Mode shift impacts on safety

ViaStrada was commissioned by NZTA to undertake research on the overall safety impacts of mode shift away from private motorised vehicles to whole …
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Micromobility speed, gender and device type surveys

How fast do e-bike and e-scooter riders go? Is e-mobility helping to address the gender imbalance? Following on from surveys of cycleway user speed, …
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Wellington - City Streets audits

Let's Get Wellington Moving (LGWM) engaged ViaStrada to undertake several safe system audits of proposed corridor and intersection upgrades around …
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Glenview bus hub

ViaStrada was sub-contracted to design midblock signals for a state highway site in Hamilton’s suburb Glenview. The signals were to accommodate a new …
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E-scooter court evidence

ViaStrada was commissioned by legal representatives of three e-scooter sharing companies to prepare an affidavit for the court on the safety and …
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Safety of people travelling outside vehicles - deep dive review

Auckland Transport commissioned ViaStrada to carry out a wide-ranging investigation into the extent, nature and causes of serious harm to people …
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Costs of road transport "accidents"

ViaStrada delivered a working paper summarising the methodology and calculations to derive estimates of the Total (Social) Costs, Average Costs, …
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Cycling Demand Model

ViaStrada and WSP developed a GIS and spreadsheet based cycling demand model with an accuracy that is an order of magnitude better than the existing …
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Infrastructure for quick-build cycleways

Waka Kotahi commissioned ViaStrada to undertake research on quick-build (interim) cycleway infrastructure. This research note provides information …
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Main North Rd bus priority design and audits

ViaStrada were commissioned by Christchurch City Council to undertake scheme & detail design and post-construction stage road safety audits of the …
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Cycle safety at Blenheim roundabouts

ViaStrada was commissioned by the NZTA to identify up to five intersections with the highest recorded crashes, investigate causal factors and propose …
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Regulations and safety for electric bicycles and other low-powered vehicles

E-bikes and e-scooters (collectively, “micromobility”) are transforming our world. They are outselling electric cars – but our street design and …
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Study of signalised intersections and protected bike lanes

In 2016, the IPENZ Transportation Group committee granted their annual study award to two members, Megan Fowler (ViaStrada) and Claire Graham …
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NSW Fatigue-related rural road crashes & solutions

Transport for New South Wales commissioned ViaStrada to create a benefit-cost analysis tool that assesses measures that prevent fatigue-related road …
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Cycle lane separators

ViaStrada has been commissioned by VicRoads (the state roading authority of Victoria, Australia) to undertake research on physical bicycle lane …
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Red light camera pilot evaluation report peer review

ViaStrada was commissioned by Auckland Transport to edit and review a red light camera pilot evaluation draft report and provide an international …
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Kaiapoi heavy vehicle tracking tests

We don't just rely on high tech software, but when we have to design to low tolerances, we do real-world simulation testing to confirm design …
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Central city pedestrian Level of Service

Christchurch City Council commissioned an investigation into ways of improving pedestrian level of service (LOS) at traffic signals in the central …
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Safe Routes to School evaluation

ViaStrada was commissioned by Auckland Transport to conduct a crash analysis of pedestrian and cyclist crashes for the five years prior and three …
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Christchurch City goes green

The objective of this project was to suggest whether Christchurch City Council (CCC) should continue its use of red coloured surfacing or change to …
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Shared use path width investigations

ViaStrada has undertaken significant research and tool development on behalf of VicRoads (Victoria, Australia) to determine appropriate shared use …
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