Resources

Integrated transport and land-use planning is recognised as a critically important component of reducing transport emissions and creating an urban environment that achieves broader social, economic and environmental outcomes.

In New Zealand, we use two models to estimate fuel use, which can be used to predict vehicle emissions.

Land transport infrastructure has been identified as a major contributor to climate change through the carbon emissions generated from the infrastructure itself (upfront construction emissions and maintenance emissions) and the use of it (operational…

Anecdotal evidence from recent transport projects suggests that resource consenting processes and resulting environmental requirements can vary from project to project.

The purpose of this research was to better understand transport sector requirements in relation to the access, supply, demand and use of aggregates to enable sustainable sourcing of materials.

This research was conducted to identify the technical, economic, commercial and environmental issues around the use of crumb rubber from used tyres as an additive to bitumen for pavement surfacings.

Gaps have been identified in the ability of emission models to predict real-world emissions from New Zealand light and heavy vehicles.

Good decision making requires best science in understanding the baseline, in this case of light vehicle use out to 2035, in developing strategy, policy and activities to reduce car dependency.

Time series econometric models were developed to understand past trends and to enable forecasts of future trends of different modes based on current policy settings.

This research was undertaken to improve our understanding of particulate matter from vehicle brake and tyre wear and road surface dust from sealed surfaces, known as non-tailpipe particulate emissions, which can cause both human health impacts when d…