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Published: November 2020
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Environmental sustainability
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General
Anecdotal evidence from recent transport projects suggests that resource consenting processes and resulting environmental requirements can vary from project to project.
Published: July 2019
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Environmental sustainability
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Research programme
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General
The purpose of the research was to better understand real-world fuel consumption and vehicle exhaust emissions from the New Zealand fleet and use this knowledge to improve the ability of the Transport Agency’s Vehicle Emissions Prediction Model (VEPM…
Published: June 2019
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Environmental sustainability
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Research programme
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Research & reports
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General
Environmental noise caused by road and rail traffic can cause a range of disturbance and annoyance reactions amongst local communities.
Published: September 2021
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Environmental sustainability
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Research programme
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Research & reports
This research was conducted to identify the technical, economic, commercial and environmental issues around the use of crumb rubber from used tyres as an additive to bitumen for pavement surfacings.
Published: August 2022
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Environmental sustainability
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Research programme
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Research & reports
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General
The purpose of this research was to better understand transport sector requirements in relation to the access, supply, demand and use of aggregates to enable sustainable sourcing of materials.
Published: February 2022
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Environmental sustainability
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Research programme
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Research & reports
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General
Gaps have been identified in the ability of emission models to predict real-world emissions from New Zealand light and heavy vehicles.
Published: September 2022
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Environmental sustainability
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Research programme
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Research & reports
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General
Good decision making requires best science in understanding the baseline, in this case of light vehicle use out to 2035, in developing strategy, policy and activities to reduce car dependency.
Published: September 2022
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Environmental sustainability
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Research programme
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Research & reports
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General
Time series econometric models were developed to understand past trends and to enable forecasts of future trends of different modes based on current policy settings.
Published: October 2021
Category:
Environmental sustainability
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Research programme
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Research & reports
This research was undertaken to improve our understanding of particulate matter from vehicle brake and tyre wear and road surface dust from sealed surfaces, known as non-tailpipe particulate emissions, which can cause both human health impacts when d…
Published: August 2022
Category:
Environmental sustainability
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Research programme
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Research & reports
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Road controlling authorities,
Road traffic engineers & consultants,
Roading contractors
This research was commissioned to develop a scientific, life-cycle based understanding of the whole-of-life environmental impacts of different pavement designs, including use of recycled materials.