Resources

The research study of the Total Mobility Scheme, which provides reduced fares for taxi travel by people with disabilities, was undertaken to assist the government-funded Working Group on Transport Systems for Transport Disadvantaged in New Zealand in…

A research project undertaken in 2001 reviewed the latest research on mobility and accessibility benefits of public transport services.

Gaining a thorough understanding of daily travel for all trip purposes and by all modes of travel is essential to policy and planning.

This research investigated improved methods for forecasting car ownership and use in New Zealand.

There has been increasing interest by governments in New Zealand in replacing short car trips (<5 km) with trips using other more environmentally friendly modes, such as passenger transport, walking and cycling.

This report describes the 2008/09 reformulation of the 2004–07 Ongoing New Zealand Household Travel Survey trips database into trip chains and tours.

Freight transportation is one of the key but often overlooked areas of transport policy.

Funding for new cycling facilities is based on cost benefit ratios, which are dependent on the predicted future demand by cyclists.

A cycle train is similar in approach to the ‘walking school bus’ – adult volunteer ‘conductors’ cycle along a set route to school, collecting children from designated ‘train stops’ along the way.

The impacts of petrol price changes on petrol consumption, traffic volume and public transport patronage in New Zealand are discussed.