Resources

The transport industry in New Zealand has requested that the maximum speed of transporters and mobile power cranes be increased from the present 50 km/h to the legal speed limit of 100 km/h.

Research was carried out between 2005 and 2006 to determine if there were benefits or disbenefits associated with sealing unsealed roads, and if so, to determine a procedure for calculating the accident savings (or costs).

Since about 1997 the brightness of roadmarkings on a number of New Zealand state highways has been increased.

Recent government legislation and policy promotes an increase in walking and cycling as an alternative to the increasing demand for motor vehicle travel.

This study, carried out in 2004 at the Traffic and Road Safety Research Laboratory, University of Waikato, assessed driver reactions to 16 road hazard warning signs of various formats.

This research project investigated the use of curve advisory speed signs in New Zealand.

The aim of this research, carried out in 2004, is to improve safety for children on their home to school journey.

The primary objective of this study, done between July 2003 and June 2004, was to determine relationships between road cross-sectional geometry and heavy vehicle performance and then to use these relationships to estimate the effect of road geometry …

This report presents the results of a 4-year research programme (from 2000 to 2003) involving a combination of field, laboratory based, and statistical modelling studies undertaken to identify critical aggregate properties from the perspective of in-…

This research project explores concerns about personal security by users of public transport.