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Published: 1997
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Environmental impacts of land transport
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Research programme
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Research & reports
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General
Social severance is the general term applied to the negative effects that roads and their traffic have on social interaction.
Published: 1998
Category:
Environmental impacts of land transport
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Research programme
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Research & reports
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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.
Published: April 2013
Category:
Environmental impacts of land transport
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Research programme
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Research & reports
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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 …
Published: May 2011
Category:
Environmental impacts of land transport
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Research programme
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Research & reports
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General
Vehicle emission reduction technologies are continually improving.
Published: March 2012
Category:
Economic development
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Environmental impacts of land transport
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Research programme
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Research & reports
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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…
Published: December 2011
Category:
Environmental impacts of land transport
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Research programme
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Research & reports
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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.
Published: May 2012
Category:
Environmental impacts of land transport
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Research programme
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Research & reports
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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.
Published: 1998
Category:
Environmental impacts of land transport
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Research programme
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Research & reports
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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…
Published: December 2016
Category:
Environmental impacts of land transport
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Research programme
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Research & reports
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Advice and assistance,
General,
Land developers,
Local & regional government
The 2015 Government Policy Statement on Land Transport focuses on economic growth, productivity, road safety, and value for money.
Published: September 2016
Category:
Environmental impacts of land transport
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Research programme
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Research & reports
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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.