Transportation Group

TECHNICAL CONFERENCE PAPERS 2008

New Plymouth, 2 - 5 November

Winners and finalists:

• AA Award for Best Transportation Paper:
  Matthew Ensor, Dr Ngoc Nguyen and Michael Daley - "Using ITS data fusion to access network performance and corridor initiatives
• 3M Traffic Safety Innovation Award Winner:
  Mike Smith (MWH New Zealand), David Pinkney, Mitch Tse, Brian Neill, Karisa Rabiero, Andy Milne - "Pedestrian Crossing Warning Lights Trial"

• Best Young Author: Megan Fowler - "Staged Pedestrian Crossings"
• Best Technical Note: Steve Abley and Reuben Williams - "Public Transport Accessibility Levels"
• Highly commended paper: Bill Rice - "How we got to school - A study of travel choices of primary school pupils"
• Highly commended paper: Steve Higgs and John Hassan - "A practical approach to integrated land use planning"
• Highly commended technical note: Gansen Govender and David Maritz - "Part-time metered signal at Ngongotaha Roundabout"
• Highly commended technical note: Paul Durdin - "A strategy to preserve road hierarchy"
• 3M Traffic Safety Innovation Award Finalist: Peter Mortimer (Downer EDI Works), Michael Flatters (MWH), Murray Clarke (NZTA), Kevin Barclay (Downer EDI Works) - "SH8 Beaumont Slip Active Warning System.
• 3M Traffic Safety Innovation Award Finalist: Ann Fosberry, Karen McNatty, Clare Cassidy (GHD Ltd) - "Manawatu District Council Route Studies"

Conference Presentations

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Monday 3 November 2008

• 0900 Nick Rabbets + Paper
• 0950 Bill Rice + Paper
• 1020 Rueben Williams + Paper
• 1030 Steve Abley + Paper
• 1130 Dennis De Jong + Paper
• 1200 James King + Paper
• 1330 Dr Shane Turner + Paper
• 1410 Andrew Macbeth + Paper
• 1430 Mike Smith + Paper
• 1530 Megan Fowler
• 1550 Chris Vallyon + Paper
• 1620 Blair Monk + Paper

Tuesday 4 November 2008

• 0900 Matthew Ensor + Paper
• 0930 Steve Higgs + Paper
• 1000 Laura Skilton + Paper
• 3M Awards - Winner Mike Smith
• 2007 Winner George Jason-Smith
• Finalist - Ann Fosberry  Peter Mortimer

Wednesday 5 November 2008

• 0900 Ian Clark + Paper
• 0920 Paul Durdin + Paper
• 0940 Paul Durdin + Paper
• 1000 Melissa Foster + Paper
• 1100 Jacqueline Blake + Paper
• 1130 Julie Anne Genter + Paper
• 1200 Axel Wilke + Paper
• 1330 Sandy Fong + Paper
• 1400 Pania Elliott + Paper
• 1420 Geoff Mansell + Paper

Other Papers

• Chou, Michael
• CHou, Michael
• Genter Julie Anne
• Govender, Gansen
• Milne, Andy
• Philip Andrew
• Wilke, Axel