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International Connections
Transit is internationally recognised for its expertise and contribution to international best practice.
Introduction
Transit New Zealand is internationally recognised for many skills. These
include road agency management, contracting out both physical works and
professional services, innovative road asset management, development
of performance specifications and contracts, and its accelerated pavement
testing facility CAPTIF.
Transit regularly hosts, or contributes to, international visits from
road and transport agencies and also actively participates in the international
arena, both to contribute its expertise and to bring the benefits of
international best practice to New Zealand. The four main international road industry organisations Transit is involved with are:
- Austroads (the Association of Australian and New Zealand Road Transport and Traffic Authorities)
- REAAA (the Road Engineering Association of Asia and Australasia)
- IRF (International Road Federation)
- PIARC (the World Road Association)
- Other road controlling authorities - both informal (UK Highways Agency) and formal (Korea Highway Corporation)
- OECD Road Transport Research
- World Bank programmes - to share expertise about road management and road agency reform.
Australian Bicycle Council (ABC)
Transit also has involvement with the Australian Bicycle Council. The New Zealand contact is Tim Hughes, Land Transport New Zealand.
Australian Bicycle Council Meetings
| ABC Meetings: | Download: |
|---|---|
| November 2006 | PDF (69KB) |
| October 2006 | PDF (58KB) |
| December 2005 | PDF (55KB) |
| October 2004 | PDF (26KB) |
International Best Practice - Our Skills
Transit is able to rapidly adapt new concepts and methodologies to New Zealand conditions. This keen awareness of what constitutes international best practice yields strong operational benefits.
Skills for which Transit New Zealand is internationally recognised include:
- Road agency management
- Contracting out both physical works and professional services
- Innovative road asset management
- Development of performance specifications and contracts
- Accelerated pavement testing facility
Transit staff make regular contributions internationally to seminars and conferences organised by the World Bank and other agencies such as the Transportation Research Board, the International Road Federation and the Road Engineering Association of Asia and Australasia (REAAA). Senior Transit staff have taken consultancy assignments on road management in a range of locations including South Africa, Jordan, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, Colombia and Peru.
A number of Transit New Zealand staff also participate in meetings and conferences to share insights and ensure Transit's operations are at least on a par with latest international best practice.
International delegations are regularly received by Transit and show particular interest to asset management, innovative contracting methods and environmental achievements.
Ways in which Transit assists internationally include: a Supplement to the Austroads Pavement Design Guide. The supplement constitutes the first theoretical framework for the treatment of pavement (road surface) design in New Zealand. A current initiative is a textbook, Chipseal Surfacing in New Zealand. The textbook captures current knowledge and views on chipsealing supported by relevant research or demonstrated proved performance. Initiatives such as these place Transit's pavement design standards ahead of most international benchmarks.
Transit has published the second edition of The Bridge Manual for the design and evaluation of bridges carrying road and/or pedestrian traffic. The genesis of this publication can be traced back to the New Zealand Public Works Department and later the New Zealand Ministry of Works Bridge Manuals.