TRANSPORT DISRUPTIONS CAUSED BY INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES: COMMUTER TRAVEL IN THE SYDNEY METROPOLITAN REGION DURING THE RAIL STRIKES

Resolution of the state-wide rail strike on January 28, 1985 represented the end of the ninth industrial dispute since January, 1980 that disrupted rail services in the Sydney metropolitan region. This paper attempts to describe the responses of both commuters and the traffic authorities in coping with the withdrawal of rail services. It also analyses the change in road traffic conditions during rail strikes by studying the situation before, during and after the nineteen-day strike of June-July, 1983. The traffic counts used in this statistical analysis were collected at ten traffic signal sites in the metropolitan region that formed part of the computerised Sydney Co-ordinated Adaptive Traffic System (SCATS). (Author/TRRL)

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • 10th Australian Transport Research Forum, Melbourne, Australia, 13-15 May 1985.
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  Melbourne, Victoria  Australia 
• Authors:
  • Clunas, K J
  • Black, J A
• Publication Date: 1985

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 145-164
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Australian Road Research Board
  • Publisher: ARRB
  • ISSN: 1445-4467

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Before and after studies; Behavior; Commuters; Conferences; Districts and authorities; Emergencies; Personnel; Planning; Railroad transportation; Service discontinuance; Strikes; Traffic; Traffic flow; Transfer points; Transfers; Transportation departments; Transportation modes; Urban areas; Work trips
• Uncontrolled Terms: Selection
• Geographic Terms: Australia; Sydney (Australia)
• Old TRIS Terms: Changed conditions; Officials; Response
• ITRD Terms: 8006: Australia; 9148: Before and after study; 9001: Behaviour; 1195: Change (transp); 8525: Conference; 2184: Emergency; 621: Journey to work; 143: Planning; 1173: Rail bound transport; 9072: Selection; 671: Traffic flow; 253: Transport authority; 1145: Transport mode; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00452117
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• ISBN: 0-86910-175-7
• Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Dec 31 1985 12:00AM