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The Information Sheet provides revised estimates of road freight by State, capital city and rest-of-state. The long-term trend in growth has been substantial, interru...

Published 11 March 2025 | Interstate | Intrastate | Modelling | National | Road | Vehicle

This paper presents the results of a desk study of the road freight industry

Published 11 March 2025 | Domestic | National | Rail | Vehicle

This information sheet provides estimates of non-bulk freight flows over seven intercity corridors for the 25 years from 1970 to 1995.

Published 11 March 2025 | Commodity | Infrastructure | Interstate | Modelling | National | Rail | Road | Sea | Vehicle

Freight rates are a key factor influencing freight mode choice and the costs of freight-reliant business sectors, such as mining, construction, and the retail and who...

Published 11 March 2025 | All modes | Cost | Interstate | National

This report develops a methodology for estimating traffic levels for each of the eight States and Territories in Australia from March 1965 to June 2010

Published 11 March 2025 | Fuel | Interstate | Intrastate | Modelling | National | Road | Vehicle

In the past, there have been many occasions when decision makers have wanted to know the likely effects of proposed policies on the different transport industries inv...

Published 11 March 2025 | All modes | Infrastructure | Interstate | Modelling | National

This paper provides estimates of interstate non-bulk freight rates. The estimates show that, in real terms, it has never been cheaper to ship goods in Australia.

Published 11 March 2025 | All modes | Cost | Infrastructure | Interstate | National | Vehicle

Freight Measurement and Modelling in Australia aims to summarise the existing state of knowledge on freight in Australia and to present the time series data, analysis...

Published 11 March 2025 | All modes | Bulk | Commodity | Container | Domestic | Forecast | Infrastructure | Modelling | National | Vehicle | Volume

Up until the early 1960s, railways dominated all but the shortest land-based freight task. Since then, vast improvements in road vehicle productivity and road infrast...

Published 11 March 2025 | Commodity | Interstate | Intrastate | Modelling | National | Rail | Road

Increasingly in Australia, trucking is an essential feature of economic activity, with road being the only mode possible for much freight traffic (eg in cities), and ...

Published 11 March 2025 | Congestion | Modelling | National | Rail | Road | Traffic | Vehicle