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This paper reports on the conduct of the continuous Household Travel Survey (HTS) which has been conducted in Sydney, Australia since June 1997. Prior to that date household travel surveys had been conducted in Sydney on a 10 yearly cycle since 1971. The continuous Sydney HTS is conducted by the NSW Department of Transport and provides important information for understanding the trends in travel behaviour in the Greater Sydney Metropolitan Region and as input to the Sydney Strategic Travel Model for forecasting travel patterns. It is conducted using a face to face interview of all members of selected households with full trip details being collected for a 24 hour period. * Household population benchmarks are from the 1996 Census of Population and Housing conducted by the Australian Bureau Statistics, every 5 years. Annual Estimated Resident Population (ERP) figures also produced by the Australian Bureau Statistics. 19.

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This paper is based on a study undertaken for the New South Wales Department of Transport in 1991 to examine the cost of providing transport services for the aged and those with disabilities through the Community Transport program. A sample of Community Transport Projects in N.S.W. country and metropolitan areas was studies in detail and data collected on the costs of operating the modes which they used to provide transport for the aged and disabled. A cost model was then developed to determine the factors which influence the cost per vehicle kilometre for each service delivery based on the data collected. Discussions were also held with users of the service to determine the quality of service provided by each of the modes. The results of this study are discussed within the context of the changes which have occurred in the N.S.W. bus industry as a result of the 1990 Passenger Transport Act which now gives operators greater opportunity to plan services to meet the needs of the market in their local area.