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To improve the efficiency of the road transport industry in New Zealand, a range of mass limit increases for heavy vehicles has been proposed.

This report summarises research undertaken in Christchurch, New Zealand, between October 2001 and May 2002, to evaluate automatic bicycle counting technologies.

This study was undertaken to update the National Roads Board Economic Appraisal Manual (1986), which was superceded by Transit New Zealand's Project Evaluation Manual (1991).

This research investigated improved methods for forecasting car ownership and use in New Zealand.

The objective of this project, carried out in 2001, was to investigate the design of an operational scale device for testing the 'road-friendliness' of heavy vehicle suspensions.

This report describes the outcomes of a study commissioned by the NZ Transport Agency to inform local authorities about the costs and benefits of transport modes.

The effects of reducing the discount rate used in evaluations of initiatives funded from the National Land Transport Fund (NLTF) were assessed during 2007–09.

This report describes the results of a project, carried out in 2000–01, to investigate the enhancements carried out to road deterioration (RD) and works effects (WE) models included in the predictive pavement modelling system, HDM-4, with respect to …

To assist in meeting climate change commitments, there is a target to reduce the per-capita greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from transport to half the 2007 levels by 2040.

This research project, undertaken in 2006 to 2008, confirms that traffic can force water through first-coat chipseal surfacings that do not visually show signs of cracking.