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Research Report 064 Stabilisation for New Zealand roads: a review

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Category: Activity management , Research programme , Research & reports | Audience: General

A review has been made of the international literature that was available up to 1996 and of New Zealand experience and practices for the stabilisation of materials for use in road pavements.

Research Report 063 Review of instruments for measuring the texture profile of road surfaces

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Category: Activity management , Research programme , Research & reports | Audience: General

A complete road profile ranges from large scale topographic features to microscopic asperities on the surface of aggregates.

Research report 434 Appraisal of factors influencing public transport patronage

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Category: Transport demand management , Research programme , Research & reports | Audience: General

This project examined the demand for local bus and rail services during the period 1996 2008 in the three major cities in New Zealand: Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.

Research Report 061 Rolling resistance characteristics of New Zealand roads

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New Zealand's road network uses pavement types of widely differing properties, ranging from very smooth asphaltic concrete to coarse chipseal surfaces having macrotexture levels not often found elsewhere in the world.

Research Report 060 Assessing passing opportunities: literature review

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

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…

Research report 433 Abrasion resistance of aggregates in asphalt

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The objective of this project was to investigate the durability and mechanical integrity of aggregate with a high polished stone value (>60) used in hot mix asphalt, particularly chips or coarse aggregates in stone-on-stone mixes such as stone mas…

Research Report 059 Development of the RAMM system: summary of responses to discussion document and recommendations arising

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Responses to a discussion document on the development of the Road Assessment and Maintenance Management (RAMM) system, issued by Transit New Zealand in 1995, are summarised.

Research Report 432 Minimum design parameters for cycle connectivity

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

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…