane Rental: Contract Options, Practices, Benefits and Disbenefits
AP-146-00
1 Mar 2000
Economics and Financing
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A form of contract, lane rental was developed to facilitate major motorway rehabilitation contracts in the United Kingdom in the 1980s, and has since been used in the United States. Lane rental contracts are a performance-based contract where road…
Road Investment Profiles and Potential Environmental Consequences
AP-149-00
1 Jan 2000
Economics and Financing
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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…
Relationship between Crash Risk and Geometric Characteristics of Rural Highways
AP-R162-00
1 Jan 2000
Road Safety
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This paper reports a study which brings together information on road geometry (curvature and grade), cross-section, traffic flow and crashes. It allows the influence of these other factors on road crashes to be assessed in ways not possible before.…
Implications for the Road Transport Sector of Tax Reform
AP-R165-00
1 Jan 2000
Economics and Financing
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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.…
Implications for the Road Transport Sector of Potential Tax Reform
AP-135-99
1 Jan 1999
Economics and Financing
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The Government's plans for modernisation of the taxation system within Australia have fuelled public debate on the need and shape of this reform. A broad based consumption tax, a GST (Goods and Services Tax) has been proposed. The Government's tax…
Private Sector Financing in Roads
AP-131-98
1 Jan 1998
Economics and Financing
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The document provides a summary of experiences and contractual arrangements of private sector involvement and toll roads in Australia. It is intended to assist those who may be involved in establishing future mechanisms for major road projects where…
Capitalisation of Infrastructure
AP-116-94
1 Jan 1994
Economics and Financing
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Governments are moving away from the traditional cash accounting framework to adopting accrual accounting, the method of accounting used in the private sector. This will require the capitalisation of the road infrastructure, which is an area of…
Review and Enhancement of Vehicle Operating Cost Models - Assessment of Existing Models
AP-108-94
1 Jan 1994
Economics and Financing
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In response to a concern that road evaluation models utilised by Australian road authorities were yielding inconsistent and inaccurate estimates of road user benefits, Austroads surveyed and assessed evaluation models currently in use. Information…
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