Paper given to the 34th Australasian Transport Research Forum, 28–30 September 2011, Adelaide. Authors: Hema de Silva, Leanne Johnson, Karen Wade.

This Report presents the evaluations of alternative public transport improvements in the urban corridor between Perth and Fremantle.

This is the second Report by the BTE on capital investment in urban public transport, the previous Report having been produced in June 1972.

This Report surveys proposals provided by the States for investment in urban public transport. As in previous reports, the BTE has limited analysis to benefit cost and financial evaluations.

This Working Paper is the fifth in a series of Working Papers which disseminates the results of a large research project into the adequacy of Australia's transport infrastructure over the next 20 years.

This Paper provides an account of preliminary work on urban traffic congestion that forms part of the BTCE project on Urban Transport Externalities. The project is concerned with a range of external impacts of urban transport.

Urban travel behaviour is very complex. Analysts have tried to capture its main features in models that provide estimates of the levels and patterns of traffic on the urban road network.

Transport models have been used for several decades now, both for research, and as an analytical tool to assist planners and decision-makers.

Australian cities have been transformed from fairly tightly knit core-and-spoke configurations, to sprawling suburban low-density configurations.

The Greater Sydney Metropolitan Region is one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas of Australia. This project improves our understanding of socio-economic drivers of growth in this region.