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Published: November 2022
Category:
Environmental sustainability
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Research programme
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Research & reports
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General
This research was undertaken to improve Waka Kotahi, and sector understanding about the benefits of integrated transport and land use planning and to provide a foundation for additional work to improve integrated planning processes, delivery, and out…
Published: August 2022
Category:
Environmental sustainability
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Research programme
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Research & reports
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Road controlling authorities,
Road traffic engineers & consultants,
Roading contractors
This research was commissioned to develop a scientific, life-cycle based understanding of the whole-of-life environmental impacts of different pavement designs, including use of recycled materials.
Published: August 2022
Category:
Environmental sustainability
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Research programme
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Research & reports
| Audience:
General
The aim of this study was to gather information from international literature and local case studies to help Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency and sector partners identify, assess, monitor and manage road edge effects on biodiversity.
Published: July 2019
Category:
Environmental sustainability
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Research programme
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Research & reports
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General
The purpose of the research was to better understand real-world fuel consumption and vehicle exhaust emissions from the New Zealand fleet and use this knowledge to improve the ability of the Transport Agency’s Vehicle Emissions Prediction Model (VEPM…
Published: June 2019
Category:
Environmental sustainability
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Research programme
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Research & reports
| Audience:
General
Environmental noise caused by road and rail traffic can cause a range of disturbance and annoyance reactions amongst local communities.
Published: March 2021
Category:
Environmental sustainability
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Research programme
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Research & reports
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General
This research note identifies a variety of land transport mode shift programmes that have demonstrated reductions in greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), primarily through changes in vehicle kilometres travelled (VKT).