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Environmental noise caused by road and rail traffic can cause a range of disturbance and annoyance reactions amongst local communities. The threshold at which individuals will be annoyed by these sources of noise will vary depending on the

such as network optimisation, ITS system operation, traffic management, events, traveller information, ‘soft’ measures etc, are generally accepted to be beneficial. Compared with other interventions, these activities generally require significantly

This rule covers safety and maintenance requirements for equipment fitted to motor vehicles: warning devices, speedometers, sun visors, mudguards, footrests on motorcycles and mopeds, child restraints, televisions, fuel tanks and fuel lines.

travel considerably, especially their driver trips (from 174.5 million per year to 364 million) and distance driven (from 1040 million km to 2500 million km). Older drivers (60+) formed a significantly higher proportion of the vehicle traffic stream

February 2008 and June 2009, a field programme comprising the measurement of road runoff volumes and the collection and analysis of runoff samples was conducted at four sites, of differing traffic characteristics, in the Auckland Region. Concentrations of

This rule sets out standards and safety requirements for lighting equipment that is fitted to a vehicle (including a pedal cycle), to allow the vehicle to be operated safely and not endanger the safety of other road users.

This rule sets out requirements to ensure that heavy vehicles and heavy-vehicle combinations (over 3500 kg GVM) can brake safely, with balanced brake performance, at any road-legal load condition.

This rule applies to motor vehicles that are required to be certified for entry into, or operation in, service.

issue. Details of the survey design are presented, but significantly more work is needed to trial this approach. Estimates of the resources required to carry out this additional work are also included in the report. Keywords: costbenefit analysis, communities, environment, evaluation, roads, severance, society, traffic