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Research Report 080 Social severance

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

Social severance is the general term applied to the negative effects that roads and their traffic have on social interaction.

Research Report 097 Impact of slip sediment on the biota in a New Zealand alpine stream

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

Following an earthquake on 18 June 1994, a large slip partially blocked the Bealey River in Arthur's Pass National Park, South Island, New Zealand, and introduced a large quantity of silt and terrestrial organic matter into the river.

Research Report 515 The effect of rainfall and contaminants on road pavement skid resistance

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

This research project, which was undertaken between 2003 and 2006, aimed to improve the understanding of the effect that environmental factors (eg rainfall and detritus) have on the variation of measured skid resistance, both in the short and longer …

Research Report 479 The economic and land use impacts of transformational transport investment

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

The purpose of this research, which was undertaken between July 2010 and June 2011, was to develop, test and recommend additional methodologies that could be used to quantify the economic productivity and land use impacts when assessing transformatio…

Research Report 462 Lifetime liabilities of land transport using road and rail infrastructure

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

The aim of the project was to establish the whole-of-life environmental performance of passenger and freight movement that uses roads and rail.

Research report 485 Ground vibration from road construction

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

There is an increasing requirement to control and manage ground vibrations generated by road construction and maintenance activities through project specific construction management plans.

Research Report 115 Lead-based paint management on roading structures: Section III – Guidelines

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

This report is Section III of four 'stand alone' documents that can be used by road controlling authorities, maintenance engineers, and industrial painting contractors when carrying out removal or maintenance of lead-based paints on steel r…

Research Report 596 Understanding trends in roadside air quality

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

The primary aim of this research was to improve the understanding of how vehicle emissions are trending over time in New Zealand and how this relates to observed trends in local air quality.