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.

Safe … but only if it’s efficient

This presentation discusses why travel time considerations should be removed from road safety project evaluation. It was presented by Axel Wilke, …
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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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Ferry Road MCR

Axel Wilke addressed the Christchurch Infrastructure, Transport and Environment (ITE) Committee in June 2017 about options under consideration for …
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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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Empowering technology e-bikes

At the 2016 2WALKandCYCLE Conference in Auckland from 6 to 8 July, John Lieswyn in a paper co-authored with Axel Wilke, presented on E-bikes: …
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Learnings from cycling in Europe

With the current significant investment in cycling in New Zealand, many people hope that we can grow cycling usage levels to match those found in …
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Cycling guidelines development

At the Bike Futures conference in Melbourne in October 2015, Axel Downard-Wilke presented on the development of New Zealand national cycling …
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Industry training for cycling

The purpose of this presentation is to highlight how professional training courses about planning and design for cycling contribute to a safe system …
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Safer Journeys for people who cycle: Cycling Safety Panel Final Report & Recommendations

Following a Coronial Inquiry into cycling safety, the NZ Transport Agency established a Cycling Safety Panel to investigate ways in which cycling on …
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Separated Bicycle Facilities: legal issues

More and more Separated Bicycle Facilities (SBFs) are proposed in New Zealand, but their integration into signalised intersections is not well …
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Bicycle network planning: the target audience approach

At the 2WALKandCYCLE conference in Nelson in October 2014, Axel Wilke presented a paper on Bicycle Network Planning: The Target Audience Approach …
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Cycle Lane Marking Trial

A cycle lane marking trial on Dunedin’s Cumberland Street (State Highway 1) was undertaken. Non-standard road markings for cycle lanes were tested …
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Dunedin – leading the way in cycle planning in New Zealand

Dunedin has one of the lowest cycling to work mode shares of NZ cities, but this will change due to the provision of a comprehensive network mainly …
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Assessment of on-road bicycle lanes at roundabouts

ViaStrada was commissioned by Austroads to undertake research into the effectiveness of on-road bicycle lanes at roundabouts in Australia and New …
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Dunedin Cycling Forum

As part of the consultation on the proposed South Dunedin cycle network, Dunedin City Council organised a Cycling Forum. Despite a very wet night, …
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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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Bicycle lanes at roundabouts

ViaStrada and CDM Research have carried out research on bicycle lanes at roundabouts for Austroads that was first presented at the 2012 Bike Futures …
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Assessment of bicycle lane separators

ViaStrada is carrying out research on bicycle lane separators for VicRoads. Axel Wilke presented on progress at the 2012 Bike Futures Conference in …
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Bicycle lanes at roundabouts

ViaStrada and CDM Research are carrying out research on bicycle lanes at roundabouts for Austroads. At the 2011 Bike Futures Conference, Tony Barton …
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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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Development of an automatic cycle counting programme for Hamilton City

Following on from the 2008 NZTA funded investigation by ViaStrada into methods of continuous cycle counting, this conference paper summarises the …
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Wellington's Central City bus corridors: safe system approach

ViaStrada's Andrew Macbeth and John Lieswyn reviewed the Golden Mile corridor using the Safe Systems Approach, and controversially suggest a people …
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Best practice for walking and cycling

ViaStrada's Andrew Macbeth delivered a presentation on Best Practice for Walking and Cycling to the May 2011 meeting of the Wellington Active …
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Earthquake workshop debrief to IPENZ Transportation Group

The Christchurch City Council ran a series of three stakeholder workshops in June 2011 to discuss transportation issues for the rebuild of …
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