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Published: June 2024
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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…
Published: November 2020
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Anecdotal evidence from recent transport projects suggests that resource consenting processes and resulting environmental requirements can vary from project to project.
Published: August 2022
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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.
Published: September 2021
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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.
Published: February 2022
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Gaps have been identified in the ability of emission models to predict real-world emissions from New Zealand light and heavy vehicles.
Published: September 2022
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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.
Published: September 2022
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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.
Published: October 2021
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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…
Published: March 2023
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This research, undertaken in 2022, collected and collated knowledge from transitions to electric public transport to provide councils with guidance and 'lessons learned'.
Published: September 2019
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This research developed a framework to enable roading authorities to understand the value of meeting the requirements of environmental legislation for roading improvement projects.