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2008 Transportation Conference
ViaStrada staff attended the 2008 NZ Transportation Conference in New Plymouth and contributed to the profession's development by giving four presentations. Megan Fowler won the prestigious Best Young Author award for her paper "Staged Pedestrian Crossings". Apart from Megan's presentation, Andrew Macbeth contributed two presentations, and Axel Wilke gave one paper.
Megan Fowler wins Best Young Author award
Megan Fowler has won the prestigious IPENZ Transportation Conference 'Best Young Author' award at the 2008 conference in New Plymouth. Megan's paper, co-authored by Axel Wilke, was entitled "Staged Pedestrian Crossings" and is available from our website.
ViaStrada newsletter launched
ViaStrada's website is constantly changing, with details of projects, publications, events and new staff appearing on a regular basis. We have decided to publish a simple monthly electronic newsletter to keep our clients, colleagues and fans in the loop. It will be an easy way to see what's new in ViaStrada and in New Zealand's land use and transport planning fields.
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ViaStrada mountain bikers out in force at 6 hour blast
On Saturday 11 October 2008, ViaStrada entered four teams in the Hirequip/Fulton Hogan 6 Hour Blast at McLeans Island. The weather was excellent and all the teams got through the day with no injuries or major bike disasters. The women's team of Helen, Megan and Jeanette (Bicycle Belles) were placed third in the women's team category - well done.