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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Safe System Approach to Road Safety
Ashu Kedia delivered an invited online guest lecture on the Safe System Approach to Road Safety to student members of the Institution of
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Left turn treatments at signalised intersections - white paper
Are slip lanes inherently less safe than conventional signalised left turns? This review examines Australian and New Zealand research and finds that
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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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Modelling Consumers’ Preferences for Time-Slot Based Home Delivery of Goods Bought Online: An Empirical Study in Christchurch
This study investigates Christchurch residents’ preferences for different home delivery time slots for online purchases and examines whether off
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Assessing traffic characteristics for safe pedestrian crossings: Developing warrants for sustainable urban safety
This research evaluates traffic characteristics associated with safe pedestrian crossings and develops warrants to guide crossing provision. The
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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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Estimating the adoption of electric vehicles: A case study of four Indian states
This project examines electric vehicle (EV) adoption trends in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, and Gujarat and estimates how many EVs must be
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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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Acceptability of collection and delivery points from consumers’ perspective: A qualitative case study of Christchurch city
This study explores Christchurch residents’ attitudes towards Collection and Delivery Points (CDPs) as an alternative to home parcel delivery. The
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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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