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Research Report 264 Development of a benefit evaluation technique applicable to treatment of road run-off

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

This study investigated the potential to define a benefit cost based on the reduction of contaminants provided by a road stormwater run-off treatment device.

Research Report 263 The effect of cross-sectional geometry on heavy vehicle performance and safety

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

The primary objective of this study, done between July 2003 and June 2004, was to determine relationships between road cross-sectional geometry and heavy vehicle performance and then to use these relationships to estimate the effect of road geometry …

Research Report 258 Detailed experimental investigation for foamed bitumen stabilisation

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

As the demand for a cost-effective and environmentally friendly pavement stabilisation method increases, so has foamed bitumen stabilisation for unbound granular pavement layers started to gain broad acceptance worldwide.

Research Report 256 Prediction of skid resistance performance of chipseal roads in New Zealand

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

This report presents the results of a 4-year research programme (from 2000 to 2003) involving a combination of field, laboratory based, and statistical modelling studies undertaken to identify critical aggregate properties from the perspective of in-…

Research Report 255 Impact on driver behaviour of overtaking lane design for New Zealand roads

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Category: Integrated land use and transport systems , Research programme , Research & reports | Audience: General

This research, (conducted in 2003 on state highways in the upper North Island, New Zealand), aimed to improve safety at passing lanes by examining the influence of lane design on driver behaviour.

Research Report 254 SASW – a method to determine pavement composition & strength

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

An investigation into the application of SASW (seismic analysis of surface waves), to measure the layer thickness and material moduli of pavements to assess pavement strength, was carried out in 2003 on roads in New Zealand.

Research Report 367 Pavement deterioration models for asphalt-surfaced pavements in New Zealand

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

This report details findings from the New Zealand Long-Term Pavement Performance Programme that aims at the development of deterioration models.

Research Report 365 The usability and safety of audio tactile profiled road markings

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

Audio tactile profiled (ATP) road markings (also known by road users as rumble strips) have been used at selected locations on New Zealand roads in recent years.

Research Report 363 Accessibility planning methods

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

This research investigated the applicability of accessibility planning in New Zealand as a tool for assessing and improving personal access to essential services for all New Zealanders.

Research Report 362 Incorporating sustainable land transport into district plans: discussion document and best practice guidance

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

This report is a discussion document introducing the concept of sustainable land transport, discussing the interaction between land use planning and sustainable transport, and introducing some guidance to incorporating sustainable land transport into…