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.

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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Directional cycle signals (Transportation Conference 2019)

Christchurch City Council and Auckland Transport commissioned ViaStrada to conduct an official traffic control device trial of directional traffic …
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Filter turning at traffic signals across cycleways

Megan and Axel presented at the 2018 SNUG Workshop on how traffic signals are operated when a separated cycleway is present. Currently, transport …
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Directional cycle signals (SNUG 2018)

A formal trial for directional cycle signals is underway, with two sites in Auckland and Christchurch, respectively. The interim evaluation for …
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Factors influencing red light running

Glen presented "Factors influencing red light running – a Christchurch investigation" at the Australasian Transport Research Forum (ATRF) in …
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Around about time to make cycle-friendly roundabouts?

Roundabouts are the safest form of intersection control for motor vehicle occupants. Numerous studies have shown that, in general, fewer casualty …
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Kreisverkehr

The German word for “roundabout” is “Kreisverkehr”. The German word for “cycle-friendly roundabout” is “Kreisverkehr”. In case you missed it, that’s …
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Bikes 'n' Lights in North America

This paper looks at ways of addressing conflict between people on bikes and motor vehicles at signalised intersections that have separated cycleways …
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Review of Road User Rules for people walking and cycling

The NZ Transport Agency engaged MWH and ViaStrada to investigate options for amendments to several give-way related road user rules. Our report was …
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Cycling network guidance: 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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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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Estimating demand for Selwyn's cycleways

Estimating the demand for new facilities is an important part of the economic justification for walking and cycling projects. Andrew Macbeth and …
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Staged pedestrian crossings

The presentation illustrates the basic concepts of staged pedestrian crossings compared with traditional crossings at signalised intersections, …
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Staged pedestrian crosswalks at signalised cross intersections

The safety of pedestrians crossing multi-lane road intersections is often threatened by filtering turning vehicles. The introduction of staged …
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Right turn protection: Christchurch policy development

ViaStrada was commissioned by the Christchurch City Council to undertake an investigation into the provision of protected right turns at two of the …
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Staged pedestrian crossings

The safety of pedestrians crossing multi-lane road intersections is often threatened by filtering turning vehicles. The introduction of staged …
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Signalised roundabout design for pedestrian and cyclist safety

A difficult problem was reviewed by ViaStrada at the request of a road controlling authority. An urban arterial road with a 50 km/h speed limit …
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Walking and cycling strategy stocktake

Walking and cycling strategies are useful tools that aid councils in providing for pedestrians and cyclists. A stocktake of all current walking and …
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Continuous cycle counting in New Zealand

At the Trafinz Conference in Christchurch (8-10 September 2008) ViaStrada presented the preliminary results of an inductive loop, continuous cycle …
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Transport network optimisation think-piece

The document looks at ways of optimising New Zealand's road transport network. It is assumed that we will not be attempting to build our way out of …
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