Transport planners in Australasia have a good understanding of road corridor capacity and associated assessment techniques and have access to a wide range of commercially available, simplified and detailed traffic models. In contrast, access to rail corridor capacity analysis is often difficult and transport planners rely on outputs from detailed operational rail models, provided by a few rail sector specialists.

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

This paper summarises the findings from the re-evaluation of economic appraisals for 24 NZ transport projects. Ex-ante cost estimates and benefit forecasts are compared with actual ex-post outcomes derived from monitoring data.

This paper summarises the effects of Auckland Northern Busway, connecting bus routes and associated services (collectively referred to as ‘the busway’). The busway is a highly significant project in a NZ context, being one of the most substantial public transport projects of the past 50 years.