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Research Report 338 Developing school-based cycle trains in New Zealand

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

A cycle train is similar in approach to the ‘walking school bus’ – adult volunteer ‘conductors’ cycle along a set route to school, collecting children from designated ‘train stops’ along the way.

Research Report 329 Impediments to walking as a mode choice

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

Conducted in 2005, this study evaluates a case-control design of contrasts between walkers and drivers to address factors influencing the uptake of walking as a mode choice.

Research Report 328 Park and ride: characteristics and demand forecasting

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

This report examines the characteristics of park and ride (P&R) useage and suggests demand modelling methodologies based on these characteristics for changes in demand at existing sites, and estimation of demand at new sites.

Research Report 327 Transport impact guidelines for sites development

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Category: Sustainable land transport , Research programme , Research & reports | Audience: General

This research project develops best practice guidelines for carrying out transport impact assessments (TIA) of development proposals in New Zealand.

Research Report 333 Integrating land use and transport planning

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Category: Sustainable land transport , Research programme , Research & reports | Audience: General

Over the last decade, the integration of land use and transport has gained increasing international attention.

Research Report 322 The cost effectiveness of delineation improvements for safety

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Category: Safety, security and public health , Research programme , Research & reports | Audience: General

The purpose of this research was to develop a cost management tool that would assist road controlling authorities and their consultants to prioritise delineation treatments that have added safety benefits compared with standard road markings.

Research Report 331 Impacts of fuel price changes on New Zealand transport

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

The impacts of petrol price changes on petrol consumption, traffic volume and public transport patronage in New Zealand are discussed.

Research Report 388 Reconstruction of coal tar contaminated roads by in-situ recycling using foamed bitumen stabilisation

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

Coal tar-derived roading material contains over 1000 times more polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) than equivalent bitumen pavements and has been identified as a major source of PAHs in both Christchurch and Auckland aquatic receiving environmen…

Research Report 319 Benchmarking pavement performance between Transit's LTPP and CAPTIF programmes

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

This report details the findings from research conducted on the Long-Term Pavement Performance Programme (LTPP) and on the Transit New Zealand CAPTIF programme for accelerated pavement testing.