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This report is an annex to Transit New Zealand Research Report No. 32, Site design for heavy vehicle facilities.

Research was undertaken during 2004/05 to determine the effect of short approach through-lanes and downstream merges on lane use at signalised intersections, and to find ways of improving use.

Road networks are lifelines for the community and are essential for the social and economic well-being of New Zealand.

Spatial Information Systems (SIS) have been developed to a stage (in 1994) where they are of significant value as a management tool to organisations that administer geographically distributed assets, such as roads.

The noise from road traffic affects large numbers of people living in the vicinity of State Highways and arterial roads.

A laboratory study was undertaken to determine the effect of grading/particle size distribution on permanent deformation in multi-stage repeated load triaxial (RLT) tests.

The research systematically compared the driving performance and conversational patterns of drivers speaking with in-car passengers, handsfree cellphones, and remote passengers who could see the driver’s current driving situation (via a window into a…

Performance specified maintenance contracts (PSMC) have been operational in New Zealand for more than six years.

The transverse shear forces generated by multi-axle groups depends on many factors including turn geometry, vehicle type, axle weights, tyre size and configuration, suspension geometry, and the number and type of axles.

Horizontal curves have been recognised as a significant safety issue for many years, a more important factor than road width, vertical clearance or sight distance.