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We are very happy to announce that Megan Fowler has returned to Christchurch and will be starting work back at ViaStrada on 1 July.

Megan left New Zealand in March 2010 to explore new and different opportunities in France. Prior to that she was a key member of the traffic engineering and transport planning team, working on a number of projects from policy to practice, in land use and especially transportation.

The Velo-city 2014 conference was held in Adelaide, the first time that this global event has been held in the Southern Hemisphere. And what a fantastic conference it was. Given its great reputation, it attracted a huge number of Kiwis (49 by the latest count) of an overall attendance of around 600. The conference was held from 27 to 30 May at the Adelaide Convention Centre.

ViaStrada was commissioned by Austroads to undertake research into the effectiveness of on-road bicycle lanes at roundabouts in Australia and New Zealand. The purpose of the study was to obtain objective evidence of the effectiveness of on-road bicycle lanes on and near roundabouts that supports the formation of nationaly consistent policy and design advice to be included in the revision of the Austroads guides.

ViaStrada's Axel Wilke and John Lieswyn (now overseas) worked with Dr Cameron Munro of CDM Research, Melbourne, to undertake research and an extensive literature review.

ViaStrada's Jon Ashford was recently awarded his Master of Engineering in Transportation from the University of Canterbury. Jon, an associate and senior engineer at ViaStrada, has six years' experience in traffic engineering together with over 30 years' experience working in the consulting engineering environment, both in New Zealand and overseas.