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

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.

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

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).

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.