Forecasting Australian Transport: A Review of Past Bureau Forecasts

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Publication Subject(s)
aviation
cities
environment and energy
forecasting
freight
infrastructure
maritime
passenger
rail
road
Publication Type
Research Report
Department ID
INFRA3572
ISBN
978-1-925701-42-5
ISSN
1440-9569
Release date

A common rational for the making of transport-related forecasts is the need to anticipate the growth of transport activity and the demand it will place on transport infrastructure. Anticipation of this demand allows for forward planning of needed improvements/additions to key parts of the networks.

As such, it is useful to examine how close past Bureau forecasts were to predicting this growth, and to learn from any obvious errors.
This is the aim of the current report.

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