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The purpose of the research was to establish a quantitative picture of the type and the extent of drugged driving in New Zealand and investigate the level of driving impairment produced by the most commonly used drugs, both legal and illegal.

A number of alternative intersection layouts are used around the country to reduce traffic delays and to improve road safety.

Making urban cycling a safer and more attractive transport choice is now a NZ Transport Agency strategic priority.

This report details a framework for rationally arriving at economically justifiable operating speed reductions to compensate for the inability to achieve recommended levels of skid resistance on high-risk curves.

The Transport Agency commissioned Navigatus Consulting to undertake this research project to identify and provide evidence-based recommendations for managing priority safety risks for New Zealand rail operations.

The aim of this research, carried out in 2004, is to improve safety for children on their home to school journey.

The primary objective of this study, done between July 2003 and June 2004, was to determine relationships between road cross-sectional geometry and heavy vehicle performance and then to use these relationships to estimate the effect of road geometry …

This report presents the results of a 4-year research programme (from 2000 to 2003) involving a combination of field, laboratory based, and statistical modelling studies undertaken to identify critical aggregate properties from the perspective of in-…

Audio tactile profiled (ATP) road markings (also known by road users as rumble strips) have been used at selected locations on New Zealand roads in recent years.

In this research project, the innovative 'hands-on' method, first developed by Walton and Thomas in 2005, was tested in its ability to evaluate the effects of improved road delineation on driver behaviour.