Comparative neutrality between road and rail.

[mauried@tpg.com.au (Maurie Daly)]

For those of you interested in this sort of thing here is a real gem
of a publication from the BTE.
http://www.bte.gov.au/publist3.htm
The publication is titled
1999 Competitive Neutrality Between Road and Rail, Working Paper 40 

A couple of amazing snippets .
RAC charges on average 0.87 c /gtk .
Not surprising they want to keep their charges secret,given that these
charges are around triple ARTCs charges.

Also not surprisingly heavy trucks dont pay their fair share ,and
light weight fixed axle trucks are overcharged.

But heres the real killer.
Even if heavy trucks were forced to pay their fair share ,they would
only be required to pay around 0.67 c/gtk , which is still lower than
RACs charges , ie in NSW , rail would still be uncompetetive.

Its heavy reading but worth it.

MD