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A study, carried out in 1998–2000, investigated if a traffic noise lvel of 55dBA, the level allowed in the 1994 Transit New Zealand Road traffic noise guidelines, was an acceptable limit in New Zealand for areas that previously had low traffic noise.

These guidelines for integrated stormwater management provide guidance on a range of issues relating to the management of stormwater run-off from state highways and local roads in New Zealand, including: the legal framework within which stormwater ma…

The Highway Permits computer program stores overload capacity data for all state highway bridges, and some local authority bridges, together with a description of the highway network.

A methodology has been developed to identify the cost-optimal earthworks cut slope design and establishment of appropriate earthworks contingency factors.

Both the design of new pavements in New Zealand and their rehabilitation treatments are currently performed in accordance with the Austroads Pavement Design Guide and its New Zealand Supplement.

The aim of this study, carried out in 2003, is to provide information to improve the design of pedestrian-vehicle spaces used on New Zealand roads, so that pedestrian-vehicle conflicts are reduced.

Deck joints are a potential source of deterioration and maintenance problems in a bridge structure and have been identified as the most common maintenance problem in New Zealand road bridges.

This research project, carried out between 1995–1997, explores the personal travel characteristics of New Zealanders that have been recorded in various household interview surveys (HIS) carried out over the last 30 years.

A limited survey of roading practitioners was carried out to determine their opinion and needs with respect to communicating the findings of research about the properties of unbound aggregates.

The report develops and analyses proposals for output-based funding (OBF) for passenger transport, including implications of output-based contracts, and the use of subsidised deregulation.