Resources

This report records part of a research programme on tourism benefits from sealing unsealed roads to address concerns raised that the Transit New Zealand project evaluation procedures may not fully account for benefits arising from improving roads in …

A series of Powerpoint slides contributed from across the NZ Transport Agency describing examples of value for money.

The results of an experimental study carried out in 1993 of the use of riprap to protect bridge piers against scour are presented.

A research project was undertaken in 1994 to investigate motorists' perceptions of discomfort and risk factors associated with using unsealed roads in New Zealand.

Social severance is the general term applied to the negative effects that roads and their traffic have on social interaction.

This report presents a road geometry survey of the New Zealand highway system and the subsequent use of the data to model the relationship between highway features and relative crash risk.

The report presents a definition of the scope and coverage of an ideal manual for the design of roading structures to meet the needs of Transit New Zealand and compares the present Transit New Zealand Bridge Manual and the 1992 Austroads Bridge Desig…

Full title: Understanding the transport-mediated impacts of new highways on community connectedness and severance – a New Zealand case study.

The British Pendulum Tester (BPT) is used to assess the skid resistance of road surfaces.

This study investigates the cost effectiveness of conventional and alternative construction and maintenance procedures for unsealed roadways.