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Research Report 542 Ongoing domestic freight volume information study

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Category: Economic development , Research programme , Research & reports | Audience: General

The availability of comprehensive and reliable information on the movement of freight is increasingly seen as an important element in the effective planning for the sector, both by those providing infrastructure and those providing services.

Research Report 052 Unsealed road condition rating system for RAMM: literature review

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Category: Integrated land use and transport systems , Research programme , Research & reports | Audience: General

International literature on unsealed road condition rating systems was reviewed in 1993-94, with the objective of recommending to Transit New Zealand a system suitable for use on unsealed roads in New Zealand.

Research Report 518 Econometric models for public transport forecasting

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Category: Economic development , Research programme , Research & reports | Audience: General

This paper presents the findings from an econometric analysis of public transport patronage growth for a selection of New Zealand cities: Auckland, Wellington, Hamilton and Tauranga.

Research Report 540 Customers requirements of multimodal travel information systems

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Category: Integrated land use and transport systems , Transport demand management , Research programme , Research & reports | Audience: General

The purpose of this research was two-fold: 1) to provide evidence-based recommendations that identify the Transport Agency's customers' key information needs, and 2) to provide best-practice guidance on ways the Transport Agency can best of…

Research Report 517 Use of roadside barriers versus clear zones

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Category: Safety, security and public health , Research programme , Research & reports | Audience: General

This report summarises research carried out in 2011–12 to quantify the effects of roadside barriers and clear zones on mitigation of run-off-road crash numbers and crash severity for New Zealand road and roadside characteristics through statistical a…

Research Report 537 Improving the cost-benefit analysis of integrated PT, walking and cycling

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Category: Integrated land use and transport systems , Research programme , Research & reports | Audience: General

This research project developed an evaluation framework for estimating the cost-benefit analysis of integrating public transport (PT) with walking and cycling.

Research Report 515 The effect of rainfall and contaminants on road pavement skid resistance

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Category: Environmental impacts of land transport , Research programme , Research & reports | Audiences: Communities, General

This research project, which was undertaken between 2003 and 2006, aimed to improve the understanding of the effect that environmental factors (eg rainfall and detritus) have on the variation of measured skid resistance, both in the short and longer …

Research Report 536 Optimising expenditure on roadside safety barriers

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Category: Safety, security and public health , Research programme , Research & reports | Audience: General

This research, which was carried out in New Zealand in 2013, used computer simulation modelling to identify whether it is better to rectify or replace existing roadside crash barriers that are of substandard height or are corroded, or to install new …

Research Report 534 Drivers of demand for transport

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Category: Economic development , Research programme , Research & reports | Audience: General

Frontier Economics was engaged by the NZ Transport Agency to assist in identifying a 'best fit' methodology for assessing the historical relationship in New Zealand between: 1) economic activity and road freight activity; and 2) income grow…

Research Report 512 The New Zealand accessibility analysis methodology

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Category: Sustainable land transport , Research programme , Research & reports | Audience: General

This research considers land use and transport accessibility drawing on international practice from the UK, Europe, USA and Australia.