Publications and Presentations

As part of ViaStrada research into minimum walking data requirements to progress pedestrian safety, this Guideline and data framework spreadsheet …

This Austroads report summarises research undertaken by ViaStrada for determining the minimum data requirements to measure and improve pedestrian …

Our current understanding of the impacts of mode change on safety is limited, due to the complex interactions between the various risk factors plus …

Originally authored in 2004, with minor updates in 2006, significant advancements since has meant the guide required updating. …

The quality of public transport (PT) facilities is key to enabling mode shift. And while big-ticket items such as the Christchurch Bus Interchange …

Whether a cycle facility on the approach to traffic signals is painted or physically separated makes a big legal difference. The painted facility is …

Te Mahere o te ara tawhiti ki te Raki, the Far North Trails Plan had the goal of developing a prioritised list of future routes to extend the …

Whether a cycle facility on the approach to traffic signals is painted or physically separated makes a big legal difference. The painted facility is …

The Signals NZ User Group (SNUG) held its annual workshop in New Plymouth in 2023. Axel presented on separated cycleways and filter turning. The …

In 2023, the Signals NZ User Group (SNUG) held its annual workshop in New Plymouth. Axel presented on the publication Stops and Goes of Traffic …

Understanding the perceptions of walkability in Central North Christchurch for older adultsBy developing walkable streets, Christchurch can create …

Axel was invited to speak about “free public transport” to the Tuesday Club, the weekly meeting of an eclectic mix of people convened by former …

There has been a surge of interest in the “10, 15 or-20-minute city” both worldwide and in Aotearoa New Zealand. This goal, which for generality, we …

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 …

This research note provides information about the best infrastructure options for installing quick-build (interim) separated cycleways to increase …

This opinion piece written for The Spinoff by Axel Downard-Wilke and published on 16 May 2022 explains why funding could be better spent on what's …

This poster presentation gives an overview of amendments to the Cycling network guidance (CNG) that have been published since January 2020. …

In early 2020, Waka Kotahi (the NZ Transport Agency) consulted on a proposal to allow cycling on footpaths for everyone. Yet district plans allow …

A formal trial for directional cycle signals was completed in 2019 based on sites in Auckland and Christchurch. This presentation at the 2021 SNUG …

Te Pūtahi, the Christchurch centre for architecture and city-making, organised an event to introduce the new requirements and tools enacted by the …

For Biketober 2020, Axel prepared a potted 21st century history of cycling in Christchurch titled "From moratorium to major cycle routes". The talk …

Visitors and residents alike loved the free central city Shuttle. It was introduced in 1998 and ceased operating with the February 2011 earthquake. …

Christchurch City Council and Auckland Transport commissioned ViaStrada to conduct an official traffic control device trial of directional traffic …

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