Road
A Framework for Assessing the Marginal External Accident Cost of Road Use and its Implications for Insurance Ratemaking
Discussion Paper,
30 June 2011
Moving Freight with Better Trucks
Research Report, Policy Insights,
18 April 2011
- The freight transport task is growing rapidly in most regions and requires effective utilisation of all modes of transport.
- The safety and environmental impacts of road haulage require regulatory intervention for optimal outcomes.
- Compliance can be improved greatly through legislation that assigns responsibility.
- Compliance regimes can be enhanced by exploiting technological innovations.
- A performance based approach to regulation offers the potential to meet community objectives for road freight transport more fully.
- Many higher capacity vehicles have equivalent or even better intrinsic safety characteristics in some respects than most common workhorse trucks.
- Truck crash energies mean safety regulation must pay particular attention to managing truck speeds and driver alertness and impairment.
- Higher capacity vehicles have potential to improve fuel efficiency and reduce emissions.
- Higher capacity vehicles can result in fewer vehicle-kilometres travelled.
- The lower unit costs offered by higher productivity trucks could result in increased overall demand for road freight transport and a transfer of freight from other modes.
- Road pricing systems can be developed to manage use of the transport network more efficiently.
- Road infrastructure and trucks need to be developed in concert.
- Significant opportunities for improvement of the regulation of heavy trucks have been identified.
Electric Vehicles: A Tentative Economic and Environmental Evaluation
Discussion Paper,
25 November 2010
What Sustainable Road Transport Future? Trends and Policy Options
Discussion Paper,
13 September 2010
So You're Considering Introducing Congestion Charging? Here's What You Need to Know
Discussion Paper,
4 February 2010
The Impact of Economic Instruments on the Auto Industry and the Consequences of Fragmenting Markets
Discussion Paper,
1 February 2010
Why the Market for New Passgenger Cars Generally Undervalues Fuel Economy
Discussion Paper,
1 January 2010
The Singapore Experience: The Evolution of Technologies, Cost and Benefits, and Lessons Learnt
Discussion Paper,
1 December 2009
Etat de la construction et du fonctionnement du marché des transports routiers de marchandises en Europe
Discussion Paper,
29 April 2009
The Construction and Operation of the Road Freight Transport Market in Europe
Discussion Paper,
29 April 2009
Transport Outlook 2008: Focusing on CO2 Emissions from Road Vehicles
Discussion Paper,
30 April 2008
Long Run Trends in Transport Demand, Fuel Price Elasticities and Implications of the Oil Outlook for Transport Policy
Discussion Paper,
1 December 2007