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Research Report 625 Use of technology to measure and improve freight movements

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Category: Environmental impacts of land transport , Research programme , Research & reports | Audience: General

The advance of technology has created several rich sources of data to analyse road network performance and freight patterns.

Cycling strategic assessment

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Category: Strategy , Walking & cycling , Corporate publications | Audience: General

This strategic assessment outlines why we are investing more in cycling and working with our partners and stakeholders to make cycling a safer and more attractive transport choice.

Research report 420 Improving school travel systems

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Category: Safety, security and public health , Research programme , Research & reports | Audience: General

The purpose of this research, carried out between 2008 and 2010, was to investigate the evidence for prioritising school travel initiatives, and to develop an evidence-based toolkit for the design of school travel systems, to supplement existing scho…

Research Report 042 The bonding of new to old concrete bridge decks as affected by vehicular traffic

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Category: Activity management , Research programme , Research & reports | Audience: General

This project, undertaken in 1992, simulated the situation when a bridge is widened with a new concrete extension and then, after a delay period, traffic continues to use the existing old concrete bridge while the extension is curing.

Research report 419 Attitudes and behaviour in relation to public transport in New Zealand's non-metropolitan regions

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Category: Sustainable land transport , Research programme , Research & reports | Audience: General

During the last decade, New Zealand's non-metropolitan regions have undergone significant demographic and economic changes as a result of migration and changing employment trends.

Research report 417 Auditing public transport accessibility in New Zealand

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Category: Transport demand management , Research programme , Research & reports | Audience: General

This research project, conducted in 2007–09, reviewed international best practice for auditing public transport (PT) accessibility, and developed and piloted a New Zealand-specific PT accessibility audit methodology.

Research report 416 Screening bridges for potentially high dynamic loads using profile variance

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Category: Activity management , Research programme , Research & reports | Audience: General

Profile variance, which is already listed in the NZ Transport Agency's RAMM database, is a measure of the difference between the actual road profile and its moving average over selected moving average lengths.

Research report 415 Case studies and best-practice guidelines for risk management on road networks

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Category: Natural hazard risk management , Research programme , Research & reports | Audience: General

The requirements of the 2002 Local Government Act have led to a greater emphasis on local authorities having a holistic approach to risk management.

Research report 414 Bike Now: encouraging cycle commuting in New Zealand

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Category: Transport demand management , Research programme , Research & reports | Audience: General

The aim of the Bike Now research project was to explore specific actions that could be undertaken in the workplace to encourage people to take up (and continue) cycling to work.

Research Report 153 Wavelength analysis of state highway longitudinal profiles

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Category: Activity management , Research programme , Research & reports | Audience: General

Over the past decade, the longitudinal profiling of wheelpaths has become routine with the advent of laser-based high-speed monitoring systems. A study was undertaken in 1998 to investigate the suitability of latest generation spectral analysis metho…