This is just a selection of some of the many projects that ViaStrada has been involved in over the years - click on the filter icon to refine the search by topic areas.
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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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Path Speed Management Research
New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi commissioned ViaStrada to study how well horizontal and vertical design features manage path user speed,
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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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Cycling Network Guidance (CNG): planning and design
ViaStrada and Abley Transportation Consultants were commissioned by the NZ Transport Agency to develop a national framework of guidance for planning
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Planning & design for cycling - industry training
Did you know that to date (June 2024), since 2003 over 1500 people have attended fundamental and advanced courses in Planning and Design for Cycling?
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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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Cycle parking planning and design guide
ViaStrada staff augmented their extensive experience using and designing cycle parking with a literature review of European guidance, the Australian
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University of Canterbury guest lectures
Since 2006, Axel Downard-Wilke has been a guest lecturer at the University of Canterbury for the Masters of Transportation course and occasional
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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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NZ Cycle Trail Design Guide
ViaStrada has developed (and subsequently updated) a comprehensive design guide for trail designers and project developers. The updated design guide
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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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Guidelines for Pedestrian/Cycle Rail Crossings
KiwiRail and the New Zealand Transport Agency have led the development of a New Zealand design guide for pedestrian and cycle facilities at rail
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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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Interim separated pathway separators
ViaStrada was commissioned to undertake an investigation of possible separation devices for protected pathways that are intended to be "temporary"
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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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Auckland Cycling Code of Practice
Auckland Transport commissioned ViaStrada to develop the cycling-related content for the region-wide Code of Practice.
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