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Research Report 634 Effect of road seal type on resistance to traffic stresses

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

This report details research carried out from 2016 to 2017 as the preparatory stage of a larger programme to understand how chipseals may be improved to withstand increases in horizontal shear forces imposed by traffic loadings.

Research Report 701 Safety interventions and their contribution to mode shift

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Category: Healthy and safe people , Research programme , Research & reports | Audience: General

The research set out to understand which safety interventions (if any) were the most effective in encouraging mode shift.

Research Report 633 Analysis and interpretation of New Zealand long-term pavement performance data

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

A comprehensive statistical analysis and review of the dataset was undertaken on the March 2015 LTPP database, including application of transformations on the skewed raw data.

Research Report 632 Framework for review and prioritisation of rail safety risks in New Zealand

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Category: Safety, security and public health , Research programme , Research & reports | Audiences: General, Rail participants, Road controlling authorities, Road traffic engineers & consultants

The Transport Agency commissioned Navigatus Consulting to undertake this research project to identify and provide evidence-based recommendations for managing priority safety risks for New Zealand rail operations.

Research Report 699 Benefits realisation review and assessment

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Category: Economic prosperity , Research programme , Research & reports | Audience: General

This research was commissioned to improve the Benefit Realisation Framework and assess and improve the performance measures and indicators.

Research Report 628 Standardisation of laboratory compaction energies

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

This research reviewed the New Zealand vibrating hammer laboratory compaction test and energy standardisation thereof.

Research Report 695 Life cycle assessment of pavements - Development of a calculator

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Category: Environmental sustainability , Research programme , Research & reports | Audiences: Road controlling authorities, Road traffic engineers & consultants, Roading contractors

This research was commissioned to develop a scientific, life-cycle based understanding of the whole-of-life environmental impacts of different pavement designs, including use of recycled materials.

Economic analysis of optimum speeds on rural state highways in New Zealand

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

This research was commissioned in 2012 with the objective of calculating the optimum speeds for six categories of New Zealand state highways: Motorways/Expressways (divided four-lane) roads (435 km with 26,611 vehicles/day) High Volume National Strat…

Research Report 630 Ex-post evaluation of transport interventions using causal inference methods

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

This report reviews, summarises and gives guidance for the choice and application of causal inference techniques to ex-post evaluation of the impacts of interventions in the transport sector.