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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Assessment of bicycle lane separators (TG)
ViaStrada carried out research on bicycle lane separators for VicRoads in 2012. Glen Koorey (University of Canterbury) reported on the research at
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Assessing the environmental capacity of local residential streets
Glen Koorey presented at the 2013 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting (Washington DC) on studies investigating whether a suitable maximum
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Cycling and Sustainability - Network Planning and Infrastructure Design
While previously at Canterbury University, Glen Koorey contributed a chapter to a book on cycling, focusing on planning and design approaches for
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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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Assessment of the type of cycling infrastructure required to attract new cyclists
Working with fellow UC researchers, Glen Koorey (then at Canterbury University) investigated for NZTA what type of cycling infrastructure (i.e.
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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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Incorporating Safety into Rural Highway Design
Between 2003-2009, Glen Koorey undertook PhD (doctoral) research to explore ways to assess the safety performance of (predominantly two-lane) rural
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Putting the “e” into advocate: online content management systems
Sparked by a desire to upgrade its existing email-list system, Spokes Canterbury has embarked on a project to develop a new online website and
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Effect of road bendiness on traffic crashes
This paper summarises the findings of a comprehensive study of the effects of road network bendiness on traffic crashes that used GIS (geographical
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The effects of the Pages Road cycle lane on cyclist safety and traffic flow operations
This paper discusses the effects the installation of an on-road cycle lane had on traffic flow operations and the safety of its users. Three types
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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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Fundamentals of Planning and Design for Cycling: course notes
These notes accompanied the technical training course "Fundamentals for Planning and Design for Cycling", commissioned by Transfund New Zealand (now
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Building our way out of congestion
Government policy explicitly states that we will not try to build our way out of congestion. Yet Government transportation spending is at record
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Planning for certainty through sustainable transportation
This paper, from the 2005 Transit NZ Roading Symposium, looks at available data to understand congestion trends, travel time variability and fuel
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Accommodating cyclists at signalised intersections
This paper, from the 2005 NZ Cycling Conference, explores how cyclists can be accommodated at signalised intersections using specific cycle
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Planning and design for cycling: developing best practice in New Zealand
A "Cycle Network and Route Planning Guide" has been produced to provide a best practice framework for local cycle planning strategies. Similarly, a
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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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How safe are roundabouts for cyclists?
This article was published in TranSafe Issue 5 (Apr 2001). It concludes with the following paragraph:Some roundabout projects which achieve good
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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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