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In recent years, the standard practice in New Zealand regarding binder selection for state highways has been to use harder penetration grade binders and reduced diluents, after some research indicated that the use of harder binders slowed the onset o…

The ability to reliably predict public transport (PT) journey times is critical for network operators and transport authorities to measure, monitor and target improvements to the PT network, with flow-on effects for customers.

The purpose of the Walkability Tools Research project is to link physical and operational variables to perception surveys for the development of a later mathematical model.

Data is essential for understanding the demands placed on road assets and transport networks.

This report reviewed literature relating to the potential effects that automation and new technologies will have on the type, nature and characteristics of employment in the industrial, service and commercial sectors.

Glass bottles collected by councils are forming large stockpiles, particularly in the South Island, as it is uneconomic to transport the glass to the Auckland plant for recycling.

This research report examines how benefit and cost appraisals for road operations, maintenance and renewal, and minor work improvements could be undertaken in a manner comparable with the appraisal framework for capital investments.

This report reviews the major approaches for assessing national and regional economic benefits, as well as the potential distributional implications of transport induced benefits.

Cycling for transport in New Zealand is a minority activity, yet the recreational cycling market is growing.

Roading projects may have adverse effects on indigenous wildlife.