Oz Transport

Oz transport is one of the more complex  dilemmas facing the Australian government when it comes to both urban planning as well as logistics. This is because Australia – along with countries like the United States has a huge land area along with a very low population density. The problem of transport then becomes clear due to the lack of public transport.

Australia has the world’s largest per capita road allocation as well as the highest per capita fuel consumption. For logistics, this means that businesses have to depend excessively on road transport for freight thereby increasing costs and being unable to make use of large scale infrastructure. Private freight is commonly carried via road on road trains.

Perhaps the most telling sign of Oz transport woes is the slow growth of Australia’s exports compared to the rest of the world. It’s not that there’s nothing to export – quite the contrary. Nor is there a problem with getting goods off the continent – Australia’s shipping system is most capable. The problem arises while transferring goods like coal onto the delivery systems and it’s here that the bottleneck manifests itself. With road transport being unable to fully provide goods at a speedy rate, the railway system is also insufficient.

In this site, we delve into the intricacies of Oz transport a bit more.