Most people think of congestion as something that affects them personally, but as these documents show, congestion hurts everyone through the way that it holds up the flow of people and goods.
Road and Rail Freight Infrastructure Pricing
Productivity Commission Inquiry Report
No. 41, 22 December 2006
Review of Urban Congestion Trends, Impacts and Solutions
Report prepared for the Council of Australian Governments by the Competition and Regulation Working Group
December 2006
Study of Successful Congestion Management Approaches and the Role of Charging, Taxes, Levies and Infrastructure and Service Pricing in Travel Demand Management
Consultancy Report Prepared for COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENTS REVIEW OF URBAN CONGESTION TRENDS, IMPACTS AND SOLUTIONS by Booz Allen Hamilton
November 2006
FreightSmart
Consultancy Report Prepared for COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENTS REVIEW OF URBAN CONGESTION TRENDS, IMPACTS AND SOLUTIONS by IMIS, John G Edhouse & Associates, Paul Garth and Masson Wilson Twiney
October 2006
AusLink Urban Arterial Road Network Congestion Review: Traffic Management Systems (Non-Freeways)
Consultancy Report Prepared for COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENTS REVIEW OF URBAN CONGESTION TRENDS, IMPACTS AND SOLUTIONS by Maunsell Australia
Traffic Management Systems for Australian Urban Freeways
Consultancy Report Prepared for COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENTS REVIEW OF URBAN CONGESTION TRENDS, IMPACTS AND SOLUTIONS by ARRB Consulting and SJ Wright & Associates
August 2006
Estimating urban traffic and congestion cost trends for Australian cities
Bureau of Transport and Regional Economics (BTRE)
Working Paper No 71
Energy Efficiency, Congestion and Productivity
See some useful figures for transport related energy efficiency.
http://strickland.ca/efficiency.html