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The purpose of this report was to build on Transport Agency research report 540 ‘Customers’ requirements of multimodal travel information systems’ to provide practical market and customer research on the delivery methods that customers would prefer a…

This report describes a review of literature on approaches to valuing injury and mortality risk in transport assessments.

This research report covers the following aspects (from New Zealand and international perspectives) relating to the valuation of travel time savings for use in the economic appraisal of transport initiatives: The relative importance of travel time sa…

There is an increased use of public transport among Generation Y compared with previous generations, but there is limited information on the specific factors related to this trend and whether demand is temporary, sustained, or growing.

In April 1994 a comparative trial of the performance of bitumen emulsion and cutback bitumen as chipsealing binders was constructed.

Following an earthquake on 18 June 1994, a large slip partially blocked the Bealey River in Arthur's Pass National Park, South Island, New Zealand, and introduced a large quantity of silt and terrestrial organic matter into the river.

The measurement of traffic volumes on an extensive nationwide road network is a very large task.

This report describes a substantial research project to determine procedures for assessing the road-friendliness of heavy vehicle suspension systems. The initial aim was to develop a procedure for replicating the on-road dynamic wheel forces generate…

This report presents the results of a research project, carried out in 1994, to investigate the suitability of fixed slip friction meters for on-road determination of pavement surface abrasiveness of New Zealand SEALED roads.

A review of the values of travel time savings used for the evaluation of road projects in New Zealand and incorporated in the 1991 Transit New Zealand Project Evaluation Manual was undertaken, largely in 1992.