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Part of the ‘National Land Transport Programme (NLTP): West Coast 2009–2012’ resource.

Links to other regions are crucial to the economy of the West Coast region.

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Part of the ‘National Land Transport Programme (NLTP): Wellington 2009–2012’ resource.

The Wellington region’s transport network faces a number of pressures, notably: severe congestion on key commuter and freight routes; high demand for public transport services; and the need to ensure access to important regional destinations, includi…

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Part of the ‘National Land Transport Programme (NLTP): Otago 2009–2012’ resource.

Maintaining state highways and local roads will be a top priority for the Otago region in the next 10 years, to ensure existing capacity enables economic growth and productivity in the region.

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Part of the ‘National Land Transport Programme (NLTP): Manawatu-Whanganui 2009–2012’ resource.

Manawatu-Whanganui is strategically important in the lower North Island as a transport hub, both for north-south and east-west travel and as a focal point for a wide range of social services for the central North Island.

Research Report 561 Benefits and delivery risks for bus infrastructure schemes

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Category: Transport demand management , Research programme , Research & reports | Audience: General

and bus priority) and the risks to successful project delivery. It suggests a combination of multicriteria analysis and costbenefit analysis can provide local authorities with useful tools for assessing proposed projects. At the heart of this appraisal

Research Report 611 Pavement moisture measurement to indicate risk to pavement life

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Category: Activity management , Research programme , Research & reports | Audience: General

radar combined with video and laser LIDAR, was used on a range of roads in the lower North Island. A unique moisture damage index was developed for use in New Zealand to enable the identification of high moisture levels at three different depths (top

Research Report 571 Approaches to valuing injury and mortality risk in transport assessments

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Category: Economic development , Research programme , Research & reports | Audience: General

This report describes a review of literature on approaches to valuing injury and mortality risk in transport assessments. It provides background on why injury and fatality risk need to be valued in transport risk, and how New Zealand has arrived at

Research Report 488 Crash risk relationships for improved road safety management

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Category: Safety, security and public health , Research programme , Research & reports | Audience: General

This report presents the results of a first attempt to combine detailed road geometry, road surface condition, carriageway characteristics and crash data information to develop a statistical crash prediction model for application to rural New