Publications and presentations

The safety of pedestrians crossing multi-lane road intersections is often threatened by filtering turning vehicles. The introduction of staged …

This technical note covers Christchurch City Council's ambitious plans for bus priority, with 26 km of routes on three corridors to be improved. The …

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 …

The Cycling Advocates' Network (CAN) has presented the 6th annual Cycle-Friendly Awards, celebrating initiatives to promote cycling and create a …

The purpose of this presentation is to stimulate discussion and feedback from signal engineers at the SNUG (Signals NZ User Group) workshop. The …

The relatively limited number of experienced cycle facility designers in New Zealand means there is great value to be gained through the careful use …

Designers ViaStrada and Maunsell have developed an innovative concept, which proposes a diagonal cycle phase to run concurrently with opposing right …

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 …

Devised by the Cycling Advocates’ Network (CAN), the national organisation promoting everyday cycling, and sponsored by Sport and Recreation New …

Auckland City Council has developed an innovative diagonal cycle call-phase to run concurrently with opposing right-turning traffic to resolve a …

Axel Wilke has come back from the 2007 VeloCity cycling conference in Munich with 'lessons for NZ'. He presented the most important topics to the …

These notes accompanied the technical training course "Fundamentals for Planning and Design for Cycling", commissioned by Transfund New Zealand (now …

Land Transport NZ (formerly Transfund NZ) commissioned Axel Wilke to prepare this booklet. The purpose was to contribute to the objectives of the …

The given problem is a signalised staggered T intersection that is congested. The queue space between adjacent T intersections is filling up. There …

Government policy explicitly states that we will not try to build our way out of congestion. Yet Government transportation spending is at record …

This conference remit describes an innovative approach developed to analyse cycle route network concepts. The remit is based on a study undertaken …

The given problem is a signalised staggered T intersection that is congested. The queue space between adjacent T intersections is filling up. There …

This paper, from the 2005 Transit NZ Roading Symposium, looks at available data to understand congestion trends, travel time variability and fuel …

This paper, from the 2005 NZ Cycling Conference, explores how cyclists can be accommodated at signalised intersections using specific cycle …

This presentation was given to the 2005 Community Road Safety Symposium. Read on to find out more... Axel Downard-Wilke …

A "Cycle Network and Route Planning Guide" has been produced to provide a best practice framework for local cycle planning strategies. Similarly, a …