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.

Driver competency and knowledge over time

At the 2026 Australasian Road Safety Conference in Sydney, Glen co-presented some findings on research investigating how driver knowledge changes …
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Modelling Safety and Mode Shift impacts of Speed Management

At the 2026 Australasian Road Safety Conference in Sydney, Glen presented some findings from an updated mode shift vs safety spreadsheet model that …
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Speed Humps, Raised Safety Platforms and Safer Streets: What works, where and why?

John kicked off the new Trafinz Learn @ Lunch series with a presentation discussing Speed Humps, Raised Safety Platforms and Safer Streets: What …
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Improving the Accessibility of Trails and Campgrounds

How accessible are New Zealand’s most popular trails and campgrounds?At the 2026 World Trails Conference in Perth, John Lieswyn shared findings from …
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Sustainable Transport Insights from Europe

In the first Biketober 2026 speaker series seminar, Glen Koorey gave a presentation about his recent trip to Europe and some cycling-related …
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Stops and Goes - The next generation

What’s changed at New Zealand’s signalised intersections over the past 20 years, and what hasn’t? Megan Gregory presented at the 2026 SNUG Workshop, …
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Left turn treatments at signalised intersections presentation

Megan Gregory recently presented the findings of ViaStrada's white paper, Left Turn Treatments at Signalised Intersections: A Safety Review, at the …
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Safe System Approach to Road Safety

Ashu Kedia delivered an invited online guest lecture on the Safe System Approach to Road Safety to student members of the Institution of …
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Left turn treatments at signalised intersections - white paper

Are slip lanes inherently less safe than conventional signalised left turns? This review examines Australian and New Zealand research and finds that …
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Assessment of loud vehicle, speed change and nuisance noise from road transport

Commissioned by NZ Transport Agency, this research report investigated the factors contributing to individual vehicle noise events and the influence …
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Determining the Minimum Data Requirements for Improving Pedestrian Safety webinar

What data do we really need to improve pedestrian safety? ViaStrada's John Lieswyn and Glen Koorey joined Phil Harbutt from Pivot Space to present …
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Minimum Data Requirements for Pedestrian Safety Guideline

As part of ViaStrada research into minimum walking data requirements to progress pedestrian safety, this Guideline and data framework spreadsheet …
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Research Report: Determining the Minimum Data Requirements to Progress Pedestrian Safety

This Austroads report summarises research undertaken by ViaStrada for determining the minimum data requirements to measure and improve pedestrian …
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Cycling Safety on Rural Roads: Case study of Audio-Tactile Line-Markings

At an ACRS webinar on "Rural Road Safety for Different Road Users", Glen Koorey presented on how audio-tactile line-markings (ATLMs) have been used …
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Improving Accessibility of Trails and Campgrounds

At the 2026 Transportation Conference, John, Bronwen and Tanja led an interactive Learning Cafe session, where they introduced attendees to the DOC …
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Does road-space reallocation affect network VKT?

At the 2026 NZ Transportation Conference, Glen presented on some NZTA research that investigated the impacts of permanent road-space reallocation on …
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Improving Driver Knowledge and Competency at Different Life Stages

Glen Koorey presented to the AA Research Foundation and guests on recent research investigating whether drivers lose knowledge or competency …
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Demand Responsive Transport

In areas with low public transport demand or during off-peak hours when passenger numbers are low, demand-responsive transport is a cost-effective …
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The Safety Risks of Out-of-Context Curves: Three Decades of Rural Curve Research in NZ

At the 2026 TRB Annual Meeting in Washington DC, Glen co-authored a paper investigating the safety effect of horizontal curves that are inconsistent …
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Bumps in the Road

Bronwen completed her Master of Planning at Lincoln University in 2024 and is now working as a transportation planner in Ōtautahi Christchurch. This …
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Developing a GIS for railway operators

Accurate data is essential for the maintenance of railway tracks and infrastructure. A geographic information system (GIS) containing all relevant …
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