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Research Education And Training Table

National Land Transport Programme (NLTP) - 2008/09 Research, education and training

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Research, education and training | June 2008

Table 3: 2007/08 list of approved activities

Research organisation Project title
Total NLTA funding ($000)
Previous NLTA funding ($000)
2008/09 NLTA ($000)
2009/10 NLTA ($000)
2010/11 NLTA ($000)
Research  
Committed - existing activities
Environmental effects
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Science Ltd (NIWA) Enhancing the control of contaminants from New Zealand's roads                
169.7
                 
96.5
                 
73.2
                    
-  
                    
-  
Sustainable land transport
CJN Technologies Climate change effects on the land transport network                 
250.0
               
150.0
               
100.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
IMISE and Kissling Consulting  Improving commercial vehicle fuel efficiency monitoring                  
90.0
                 
50.0
                 
40.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
Travel behaviour
Transport Engineering Research New Zealand Ltd (TERNZ) Overcoming barriers to cycling to and from school                
109.3
                 
70.5
                 
38.9
                    
-  
                    
-  
Safety and personal security
Opus Central Laboratories Improved delineation: a new method of assessing the effect of better delineation on driving                
143.0
               
127.0
                 
16.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
Transport Engineering Research New Zealand Ltd (TERNZ) School bus safety                
155.0
                 
72.0
                 
83.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
Beca Infrastructure  Rural crash prediction models - next generation                
165.0
               
109.0
                 
56.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
Opus Central Laboratories Improved effectiveness and innovation for audio tactile profiled roadmarkings                
150.0
                 
60.0
                 
90.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
Network management
University of Canterbury Effectiveness of incident management on network reliability - Stage 2                
170.0
                 
90.0
                 
80.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
Opus Central Laboratories Minimum design parameters for cycle connectivity                
134.5
                 
89.0
                 
45.5
                    
-  
                    
-  
Opus Central Laboratories Improved rate-of-rotation design limits                
110.0
                 
60.0
                 
50.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
Asset management
Transit New Zealand What Asphalt Surfacing Should be Used and How to Ensure it Meets its Design Life                
190.0
               
165.0
                 
25.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
University of Canterbury Tyre/road contact stress distributions measured and modeled in three coordinate directions                
129.0
               
104.5
                 
24.5
                    
-  
                    
-  
Fulton Hogan Limited Investigating the Contribution of Sealing Chip Application Rates to the Early Failure of Chip Seals                  
78.6
                 
56.6
                 
22.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
MWH New Zealand Ltd/ University of Auckland Rationalisation of the strength definition and quantification of NZ roads based on falling weight deflectometer tests (FWD)                  
90.0
                 
60.0
                 
30.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
Opus Central Laboratories Design moisture condition guidelines for pavement design and material assessment                  
75.0
                 
60.0
                 
15.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
Opus Central Laboratories Resealing strategies to increase seal life and prevent seal layer instability                
135.0
                 
45.0
                 
90.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
Opus Central Laboratories The influence of binder rise in reducing tyre-road friction                  
67.5
                 
42.5
                 
25.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
Opus Central Laboratories Long life porous asphalt                
130.0
                 
95.0
                 
10.0
                 
25.0
                    
-  
Opus Central Laboratories Multi-grade bitumens                
134.0
               
100.0
                   
8.0
                   
8.0
                 
18.0
Pavespec Ltd Development of a basecourse/sub base design criterion                
100.4
                 
75.4
                 
25.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
Pavespec Ltd Pavement thickness design charts derived from rut depth models                  
96.0
                 
42.0
                 
54.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
Category 2 - new activities
Environmental effects
University of Canterbury Determination of personal exposure to traffic pollution while travelling by different modes                
127.9
                    
-  
                 
73.1
                 
54.8
                    
-  
Opus Central Laboratories Environmental and financial costs and benefits of warm asphalts                  
43.0
                    
-  
                 
28.0
                 
15.0
                    
-  
Sustainable land transport
University of Otago/University of Auckland/Massey University/Synergia Health effects of intervening in the trip to work                  
20.5
                    
-  
                   
8.2
                   
8.2
                   
4.1
NIWA Integrated local environmental and health impact analysis of land transport emissions                
135.2
                    
-  
                 
82.0
                 
53.2
                    
-  
Quigley and Watts/Martin Ward Applying health impact assessment to land transport studies: how, when and why?                  
65.0
                    
-  
                 
65.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
Massey University Public transport network planning: an Australasian guide to best practice                  
95.0
                    
-  
                 
95.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
Fitzgerald Applied Sociology Addressing the social impacts of poor access to transport in rural New Zealand                
125.0
                    
-  
               
125.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
TERNZ Low emission, fuel efficient vehicles                  
71.0
                    
-  
                 
71.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
Booz Allen Hamilton Demand-responsiveness passenger transport in low demand situations                
115.0
                    
-  
               
115.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
Massey University Attitudes and behaviour in relation to public transport: a study of trends in passenger transport usage in New Zealand's non-metropolitan regions                  
89.0
                    
-  
                 
89.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
Ian Wallis Associates Appraisal of the effectiveness of increased public transport funding                  
88.0
                    
-  
                 
88.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
Ian Wallis Associates Experience with the development of off-peak public transport services                  
87.0
                    
-  
                 
87.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
Ian Wallis Associates The costs of congestion reappraised                  
98.0
                    
-  
                 
98.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
Pinnacle Research and Policy/Capital Research Ltd Slow zones: their impact on mode choice and travel behaviour                  
59.0
                    
-  
                 
59.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
Pinnacle Research and Policy/Ian Wallis Associates How does central city intensification impact on people's travel behaviour? Do people live where they work and play?                  
79.0
                    
-  
                 
79.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
Pinnacle Research and Policy/Ian Wallis Associates A wider look at how travellers value the quality and quantity of travel time                  
58.0
                    
-  
                 
58.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
Travel behaviour
Tau Squared Ltd  Incorporating travel time reliability in the estimation of assignment models                  
50.0
                    
-  
                 
50.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
University of Canterbury Travel demand behaviour change with increasing fuel price as a function of affluence for a similar activity cohort                
140.0
                    
-  
                 
85.0
                 
55.0
                    
-  
University of Canterbury An assessment of the type of cycle infrastructure required to attract new cyclists                  
79.1
                    
-  
                 
79.1
                    
-  
                    
-  
Capital Research/Pinnacle Research Improving evaluation and monitoring through better understanding of kilometres travelled and vehicle occupancy in urban areas                  
73.0
                    
-  
                 
73.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
Massey University/Otago Polytechnic "I'll just take the car" - how can the urban environment and bicycle transportation be improved to discourage automobile use for short trips?                
118.0
                    
-  
                 
51.4
                 
66.6
                    
-  
Ian Wallis Associates Improving bus service reliability                   
95.0
                    
-  
                 
95.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
Safety and personal security
NZ Police Rural drink-driving enforcement in the Southern Police District                  
43.5
                    
-  
                 
43.5
                    
-  
                    
-  
Opus International Consultants Effectiveness of transverse road markings on reducing vehicle speeds                  
68.5
                    
-  
                 
47.5
                 
21.0
                    
-  
Opus Central Laboratories Introduction of improved methods for measurement of the road reflection properties of road surfaces to improve safety                
115.0
                    
-  
                 
95.0
                 
20.0
                    
-  
Opus Central Laboratories Determining the mechanisms and types of non-motor vehicle injuries to pedestrians using the transport system, and indicated infrastructural implications                  
75.0
                    
-  
                 
40.0
                 
35.0
                    
-  
Opus Central Laboratories Investigation of passing lane safety benefits, including upstream and downstream areas                  
80.0
                    
-  
                 
65.0
                 
15.0
                    
-  
TERNZ Improving transport around schools                  
96.0
                    
-  
                 
59.0
                 
37.0
                    
-  
Beca Infrastructure Gap acceptance accident prediction models                  
85.9
                    
-  
                 
85.9
                    
-  
                    
-  
Traffic Engineering Solutions Evaluation of the C-Roundabout - a new design tool for economically improving safety and capacity at urban road junctions                  
46.0
                    
-  
                 
46.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
Traffic Engineering Solutions Improved multi-lane roundabout designs for all road users                
121.0
                    
-  
                 
69.0
                 
52.0
                    
-  
Risk management
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Auckland Seismic design of NZ highway bridges under non-uniform multiple support ground excitations                  
38.5
                    
-  
                 
12.9
                 
16.0
                   
9.6
University of Canterbury Benchmarking the readiness of Road Controlling Authorities to meet their obligations under the CDEM Act 2002                  
75.6
                    
-  
                 
28.4
                 
47.1
                    
-  
RIMS Group/NAMS Group Case studies and best practice guidelines for risk management on road networks                  
65.0
                    
-  
                 
65.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
Network management  
GHD Ltd Transit lane or bus lane?                  
85.0
                    
-  
                 
85.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
Opus Central Laboratories/Fulton Hogan Minimising traffic delay during resealing                  
80.0
                    
-  
                 
65.0
                 
15.0
                    
-  
Asset management
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Auckland  Decision tool to mitigate prestressed concrete bridge corrosion                  
60.0
                    
-  
                 
30.0
                 
20.0
                 
10.0
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Auckland Design of prestressed concrete bridges to resist shear                  
42.0
                    
-  
                 
28.0
                   
4.0
                 
10.0
Pavespec Ltd Development of tensile fatigue pavement design criteria for modified aggregates                  
82.0
                    
-  
                 
55.5
                 
26.5
                    
-  
University of Auckland Earthquake resistant design of bridges - abutment/backfill influences on response and retrofit decisions                  
30.0
                    
-  
                 
10.0
                 
10.0
                 
10.0
University of Auckland Retrofit assessment of bridge pile foundations                  
30.0
                    
-  
                 
10.0
                 
10.0
                 
10.0
University of Auckland/Opus Intl Consultants Data collection and monitoring strategies for asset management of NZ road bridges                
105.0
                    
-  
                 
60.0
                 
45.0
                    
-  
Pavement Management Services/R&D Consultants/University of Auckland Enhancing the application of roughness measurement and deterioration                
130.0
                    
-  
                 
55.0
                 
75.0
                    
-  
Opus Central Laboratories Pavement rehabilitation initiation                
105.0
                    
-  
                 
46.0
                 
59.0
                    
-  
Opus Central Laboratories Screening bridges for potentially high dynamic loads using profile variance                  
59.0
                    
-  
                 
59.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
Opus Central Laboratories Concrete pile durability in South Island bridges                
123.0
                    
-  
                 
25.0
                 
80.0
                 
18.0
Opus Central Laboratories/EDI Works Asphalt durability                
170.0
                    
-  
                 
55.0
               
115.0
                    
-  
Transit NZ/Opus International Consultants/University of Auckland Are chipseals waterproof enough on high volume roads?              
1,073.0
                    
-  
               
345.0
               
498.0
               
230.0
Research
External delivers Editing and publishing of research programme newsletters and reports                     
-  
                    
-  
               
146.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
Various Directed research funding allocation                     
-  
                    
-  
               
259.4
                    
-  
                    
-  
Education  
Committed - existing activities
External deliverer RoadSense - Ata Haere                     
-  
                    
-  
             
2,060.1
                    
-  
                    
-  
Advertising agencies Advertising for safe use of the land transport system                     
-  
                    
-  
           
15,672.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
External deliverer Advertising for sustainable use of the land transport system                     
-  
                    
-  
             
2,000.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
External deliverer Development of a Walkwise Programme                     
-  
                    
-  
               
250.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
Safe with Age NZ (SWANZ) Safe with Age Programme                     
-  
                    
-  
               
247.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
External deliverer “Getting There” Information Centre                      
-  
                    
-  
               
150.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
External deliverer "Getting There" Implementation Plan                     
-  
                    
-  
                 
50.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
External deliverer "Getting There" Implementation Plan - Share the road                     
-  
                    
-  
                 
50.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
External deliverer "Getting There" Implementation Plan - Neighbourhood travel plans                     
-  
                    
-  
                 
25.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
External deliverer Walking & Cycling Model Communities                      
-  
                    
-  
               
200.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
External deliverer Road Controlling Authorities Benchmarking Programme                      
-  
                    
-  
                 
50.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
External deliverer Strengthening User Group Networks Programme                     
-  
                    
-  
               
400.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
External deliverer Long-distance Cycle Networks Investigation Project                     
-  
                    
-  
                 
25.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
External deliverer Expansion of road user training and education related to pedestrians and cyclists                     
-  
                    
-  
               
180.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
External deliverer Bikewise                     
-  
                    
-  
               
276.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
External deliverer Australasian New Car Assessment Programme (ANCAP) - website                     
-  
                    
-  
               
150.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
External deliverer Used car assessment programme - Used Car Safety Rating (USCR)                     
-  
                    
-  
                 
34.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
External deliverer Used car assessment programme - Vehicle data for website (Red Books)                     
-  
                    
-  
                 
20.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
External deliverer Website - Car safety and sustainability information                     
-  
                    
-  
                 
35.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
Training  
Committed - existing activities
University of Auckland Masters Degree Programme                     
-  
                    
-  
               
195.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
University of Canterbury Masters Degree Programme                     
-  
                    
-  
               
195.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
NZIHT Bachelor Degree Programme                     
-  
                    
-  
                 
60.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
InfraTrain Training in pavement construction                     
-  
                    
-  
               
500.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
Andrew Justice Scholarship Mechanical Engineering Study (offered every second year commencing 2007/08)                     
-  
                    
-  
 
                    
-  
                    
-  
Universities of Auckland and Canterbury Engineering scholarships/awards to Universities                     
-  
                    
-  
                 
30.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
External deliverer Foundation Certificate in Injury Prevention                     
-  
                    
-  
                 
37.5
                    
-  
                    
-  
External deliverer Professional development for Co-ordinators                     
-  
                    
-  
                 
20.0
                    
-  
                    
-  
External deliverer Implementing Land Transport NZ's Training Strategy                     
-  
                    
-  
                 
20.0
                    
-  
                    
-