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Carpooling

Published: 2009 | Category: Travel behaviour , Guidance for specialists | Audience: Local & regional government

A carpool is when two or more people share the ride to a similar or nearby destination. Establishing a scheme helps to reduce single occupancy vehicles and assists with reaching the government targets set out in the New Zealand Transport Strategy.

Work time and logbooks – ferry variation

Published: March 2009 | Category: Commercial drivers & operators , Guidance for specialists | Audience: Heavy vehicle operators

Info card providing advice about the work time ferry exemption.

Cycle counting in New Zealand

Published: February 2008 | Category: Walking & cycling , Planning, design, funding, building, maintenance of the transport network , Guidance for specialists | Audiences: Road controlling authorities, Walkers & cyclists

The report is a summary of a literature review of traffic-counting technology able to detect and monitor cycle traffic on a continuous basis and an internet-based survey of road controlling authorities (RCAs) and regional councils about their experience and interest in counting cycle traffic, either manually or automatically.

P46 NZ Transport Agency State Highway Stormwater Specification

Published: April 2016 | Category: Planning, design, funding, building, maintenance of the transport network , Guidance for specialists | Audiences: General, Road controlling authorities, Road traffic engineers & consultants, Roading contractors

This specification sets out the requirements for the design, construction and operation of all stormwater improvement projects. It is anticipated that the standard stormwater specification is a starting set of specifications and may be adapted to address local issues and the scope of the project.

Chain of responsibility and New Zealand road transport

Published: March 2009 | Category: Commercial drivers & operators , Guidance for specialists | Audience: General

Info card providing advice chain of responsibility, how it recognises that all the people who influence drivers’ behaviour and compliance should, and must, be held accountable. This includes directors of companies.

New Zealand pedestrian profile

Published: November 2000 | Category: Travel behaviour , Guidance for specialists | Audiences: Road controlling authorities, Walkers & cyclists

This profile aims to make visible the extent and importance of pedestrian activity and injury in New Zealand. Its focus is on walking as a transport mode, and it aims to provide an accessible overview to those who plan our communities and manage our roads.

Surface Friction Conference NZ May 2005

Published: May 2005 | Category: Planning, design, funding, building, maintenance of the transport network , Guidance for specialists | Audiences: Road traffic engineers & consultants, Roading contractors

Papers from the Surface Friction conference, held in Christchurch, New Zealand in May 2005. See also the papers from the 2008 Surface Friction conference.

Greenlane landscape report (Boffa Miskell) – June 2008

Published: June 2008 | Category: Urban design , Planning, design, funding, building, maintenance of the transport network , Guidance for specialists | Audience: Road traffic engineers & consultants

The NZ Transport Agency's strong commitment to achieving quality environmental and community solutions includes the mitigation of traffic noise and vibration and improving the visual appearance of highways. As such, Boffa Miskell was commissioned to undertake a concept.

Simplified procedure for high productivity motor vehicles (HPMV) routes

Published: June 2010 | Category: Guidance for specialists | Audience: Road controlling authorities

This procedure provides a simplified method for evaluating the costs and benefits of upgrading road infrastructure to accommodate high productivity motor vehicles (HPMVs) on a specified route from source of freight to destination. The procedure is designed for bridge strengthening works plus upgrading works for pavements, surfacings and geometry.

State highways – development and access

Published: 17 September 2015 | Category: Planning, design, funding, building, maintenance of the transport network , Guidance for specialists | Audience: General

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