Charting Transport

I’ve recently completed my big annual refresh of the Trends pages on Charting Transport (accessible from the Trends menu above).

In my last post on this topic, I asked the question: who drives to work in major Australian city CBDs?

In the last few months I’ve been updating the Trends pages on Charting Transport with new data from BITRE, ABS, and other sources.

Central Business District (CBD) generally have expensive car parking, congested radial roads, and public transport that is usually frequent, direct, and often fast.

It’s now much easier to find the latest key transport and city trends on Charting Transport.

Australia is just starting to shift toward electric vehicles.

A lot of published transport analysis – including on this blog – has been gender-blind.

I’ve been exploring why younger adults are more likely to use public transport, looking at data sets available for Melbourne.

[Updated 29 March 2024: Capital city per-capita charts updated using estimated residential population data for June 2023] What’s the latest data telling us about transport trends in Australia?

Having previously analysed commuting distances in Melbourne and Victoria, this post turns attention to other Australian cities.