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.

Stops and Goes of Traffic Signals - TMW

The recommendations of this remit are: Engage competent signal engineer for the peer review of new designs Road safety audit process is not …
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Stops and Goes of Traffic Signals – SNUG 2004

The Signals NZ User Group (SNUG) meets annually for a workshop. The purpose of the presentation is to inform traffic signal practitioners of the …
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Estimating a cycling AADT

The purpose of this remit is to inform the profession about a procedure for estimating a cycling AADT (average annual daily traffic).Funding …
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Cycle facilities at traffic signals

This presentation was given to the Network Operations Team of Christchurch City Council. It covers good design practices for cycle facilities at …
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NZ Supplement to Austroads Part 14: Bicycles

This remit was given to the Signals NZ User Group (SNUG) at the 2003 annual meeting in Palmerston North. It makes the following recommendations: …
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Fundamentals course: development and delivery of a technical training course

This presentation about the Development and Delivery of a Technical Training Course was given to the 2003 NZ Cycling Conference at the in North …
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Impressions from Europe

Axel Wilke attended the VeloCity Conference in Paris in 2003. Reporting back to an audience at Christchurch City Council, he presented some of the …
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Designing signalised intersections for cyclists

This remit was given to the Signals NZ User Group (SNUG) at the 2002 annual meeting in Christchurch. Axel Downard-Wilke …
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Professional training course: designing with cyclists in mind

This remit was given to the Traffic Management Workshop (TMW) at the 2002 annual meeting in Rotorua. Read on to find out more... …
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PEM amendments: simplified procedures cycle facilities

This remit about the project evaluation manual (PEM) was given to the Traffic Management Workshop (TMW) at the 2002 annual meeting in Rotorua. Read …
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Traffic Control Devices: rule revision

This presentation is reporting on a submission that Axel Wilke and Bill Sissons have produced on behalf of Christchurch City Council in order to …
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Planning and engineering for cyclists: development of a technical training course

A consortium has been formed to develop a technical training course for traffic and roading engineers who want to learn more about how to plan and …
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Cyclists at roundabouts

Presented at the 2001 NZ Cycling Conference, the author believes that the research will enable us to judge more accurately the impact of different …
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Cyclists at wide intersections: single detector loop

This presentation gives an update on earlier research regarding Cyclists at Wide Intersections. A single detector loop is now used to overcome …
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Cycle safety at roundabouts

The remit is a progress report on research on the safety performance of roundabouts, with particular interest in cycle safety at different types of …
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Planning and engineering for cyclists

The remit reports on a proposed technical training course that did not attract Transfund funding. Axel talked about the methodology that was …
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Evaluation of the Paramics microsimulation model: central city area and urban arterial case studies

This report describes the development of two Paramics microsimulation traffic models: a small area model for the inner city bus station in …
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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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Designing signalised intersections for cyclists

A remit was presented at the 2000 Traffic Management Workshop, recommending a number of features to be employed for achieving cycle-friendly …
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Pedestrian treatments at signalised intersections

Axel Wilke and Susan Cambridge are proposing to discuss design philosophies for signalised intersections in terms of pedestrian treatments. …
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The forgotten transport modes (NZ Cycling Conference)

New Zealand transport practitioners seem to underestimate the potential of the transport modes walking, cycling and public transport and focus …
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