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Research Report 667 Developing methodologies for improving customer levels of service for walking

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Category: Inclusive access , Research programme , Research & reports | Audience: General

This research was commissioned as there is currently a gap in terms of national models and tools that provide customer levels of service information regarding the walkability of New Zealand’s transport networks.

Research Report 082 Protection from scour of bridge piers using riprap

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

The results of an experimental study carried out in 1993 of the use of riprap to protect bridge piers against scour are presented.

Research Report 081 Tourism benefits from sealing unsealed roads: perceptions of discomfort and risk

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

A research project was undertaken in 1994 to investigate motorists' perceptions of discomfort and risk factors associated with using unsealed roads in New Zealand.

Research Report 080 Social severance

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Category: Environmental impacts of land transport , Research programme , Research & reports | Audience: General

Social severance is the general term applied to the negative effects that roads and their traffic have on social interaction.

Research Report 079 Road environment and traffic crashes

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

This report presents a road geometry survey of the New Zealand highway system and the subsequent use of the data to model the relationship between highway features and relative crash risk.

Research Report 075 A framework for an ideal road structures design manual

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The report presents a definition of the scope and coverage of an ideal manual for the design of roading structures to meet the needs of Transit New Zealand and compares the present Transit New Zealand Bridge Manual and the 1992 Austroads Bridge Desig…

Research Report 072 Construction and maintenance of unsealed roads

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This study investigates the cost effectiveness of conventional and alternative construction and maintenance procedures for unsealed roadways.

Research Report 069 Testing the relative conspicuity of road workers' safety garments

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

One hundred and thirty participants (70 males, 60 females), aged between 18 and 40, took part in this research to test the relative conspicuity of eight different test-garments.