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You may have read in The Press that Dr Glen Koorey advocated for Christchurch City Council to widen roundabouts, and build more large roundabouts, to reduce crashes for drivers and people cycling (The Press, 31 Aug 2016, page A5). Surprised? So was he! Because that is certainly not what he had told the reporter who rang him the day prior.
Senior transportation planner John Lieswyn is featured in the "Member to Member" profile for the May 2016 issue of ITE Journal. The journal is the monthly publication of the Institute of Transportation Engineers. The Institute was founded in 1930. It has over 13,000 members in 90 countries and is the pre-eminent professional body for transportation professionals worldwide.
The March 2016 IPENZ Transportation Group Conference was a rewarding time for the ViaStrada presenting team, who received some well-earned awards.
ViaStrada will be closing for the holidays after Wednesday, 23 December and opening again on Tuesday, 5 January 2016.
We wish all our clients and contacts a happy festive season and a safe, prosperous 2016. In addition to this year's card, we've put together a little gallery of cards from over the years for you to enjoy.
On 5 December the ViaStrada team met for breakfast before setting off to ride the Christchurch City Council's proposed Papanui Parallel Major Cycle Route route into town. A similar exercise earlier in the year showed us that, because all staff cycle as well as planning and designing for cycling, trips like this offer a good opportunity for professional development and allow us to share some expert insights about planned cycle infrastructure.
We are pleased to 
announce that John Lieswyn is returning to New Zealand and to ViaStrada. He will take up a role as Senior Transportation Planner and Traffic Engineer on 16 November 2015.
Dr Glen Koorey, currently Senior Lecturer in Transportation Engineering at the University of Canterbury, will join ViaStrada as a Senior Transportation Planner and Traffic Engineer in April 2016.
On 2 July 2015, the shared pathway to Longburn was opened by the Minister of Transport, Simon Bridges. It is the first project in New Zealand to open paid for by the Urban Cycleway Fund!
ViaStrada entered a two-person team and two solo riders in this year's Le Race. The 100km ride from Christchurch to Akaroa was made a little harder with head winds on the flat section and on some of the hill sections too! All riders put in a top effort and were helped along by the support 'crew' in the form of Axel Wilke.
Here at ViaStrada, our team members don't just plan and design facilities for cycling, but are all active users. This gives us first-hand experience of what works and what is important, and it sets us apart from many of our peers.
The trend of providing separated bicycle facilities (SBFs) has now reached New Zealand. So, for professional development and to gather some practical examples, we sometimes go out on urban bike rides as a team. We identify things that work well and discuss traffic engineering solutions to the problems we encounter.