This Occasional Paper reports on an analysis of the factors affecting the demand for international air travel.

This report examines the market for battery powered electric passenger vehicles suitable for use in major urban areas in Australia. A typical specification for an electric passenger vehicle has been used as the basis of the analysis.

A knowledge of bus maintenance costs and how they vary with bus age is of value in a number of applications. Of particular interest to BTE is the importance of bus maintenance costs to optimal bus replacement strategies.

This paper describes an econometric model designed for Australian economic forecasting in the medium term (from 5 to 10 years).

The importance of an efficient transport system for Australia is self-evident. Not surprisingly, both public investment and government legislation have been employed to develop transport networks over time.

Transport planning in urban areas is a complex task demanding consideration not only of transport problems, but also of land-use planning and the provision of other services.

Transport planning and research has placed considerable emphasis on the movement of people but comparatively little on the movement of goods.

The NTS is a postal survey being conducted over a twelve-month period between July 1977 and June 1978. Its general aim is to determine domestic non-urban travel characteristics on a fully national basis.

This Paper presents a summary of preliminary statistics obtained from the first three months of the National Travel Survey (NTS). The results cover travel during the months of July, August and September 1977.

Planners in all spheres of activity are demonstrating an increasing interest in the use of public participation as a planning tool.