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This research report proposes a new vehicle loading standard for the design and evaluation of road bridges and other highway infrastructure in New Zealand.

Bridge damage, especially due to pounding and unseating at expansion joints has been observed in almost all major earthquakes.

The NZ Transport Agency's Economic evaluation manual (EEM) provides guidance on the evaluation of journey time reliability in private road vehicle trips.

Internationally there is an increasing expectation for roadways to have a minimal environmental footprint, to express local environmental and cultural context, and to protect or respect natural, historical and landscape assets – in addition to being …

Precast pre-tensioned concrete bridge construction became common in New Zealand in the 1950s and a large number of pre-tensioned concrete bridges were constructed between 1953 and 1980.

A potential gap between available location technology and its use on the ground was identified in the New Zealand land transport sector.

We updated our earlier study of older people’s travel patterns using the 1997/98 New Zealand Household Travel Survey (NZHTS) with a comparative analysis using the recently compiled 2004–07 Ongoing NZHTS database (ONZHTS).

The design of concrete beams for shear loading is governed in New Zealand by the provisions of NZS 3101.

The technical literature up to 1994 dealing with the use of antioxidants to decrease the rate of age hardening in bitumen used for roading chipseals was reviewed.

A 2004 trial of the Otta seal technique in various locations in New Zealand showed that it may be a better option for dust minimisation and, based on life cycle costing, could be a lower-cost option when compared with traditional short-term dust pall…