ASSESSMENT OF THE AUSTRALIAN ROAD SYSTEM: PROVISION OF ROADS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS

This paper has been prepared to provide input to the major Australian road system study conducted by the Bureau of Transport Economics, the results of which are presented in the report "Assessment of the Australian Road System: 1984" (see TRIS No. 389230). Local transport makes use of the whole variety of road classes, local, arterial and so on. Thus, this paper focusses on the total road system in terms of its use for local transport purposes. Obviously the class of roads known as "local roads" forms a significant proportion of the system examined, but the examination is not confined to local roads. Due to the general lack of available detailed information on roads for local transport as well as a lack of appropriate methodology, an approach to the analysis of local road transport, which did not rely on economic assessment methods, was required. This paper presents an approach which evaluates the degree of equity between local government areas in terms of the provision of roads. The findings lend support to the hypothesis that equity between local government areas in regard to road usage has been a major determinant of the level of provision of roads in each local government area. The statistical analysis reveals that the provision of roads for local government areas with similar characteristics is fairly consistent across the nation and that most anomalies (ie mismatched areas) seem to be related to areas where some form of structural change is taking or has taken place. (TRRL)

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• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 73 p.
• Serial:
  • Issue Number: 62

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Demand; Development; Equity; Evaluation and assessment; Financing; Highways; Improvements; Investments; Level of service; Local government agencies; Methodology; Networks; Planning; Roads; Rural areas; Statistical analysis; Statistics; Streets; Urban areas; Vehicles
• Candidate Terms: Highway economics
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road networks
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• Old TRIS Terms: Local street
• ITRD Terms: 8006: Australia; 226: Cost benefit analysis; 285: Demand (econ); 9013: Development; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 244: Financing; 2755: Highway; 9108: Improvement; 227: Investment; 653: Level of service; 192: Local authority; 9102: Method; 143: Planning; 1053: Road network; 328: Rural area; 6555: Statistics; 313: Urban area; 1255: Vehicle
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Data and Information Technology; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Society; Vehicles and Equipment; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00394823
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Jul 31 1985 12:00AM