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Research report 507 The implications of road investment

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

The objective of this research (undertaken in 2010–12) was to provide improved evidence (potentially leading to improved modelling, monitoring and evaluation methods) on the implications of major road investments in New Zealand on significant factors…

Research Report 499 Modelling of extreme traffic loading effects

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

In New Zealand, premature failure of low volume, low strength state highways and local authority roads has sometimes occurred due to significant changes in heavy commercial vehicle traffic.

Research Report 498 The design of stabilised pavements in New Zealand

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

Areas of New Zealand are running out of premium aggregates that meet the demanding specifications used in unbound granular road construction.

Research Report 492 Scoping approach and measuring the impact of indexing unit cost parameters in cost-benefit analysis

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

This study assessed the feasibility and materiality of allowing for real-price changes in economic appraisals over the course of a transport project's appraisal period.

Research Report 491 Factors influencing the decision to rehabilitate a pavement

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The objective of this research, undertaken in 2008–11, was the development of an improved method of modelling the decision to rehabilitate a typical New Zealand thin-surfaced unbound granular pavement.

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 Zealand…