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Stops and goes of traffic signals - guidance document update
ViaStrada’s update to the Stops and Goes of Traffic Signals manual is a substantial refresh of the original 2005/2006 guidance, bringing it into line
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NZTA Mode-shift vs Safety Model update
TGNZ and NZMUGS commissioned ViaStrada to investigate and further update the existing NZTA model determining the estimated safety impacts of mode
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Wellington Older Road Users & Urban Intersections Crash Risk Study
ViaStrada was commissioned by Wellington City to investigate road safety harm across two key areas of concern: crashes involving older road users
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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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Individual Vehicle Noise Research
This research project looked at the interface between traffic engineering and acoustics, to better understand how road engineering features influence
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Christchurch East bus stop audits
ViaStrada undertook Scheme Design Safe System Audits for Christchurch City’s Linwood Bus Stop Improvements programmes, reviewing proposed bus stop
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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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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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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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Lincoln Road bus priority
Axel Downard-Wilke was seconded to Christchurch City Council to lead the scheme design for a complex transport project on Lincoln Road. Balancing
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Dunedin SH1 Barnes Dance Trials
The NZ Transport Agency commissioned ViaStrada to formally trial two "Barnes Dance" shared pedestrian/cycle crossings along SH1 in Dunedin, including
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Main North Rd bus priority design and audits
ViaStrada were commissioned by Christchurch City Council to undertake scheme and detail design and post-construction stage road safety audits of the
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Directional cycle signals trial
A formal Traffic Control Device trial of directional cycle signals has been approved for four locations; two in Christchurch and two in Auckland.
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On-road bike lanes at roundabouts research
Do bike lanes make roundabouts safer for cyclists? ViaStrada’s research for Austroads revealed that painted bike lanes at roundabouts may do more harm
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Cycle lane separators
ViaStrada was commissioned by VicRoads (the state roading authority of Victoria, Australia) to undertake research on physical bicycle lane separators.
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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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