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This report reviews research literature and published evidence regarding the value for money of urban public transport enhancements.

Research for this project identified and developed a range of traffic analysis software suitable for New Zealand use to evaluate urban road improvement schemes.

The report presents a background to the design traffic data included in the New Zealand Supplement to the AUSTROADS Guide.

An investigation into the feasibility of increasing the legal loads for heavy vehicles on New Zealand roads was begun in 1993.

This literature review was undertaken in 1995 with two main objectives: to develop a means of assessing the need for increased passing opportunity in the preliminary stages of a scheme evaluation to evaluate the tools available to predict the effects…

This research used video surveillance of 1245 cyclists in New Zealand at pinch points to determine the relationship between the remaining lane or shoulder width and the likelihood of cyclists traversing the edge line into the motorised vehicle stream…

Roads have a link function based on movement, and a place function based on being a destination in their own right.

Transport infrastructure and network planning must now consider oil shocks and future demand growth for more energy efficient transport modes.

The NZ Transport Agency has been using performance indicator analysis and levels of service reporting for some years to assist with funding allocation, monitoring the application of funds and ensuring these are spent appropriately.

The objective of this research (undertaken in 2010–12) was to provide urban bus operators and public transport contracting authorities in New Zealand with practical guidance on methods for diagnosis of urban bus service (un)reliability, the causes of…