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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How do we sell the Benefits of Lower Speeds?
Why is it so hard to get traction on introducing lower speeds in NZ, despite their obvious benefits? At the 2023 Australasian Road Safety Conference
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Bursting with Stride – Age Friendly Christchurch
Understanding the perceptions of walkability in Central North Christchurch for older adultsBy developing walkable streets, Christchurch can create
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20/15/10/5 X-Minute Cities for sustainable urban design
There has been a surge of interest in the “10, 15 or-20-minute city” both worldwide and in Aotearoa New Zealand. This goal, which for generality, we
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Cost of Road Traffic Accidents (DTCC Study WP D1)
ViaStrada delivered a working paper summarising the methodology and calculations to derive estimates of the Total (Social) Costs, Average Costs,
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How do we measure Harm in Transport? (TG2023)
Traditional road safety measures of harm like the numbers of deaths and injuries suffered in crashes are often under-reported but also overlook
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Implications from the study of Road Transport Accident Costs
ViaStrada investigated the costs of “transport-related accidents” on roads as part of the recent MoT Domestic Transport Costs & Charges study.
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How do we measure Harm in Land Transport? (ARSC)
Traditional road safety measures of harm like the numbers of deaths and injuries suffered in crashes are often under-reported but also overlook
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Domestic Transport Costs and Charges: Road Crashes
Glen Koorey presented an industry webinar in Aug 2022 summarising ViaStrada's investigation into the social costs in NZ of road transport-related
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Research note 006: Infrastructure for quick-build cycleways
This research note provides information about the best infrastructure options for installing quick-build (interim) separated cycleways to increase
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Hidden Harm: Walking Injuries in Auckland
Glen Koorey presented a poster at the 2021 Transport Knowledge Conference summarising recent work looking at pedestrian deaths and serious injuries
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Pathways for chartered transportation professionals in NZ
The transportation profession incorporates people with diverse backgrounds and education, and this enriches our community, yet many don’t have a
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Cycling Network Guidance updates
This poster presentation gives an overview of amendments to the Cycling network guidance (CNG) that have been published since January 2020.
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NZAA: Speed Management & Cycle Planning/Design
Glen Koorey gave a presentation discussing some aspects of speed management and cycle planning/design practices in NZ to a Canterbury/Westland
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Colour my world: safe, sensible surfaces
At the 2021 2WALKandCYCLE Conference in Dunedin, Glen Koorey gave a presentation reviewing options for using different colours for surfaces of
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Lessons to be Learned from Transportation Engineering Failures
In the third of a series of Engineering NZ webinars, TGNZ National Cm'tee members Jeanette Ward, Glen Koorey and Bridget Burdett looked at road
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The benefits of speed management
In January 2021, Glen Koorey hosted an industry webinar discussing the several benefits of speed management, and some tactics for implementing this
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Lessons to be Learned from Engineering Failures
In the first of a series of Engineering NZ webinars, Glen Koorey with Gordon Hughes introduced the concept of how we as engineers often need to
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Cycling and the law: Road Rules around biking
As part of the Biketober Christchurch transport seminar series during Oct 2020, Glen Koorey gave a public presentation and chat introducing some of
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Does speed greatly affect travel time?
Lower speeds are one of the fundamental ways to improve road safety outcomes in New Zealand and to provide more equity and access to a wider range
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Cycling Infrastructure: If you build it, will they come? (and will they be safe?)
At the 8th International Cycling Safety Conference in Brisbane, Nov 2019, Glen delivered a keynote presentation looking at the relationship between
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Who should control Mobility as a Service?
Who should develop and manage “Mobility as a Service” (MaaS) services in New Zealand? Three approaches that have appeared to date are (1) private
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The mechanics and politics of changing a speed limit
With a new government pushing a greater emphasis on road safety, attention is increasing on the role that speed plays in our safety record. For both
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Has the Christchurch Central City 30km/h zone worked?
In 2016, Christchurch introduced a 30km/h lower speed zone within a large part of the central city area. While this has generated some controversy
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Dunedin Schools Cluster – a precinct approach to safety
Dunedin City Council commissioned ViaStrada to develop an area-wide approach to addressing road safety and parking issues around five central city
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