Understanding freight in Perth
The principal aim of this study is to produce a comprehensive, high level, overview of the nature of road freight activity in metropolitan Perth. The lack of generally available data on the usage of road freight vehicles makes freight a difficult area to research. However, it is possible to derive some information from economic activity data series such as business enterprise counts, Census data and land use data, augmented with observations from the field in order to develop a qualitative and quantitative assessment of the major patterns of freight usage across the metropolitan Perth geographical area. Aside from establishing these basic patterns, it is also the aim of this study to estimate the role played by freight cost and convenience considerations for individual businesses of various types in their decisions regarding location of their premises. This aspect is particularly important for planners in the design of future industrial land releases, especially in the context of decisions regarding the development and support of new intermodal terminals in some outer suburban areas, to cater for road and rail freight needs of a larger city in future decades.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Published in February 2018
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Corporate Authors:
Planning and Transport Research Centre (PATREC)
35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Perth, Western Australia 6009, Australia
Perth, Western Australia -
Authors:
- Hoffman, T
- McLeod, S
- Curtis, C
- BRAUN, H
- Biermann, S
- Publication Date: 2017-11
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: 124p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Costs; Economic analysis; Freight transportation; Intermodal transportation; Planning; Transportation planning; Urban areas
- Uncontrolled Terms: Freight transport logistics; Policy and planning; Transport costs
- Geographic Terms: Australia; Perth (Australia)
- ATRI Terms: Economic analysis; Freight transport; Intermodal transport; Transport costs; Transport planning; Urban area
- ITRD Terms: 263: Economics of transport; 1112: Freight transport; 1121: Intermodal transport (freight)
- Subject Areas: Economics; Freight Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01669476
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: ARRB
- Files: ITRD, ATRI
- Created Date: May 21 2018 10:53AM