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Published: March 2021
Category:
Environmental sustainability
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Research programme
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Research & reports
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General
This research note identifies a variety of land transport mode shift programmes that have demonstrated reductions in greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), primarily through changes in vehicle kilometres travelled (VKT).
Published: March 2023
Category:
Environmental sustainability
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Research programme
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Research & reports
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General
This research, undertaken in 2022, collected and collated knowledge from transitions to electric public transport to provide councils with guidance and 'lessons learned'.
Published: December 2024
Category:
Environmental sustainability
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Research programme
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Research & reports
| Audience:
General
Environmental noise can harm human health and negatively impact people’s daily activities at home, school and work and during leisure and can cause a range of disturbance and annoyance reactions among individuals.
Published: September 2024
Category:
Environmental sustainability
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Research programme
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Research & reports
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General
In New Zealand, we use two models to estimate fuel use, which can be used to predict vehicle emissions.
Published: October 2024
Category:
Environmental sustainability
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Research programme
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Research & reports
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General
Integrated transport and land-use planning is recognised as a critically important component of reducing transport emissions and creating an urban environment that achieves broader social, economic and environmental outcomes.
Published: November 2022
Category:
Environmental sustainability
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Research programme
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Research & reports
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General
This research was undertaken to improve Waka Kotahi, and sector understanding about the benefits of integrated transport and land use planning and to provide a foundation for additional work to improve integrated planning processes, delivery, and out…
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.
Published: August 2022
Category:
Environmental sustainability
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Research programme
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Research & reports
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General
The aim of this study was to gather information from international literature and local case studies to help Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency and sector partners identify, assess, monitor and manage road edge effects on biodiversity.
Published: September 2019
Category:
Environmental sustainability
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Research programme
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Research & reports
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General
This research developed a framework to enable roading authorities to understand the value of meeting the requirements of environmental legislation for roading improvement projects.
Published: July 2019
Category:
Environmental sustainability
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Research programme
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Research & reports
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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…