Transport Futures

The overall project objective 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 various factors, including: travel demand, operational performance, environmental effects, emissions, road safety, development patterns and economic effects’.

The objective of this research project, which was undertaken in 2010-11, was to investigate the economic concepts of ‘option values’ and ‘non-use values’ as applied to public transport (PT) services, and to undertake primary market research in New Zealand to estimate approximate valuations.

Transport planning - the operation, management and adjustment of the transport system