This report takes a detailed look at the social and economic costs of congestion to Auckland’s lifestyle and economy.

This is the first in a series of papers on transport network pricing from Infrastructure Victoria’s research program. The overall aim of this series is to examine the options, challenges and opportunities for transport network pricing in Victoria. This paper outlines the problems with the current approach to transport pricing in Victoria, and the benefits...

This paper discusses the next wave of digital technology adoption that can potentially be substitutive for physical infrastructure. In particular, we examine the impact of emerging information and communications technologies (ICT) on the demand for roads over the next three to four decades.

Recent research in Perth, Western Australia has found that the risk of emergency department presentation for asthma is higher among children who live closer to major urban centres such as Perth and Fremantle. However, an increase in socio-economic status is also strongly associated with proximity to these areas.

Many see traffic jams as a fact of city life, but its root cause is overuse of a common resource – the urban road network. Putting a price on access to roads at busy times could encourage individuals to change their travel plans, according to this report. Most roads are nominally ‘free’ to drive on...