Publications and Presentations

This report describes research undertaken for Land Transport New Zealand on walking and cycling strategies. The study was carried out between August …

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

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

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

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

This project developed a design concept that would maintain the road’s arterial function, yet would significantly improve conditions for pedestrians …

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 …

A good cycle path has no driveways crossing it unless there is ample unimpeded visibility between driveway users and the path. In practice, this …

This paper from the 2003 NZ Cycling Conference reports on the development of the NZ Supplement. Both the Guide to Traffic Engineering Practice (GTEP …

This paper summarises research undertaken for Transfund New Zealand (now Land Transport NZ) by MWH New Zealand Ltd in Christchurch between October …

This paper compares the functional road classification systems of Christchurch and Toronto. Both systems have local, collector, minor arterial and …

In September 2001, Andrew Macbeth (then based at MWH) presented a paper to the New Zealand Cycling Conference, based on a project commissioned by …

The introduction of bicycle lanes in Toronto and other North American cities over recent years marks an important trend. Perhaps for the first time …

This seminal study of cycle use and crashes in Christchurch was undertaken with surveys of adult cyclists, school cyclists and medical facilities in …

Recorded for posterity - a historic report of a traffic survey of 1988 at 46 locations throughout Christchurch, using the railway lines as a traffic …