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.
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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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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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Fundamentals of Planning and Design for Cycling: course notes
These notes accompanied the technical training course "Fundamentals for Planning and Design for Cycling", commissioned by Transfund New Zealand (now
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Audit of signalised intersections: recommendations for practitioners
As part of a drive by the ‘Signals New Zealand User Group’ (SNUG) to achieve better consistency with the design and operation of traffic signals
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Writing submissions: how to be effective?
This presentation was given to the 2005 Community Road Safety Symposium. Read on to find out more...
Axel Downard-Wilke
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ARTA cycle route network analysis tool
This conference remit describes an innovative approach developed to analyse cycle route network concepts. The remit is based on a study undertaken
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Making a congested offset signalised T-intersection work
The given problem is a signalised staggered T intersection that is congested. The queue space between adjacent T intersections is filling up. There
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Paramics modelling of congested offset T-intersection
The given problem is a signalised staggered T intersection that is congested. The queue space between adjacent T intersections is filling up. There
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Stops and Goes of Traffic Signals: a traffic signal auditor's perspective
Land Transport NZ (formerly Transfund NZ) commissioned Axel Wilke to prepare this booklet. The purpose was to contribute to the objectives of the
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Building our way out of congestion
Government policy explicitly states that we will not try to build our way out of congestion. Yet Government transportation spending is at record
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Planning for certainty through sustainable transportation
This paper, from the 2005 Transit NZ Roading Symposium, looks at available data to understand congestion trends, travel time variability and fuel
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Accommodating cyclists at signalised intersections
This paper, from the 2005 NZ Cycling Conference, explores how cyclists can be accommodated at signalised intersections using specific cycle
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Planning and design for cycling: developing best practice in New Zealand
A "Cycle Network and Route Planning Guide" has been produced to provide a best practice framework for local cycle planning strategies. Similarly, a
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Creyke Road Living Streets pilot project
This project developed a design concept that would maintain the road’s arterial function, yet would significantly improve conditions for pedestrians
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Cycle paths at signalised cross intersections
This remit was given to the Signals NZ User Group (SNUG) at the 2005 annual meeting in Christchurch. Read on to find out more...
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Sustainable transport in NZ
This paper was written as part of a series of papers on sustainability for the engineering profession in New Zealand. A presidential task force on
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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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The case against cycle paths
A good cycle path has no driveways crossing it unless there is ample unimpeded visibility between driveway users and the path. In practice, this
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NZ Supplement to Austroads GTEP Part 14 Bicycles
This paper from the 2003 NZ Cycling Conference reports on the development of the NZ Supplement. Both the Guide to Traffic Engineering Practice (GTEP
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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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Automatic bicycle counting
This paper summarises research undertaken for Transfund New Zealand (now Land Transport NZ) by MWH New Zealand Ltd in Christchurch between October
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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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