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.

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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Bumps in the Road

Bronwen completed her Master of Planning at Lincoln University in 2024 and is now working as a transportation planner in Ōtautahi Christchurch. This …
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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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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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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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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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