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The performance of ocean cruising in Australia and future prospects
Published 1991-01-01Transport researchers can gain important insights into traveller behaviour by examining the cruising phenomenon, and policy makers, especially those concerned with ports and maritime matters, need to be able to evaluate ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Performance evaluation in passenger transportation: what are relevant measures?
Published 1991-01-01Measuring and monitoring the performance and productivity of passenger transportation has become a popular activity within public and private transit organisations. This lecture evaluates some of the indicators of performance ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Developments in surface passenger transport. Implications for tourism
Published 1991-01-01This paper was presented at the 1991 Tourism Outlook Forum (Australian Tourism Research Institute). It examines the state of play in the surface passenger transport system and comments on the implications of developments ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
PRIVATISATION AND DEREGULATION OF PASSENGER TRANSPORT: A SUMMING UP
Published 1991-02-01Open AccessWorking Paper -
THE ROLE OF STATED PREFERENCES AND DISCRETE CHOICE MODELS IN IDENTIFYING COMMUNITY PREFERENCES FOR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT DEVICES
Published 1991-08-01Responsible local governments recognise the need to be sensitive to the local environmental implications of decisions taken in the course of developing strategies to ensure the efficient use of scarce resources. Rather ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
The Spatial Distribution of Retail Expenditures: Joint Estimation of a Polychotomous Discrete-Continuous Choice System.
Published 1991-08-01A polychotomous discrete-continuous choice system of the spatial distribution of retail expenditures is jointly estimated which allows the imposition of cross-equation restrictions between functions describing discrete and ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Total Factor Productivity Growth and Endogenous Demand: Establishing a Benchmark Index for the Selection of Operational Performance Measures in Public Bus Firms
Published 1991-11-01Performance measurement in the public sector is recognised as important for tracking progress. The selection of indicators of performance is somewhat arbitrary, and made difficult by the absence of any benchmarks for ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
A comparative assessment of the productivity of Australia’s rail systems 1971/72 - 1990/91
Published 1992-01-01There is a recognition that Australia’s rail systems, as the major recipient of government subsidy, have to improve their performance and become more cost efficient. Any policy designed to reduce costs must consider the ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
ESTIMATING THE DEMAND FOR PACKAGED TRAVEL FOR A PROPOSED HIGH-SPEED SURFACE TRANSPORT SYSTEM USING STATED RESPONSE METHODS
Published 1992-01-01Open AccessWorking Paper -
PATRONAGE ANALYSIS FOR ELECTRONIC TICKETING SYSTEMS
Published 1992-01-01Open AccessWorking Paper -
Safety and productivity in the long distance trucking industry
Published 1992-01-01Media attention to truck safety in recent years has highlighted the lack of scientific evidence on the real causes of heavy vehicle crashes. The paper examines the hypothesis that the underlying causes of unsafe on-road ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
THE EFFECTS OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT CHANGE IN RURAL NEW SOUTH WALES
Published 1992-01-01Policies of deregulation, privatisation and, especially, rationalisation are being increasingly adopted as mechanisms for a competitive and more market oriented approach to transport supply, particularly in rural areas. ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
SELLING TRAVEL AS PART OF A PACKAGE. IMPLICATIONS FOR TRANSPORT RESEARCH.
Published 1992-01-01The selling of long-distance travel as a package has its origins in the latter half of the last century and the practice has been instrumental in turning travel into a consumer item. Packaging is found to be significant ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
The role of stated preferences and discrete- choice models in identifying individual preferences for traffic management devices
Published 1992-01-01Responsible local governments recognize the need to be sensitive to the local environmental implications of decisions taken in the course of developing strategies to ensure the efficient use of scarce resources. Rather ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Urban transport directions: challenges for future research
Published 1992-01-01Urban transport research and planning is facing some major challenges. There is a new realism emerging which is recognising that it is not possible to construct enough capacity to match projected growth in traffic, especially ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
APPROACHING A DYNAMIC URBAN TRANSIT DEMAND MODEL FOR SYDNEY
Published 1992-01-01Urban Australia has seen a continuing movement away from public transit. In 1988 over 95% of all passenger kilometres in the Sydney Metropolitan area were by car and truck. There is now a growing recognition of the costs ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
COMPASS AIRLINES: 1 December 1990 To 20 December 1991
Published 1992-03-01Open AccessWorking Paper -
Privatisation of public transit: lessons from the wider experience
Published 1992-03-01Road-based public transport internationally is increasingly exposed to the economic elements of competition, private ownership and tendered operations as part of a strategy by governments to improve the efficiency of service ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Transport planning, markets and government: challenges for the future
Published 1992-03-01Open AccessWorking Paper -
DEVELOPMENTS IN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION: WHAT ARE SOUTHERN AFRICA'S STRATEGIC OPTIONS ?
Published 1992-06-01This paper presents and analyses the major structural and operational changes in international civil aviation that are currently occurring. Out of the plethora of these changes are some that will have a greater impact than ...Open Access