This is a selection of some of the many publications & presentations that ViaStrada has been involved in over the years - click on the filter icon to refine the search by staff members.
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Minimum Data Requirements for Pedestrian Safety Guideline
As part of ViaStrada research into minimum walking data requirements to progress pedestrian safety, this Guideline and data framework spreadsheet
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Research Report: Determining the Minimum Data Requirements to Progress Pedestrian Safety
This Austroads report summarises research undertaken by ViaStrada for determining the minimum data requirements to measure and improve pedestrian
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Mode-shift impacts on safety
Our current understanding of the impacts of mode change on safety is limited, due to the complex interactions between the various risk factors plus
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Every stop counts: PTDG and GIS applications in bus stop assessment
The quality of public transport (PT) facilities is key to enabling mode shift. And while big-ticket items such as the Christchurch Bus Interchange
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How do we measure Harm in Transport? (TG2023)
Traditional road safety measures of harm like the numbers of deaths and injuries suffered in crashes are often under-reported but also overlook
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How do we measure Harm in Land Transport? (ARSC)
Traditional road safety measures of harm like the numbers of deaths and injuries suffered in crashes are often under-reported but also overlook
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Why don't we build safe roundabouts?
In New Zealand, we are currently being told that "it's time we stopped paying the road toll". Yet our roundabout design philosophy utilising a
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Research note 006: Infrastructure for quick-build cycleways
This research note provides information about the best infrastructure options for installing quick-build (interim) separated cycleways to increase
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Hidden Harm: Walking Injuries in Auckland
Glen Koorey presented a poster at the 2021 Transport Knowledge Conference summarising recent work looking at pedestrian deaths and serious injuries
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Age friendly Ōtautahi
Gemma participated in the Age friendly Ōtautahi workshop organised by the Transportation Group and others. She presented 8 slides in 8 minutes on
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Pathways for chartered transportation professionals in NZ
The transportation profession incorporates people with diverse backgrounds and education, and this enriches our community, yet many don’t have a
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Urban Design & Transportation – the case for greater collaboration
This interactive presentation involved giving words to participants to evoke what things people think about when considering the public street.
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Developing options for contraflow cycleways
Auckland Transport commissioned ViaStrada to investigate some options for providing contraflow cycling on three suburban one-way streets, as well as
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Everybody wins with cycleways – delivering cycleways in Christchurch
Gemma demonstrated the planning and design methods employed by a multi-disciplinary team to deliver 13 major cycleways.
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An illustrated lexicon of cycle facilities
This technical note and poster proposes a glossary of cycling facility terms with the aim of reducing confusion amongst practitioners. It was
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Shared path widths
How wide should paths shared between pedestrians and cyclists be? Whilst these are common, very little guidance is available internationally.
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SIDRA guidelines evaluation
This remit was given to the 2007 Microscopic Traffic Simulation Conference held on 6 and 7 September 2007 in Rotorua. It described the development
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Cycle infrastructure at schools
This paper outlines the process the Christchurch City Council has gone through and the outcomes we have arrived at, targeting the difficulties faced
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Papanui Railway Cycleway: dedicated cycle signals
This paper presents some of the technical information on the process and design of the "Papanui Railway Cycleway" and in particular "dedicated cycle
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