Governments have spent unprecedented sums on transport infrastructure in the last decade. But mostly, they have not spent it wisely. Some of the additional spending can be attributed to unusual events such as the mining boom, the Global Financial Crisis and the Queensland floods. But even leaving these aside, too much money has been spent...

Federal Department of Employment discussion paper outlining options for reform of the Road Safety Remuneration System. The Department of Employment will be undertaking consultations during April 2016 on these options with industry stakeholders in locations around Australia, including regional centres.

Transport mobility is important in defining the population’s accessibility to services and facilities. Few studies have investigated the relationship between geographical accessibility of urban services for the population living in residential areas and socio-economic parameters. In this paper, the distribution of residential parcels is analysed from a rarely explored angle—that is, its location in relation...

The Road Safety Remuneration Act 2012 (RSR Act) required a review of its operation be conducted in the second half of 2015. The review was conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and completed in January 2016 to account for the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal’s most recent order issued on 18 December 2015.

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.