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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Transport resilience and earthquakes – lessons from Christchurch
How do people respond to dramatic changes in transport patterns? What can other communities learn from the transport effects of the Christchurch
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Patterns in NZ truck-bike crashes
Glen presented on the New Zealand patterns in truck / bike crashes at the 2018 Transportation Conference in Queenstown. This is a follow up to the
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Factors influencing red light running
Glen presented "Factors influencing red light running – a Christchurch investigation" at the Australasian Transport Research Forum (ATRF) in
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E-bike and low-powered vehicles standards and safety
Glen presented "Electric bicycle and low-powered vehicles standards and safety" at the 2017 Transport Knowledge Conference in Auckland. This
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Designing safer railway crossings for walking and cycling
KiwiRail and the New Zealand Transport Agency have led the development of a New Zealand design guide for pedestrian and cycle facilities at rail
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Moving on from the almighty car: Future transport in Christchurch
ViaStrada's Glen Koorey was interviewed by The Press as part of an article in Aug 2017 about future changes to Christchurch's transport patterns.
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Developing options for contraflow cycleways
Auckland Transport commissioned ViaStrada to investigate some options for providing contraflow cycling on three suburban one-way streets, as well as
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Changing rural speed limits - Learning from the past
Glen Koorey presented 'Changing Rural Speed Limits - Learning from the Past' at the 2017 IPENZ Transportation Group Conference. The paper, co
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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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Neighbourhood Greenways workshop presentations
Glen Koorey gave two presentations at the Neighborhood Greenways workshop held in Washington DC, US, as part of the 2017 Transportation Research
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Making the case for lower speeds: tackling the concerns
Glen Koorey gave a presentation at the 2016 TRAFINZ Conference that provides an overview of the arguments for lower speeds in New Zealand, including
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Four types of cyclist?
At the 2016 2WALKandCYCLE Conference in Auckland, Glen Koorey and co-author Karyn Teather presented a paper which explores the different types of
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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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Making Space: Innovative Ways to Fit Multiple Modes within Narrow Cross Sections
Glen Koorey presented at the IPENZ Transportation Group Conference in March 2016, with co-presenter John Lieswyn. Their paper was titled Making
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The effect of cycle lanes on cycling numbers and safety
Glen Koorey presented at the 2016 TRB Annual Meeting in Washington DC about a research project investigating the relative effects on cycle count and
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Cycling Futures - Spaces for Cycling
While previously at Canterbury University, Glen Koorey contributed a chapter to the Australasian book "Cycling Futures", focusing on how best to
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Effect of on-street parking on traffic speeds
Glen Koorey presented at the 2015 IPENZ Transportation Conference about a study to determine the extent that traffic speed is affected by on-street
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The feasibility of implementing international "pedestrian crosswalk" laws in New Zealand
Glen Koorey presented a paper at the 2015 IPENZ Transportation Conference that investigated the effects of changing current NZ pedestrian give-way
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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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Learning from Failures: Using Historical Engineering Projects to Teach Better Professional Engineering Skills
At the 4th Australasian Engineering Heritage Conference in 2014, Glen Koorey gave a presentation on how a new final-year engineering course at
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Effectiveness of Incident Management on Network Reliability – Stage 2
This NZTA research investigated how ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems) measures, such as adaptive signal control (e.g. SCATS) and Variable Message
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High Visibility and Cycling ‐ Balancing Safety and Culture
At the 2014 Velo-City cycling conference in Adelaide, Glen gave an invited presentation on the impacts of high-visibility clothing on cycling
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Operating characteristics and economic evaluation of "2+1 lanes" with or without ITS assisted merging
Working with TDG, Glen Koorey (then at Canterbury University) investigated for NZTA developing, implementing and measuring safe and robust design
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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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