Publications and Presentations

Estimating the demand for new facilities is an important part of the economic justification for walking and cycling projects. Andrew Macbeth and …

This technical note summarises two "think-pieces" commissioned by the former Land Transport NZ (now the New Zealand Transport Agency) in 2008.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 …

Walking and cycling strategies are useful tools that aid councils in providing for pedestrians and cyclists. A stocktake of all current walking and …

Traditionally aimed at roading engineers and contractors, the conference this year focused more attention on the new era under the NZ Transport …

The document looks at ways of optimising New Zealand's road transport network. It is assumed that we will not be attempting to build our way out of …

ViaStrada took a leading role in research to develop a technique for estimating cycle traffic on new cycle facilities. The research has been …

Andrew presented information on how to count bicycle traffic by a variety of methods. The presentation also discusses current research on field …

This presentation discusses recent work done by ViaStrada on cycle traffic counting, including a survey of all councils and Transit offices about …

Cycle route network planning is usually a fairly subjective process, with local or regional council staff and perhaps cycling advocates identifying …

Functional road classification systems or road hierarchies are widely used in all aspects of traffic planning, traffic operations and road asset …

Land Transport NZ hosts an annual workshop for road controlling authorities on the topic of Safety Management Systems. ViaStrada was invited to …

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 …

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

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

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 …

At the New Zealand Cycling Conference in September 2001, Andrew Macbeth gave a presentation on traffic calming on arterial roads, using examples …

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