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Research Report 366 Earthquake performance of long span arch culverts

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Category: Natural hazard risk management , Research programme , Research & reports | Audience: General

Dynamic numerical modelling has been carried out in 2005–2007 to investigate the seismic performance of an 11.66 m span, 7.29 m rise, high profile arch culvert.

Research Report 361 Review of Australian standard AS 5100 bridge design with a view to adoption

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

The objective of this project was to investigate the practicality of adopting the AS 5100 bridge design standard for New Zealand.

Research Report 360 Residual binder extraction from emulsions for quality assurance testing

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

Safety and environmental drivers are pushing the New Zealand road construction industry away from hot, cutback binders and towards the use of emulsified bitumen as the delivery medium for chipseal binders.

Research Report 036 Review of passenger transport procurement procedures

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

A review was undertaken in 1994 of the regulatory system for local public passenger transport services in New Zealand.

Research Report 359 Valuing the health benefits of active modes

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

This report seeks to provide a per-kilometre value for the health benefits of active transport modes (such as walking and cycling) that is compatible with the Land Transport New Zealand Economic Evaluation Manual Volume 2 (EEM2).

Research Report 358 Developing and trialling a climate based section guideline for chip seal binders

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

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…

Research Report 641 Developing a national measure for predictable public transport: bus, rail and ferry

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Category: Performance monitoring , Research programme , Research & reports | Audience: General

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.

Research Report 356 Walkability research tools – summary report

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

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.