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by all modes and purposes. The research considered surveyed seasonal traffic and parking variations and identified the practical parking design demand for a whole year as the 85 percentile satisfaction which is also the 50th highest hour. This is the

designs will be darker than expected and often produce high levels of glare. If adopted in full, the new design figures are likely to increase the capital and operating costs of new traffic route lighting (category V) by around 50%. This figure may

in this report is expected to be substantially lower than the costs of roadfriendliness testing facilities in Australia and the United Kingdom. Keywords: cost, heavy vehicle, New Zealand, roadfriendly suspension, suspension, suspension testing, toads, testing, traffic, transport, vehicle

) tests. Keywords: braking distance, British Pendulum Tester, BPT, Calcium Magnesium Acetate, CMA, frost, GripTester, ice, locked wheel braking, skid resistance, roads, traffic

clarified how Transit New Zealand may benefit by applying SIS to management of the state highway asset. A study team visited two transportation authorities in Australia (Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales, and Roads Corporation of Victoria in

and traffic hazards. Of particular interest was the phenomenon of conversation suppression, the tendency for passengers to slow their rates of conversation as the driver approached a hazard. On some occasions these passengers also offered alerting

management, and promote compliance with the Resource Management Act 1991, by roading contractors. Keywords: construction, environment, erosion, guidelines, maintenance, management, New Zealand, roads, road works, sediment control, sedimentation, traffic, water quality

driver trips by vehicle ownership and purpose, and for vehicle driver trips by vehicle ownership, purpose, household category, occupancy, duration have been analysed. Also the stability of trip rates both between cities, and within cities over time, has been researched. Keywords: home interview, household, individual, interview, New Zealand, surveys, traffic, travel

in the Project evaluation manual (July 1994), and the effect of sealing as is (no increase in carriageway width) also not as great as assumed. A provisional replacement for table A7.1 is proposed for use when predicting increase in average travel speed when an unsealed road is sealed. Keywords: sealed, unsealed, traffic speeds

, and life cycle GHG emissions. This study was based on process assessment and considered material use, transport requirements, onsite machinery use, and fuel use. The impacts of traffic delays and rolling resistance were not considered. The study