TECHNICAL CONFERENCE PAPERS

Technical papers contributed from the Group 1973-1997

NZIE 1973 Transportation and Traffic Engineering Group

February 1973
Hamilton

P.McCombs: Area control in Wellington : a progress report

H.Smith: Parking enforcement in New Zealand

R.Ward: A note on the automation of parking buildings

J.Toomath: The safety value of traffic engineering measures

J.Youngman: Some aspects of accident studies

G.Body: The cost of traffic signal control

A.Williman: Comparing the journey times of buses and other vehicles

A.Williman, A.Nicholson: Measurement of journey times by a number plate survey

NZIE 1974 Transportation and Traffic Engineering Group

February 1974
Wellington

P.Walker: Consumer determined priorities in urban passenger transportation

A.Williman: The problems of suburban traffic generators : an illustrative example

M.Douglass: Christchurch's second transport study : objectives and significance

P.Jenkins: Trip prediction models : Christchurch

A.Williman, D.Gordon: A photogrammetric method for determining the speed of city traffic

A.Francis: Measuring the effectiveness of a pedestrian crossing warning sign

J.Toomath: The Hamilton traffic "blitz"

A.Williman, A.Ballinger: Characteristics of parking building users

M.Gadd: A comprehensive policy of parking and access for the city centre

Forum : traffic engineers : where is our profession?

NZIE 1975 Transportation and Traffic Engineering Group

February 1975
Auckland

W.Pringle: Field surveys for the Auckland Comprehensive Transportation Study review

D.Willmott: Traffic transportation and access considerations in the location
and design of Manukau City Centre

J.Reynolds, A.Williman: An economic appraisal of roundabouts

I.Mead: Some aspects of planning and design of Auckland rapid transit

T.Keillor, G.Cox: A computer-based supervisory control system for traffic management

D.Suter: The acquisition and initial digital processing of data for a traffic control computer

R.Coddington: Planning and land use controls for efficient highways

W.Frith, C.Clissold: Survey of transport bus boarding and alighting times

R.Hill: On the application of a programmable calculator-plotter to the design of layouts for major intersections

NZIE 1976 Transportation and Traffic Engineering Group

February 1976
Dunedin

E.New, R.Gibson: An audio-visual presentation of a traffic plan: a study in communications

C.O'Flaherty: Intertown public transport alternatives for Canberra

D.Houghton, B.Watson: Saturation flows at traffic signals

H.Smith: Traffic signal design

D.Murray: Area control in Auckland

A.Blake, R.Dunn: Car parking at Auckland Airport: a survey and simulation study

M.Smith: Modelling techniques used in an English new route study

M.Douglass: Transport models for small towns

NZIE 1977 Transportation and Traffic Engineering Group

February 1977
Christchurch

The economics of transportation investment

D.Lovatt: Road Research Units activities in traffic engineering

J.Toomath: Transport research in the Ministry of Transport

R.Dunn, P.McCombs: Traffic engineer's education and training : is it adequate?

D.Byers, R.Harman: The University of Canterbury electric car

R.Allan, T.McDonald: Provincial city public transport

P.Seddon: Bus priority in traffic management schemes

M.Gadd: Bus lanes to bikeways

NZIE 1978 Transportation and Traffic Engineering Group

February 1978
Hamilton

W.Guest: A track occupation simulation for small railway yard design

W.Frith: An operational study of a Wellington urban bus route

R.Pinnegar: Traffic noise measurement, analysis and implications for New Zealand

R.Dunn: Civil engineering employment activity in NZ

R.Hill: An Auckland bylaw restricting the movement of trucks (NZAA Award, Best paper)

M.Smith: Urban goods movement

D.Thomas: Area control at work in Wellington

T.Rees: Traffic and transportation, Wellington City

R.McCarten: Factors leading to railway derailments

A.Williman: Energy, life styles and urban travel

M.Douglass: Engineers and town planners

NZIE 1979 Transportation and Traffic Engineering Group

February 1979
Wellington

T.Lister: Caravan and trailer stability

G.Boon: The formulation of road user charges to fund the National Roads Board

R.Gibson, N.Hendy, G.Holland: Critical accident rates : an application for State Highways

R.Humphries: Specification of detector and phasing logic for the new generation
traffic signal controllers

D.Thomas: Area wide for beginners

R.Dunn: Traffic and parking characteristics of a large shopping centre

M.Smith: Shopping centre modelling

G.Thomson, R.Kammann: Problems of human information processing at intersections

S.Robson: An obstacle course for motor cyclists : the road

W.Pringle: Funding guidelines for shared transport (NZAA Award, Best paper)

J.Downer: Development of the Upper Hutt town centre

M.Jackett: Ornamental rocks : an environmental danger

NZIE 1980 Transportation Group Programme

February 12-13, 1980
Dunedin

W.White: Fuel conservation and road safety

W.Frith: The New Zealand open road speed limit

J.Hannah: Cost savings for motorists with use of micro processor traffic signal
controller

P.McCombs: Crowd arrival patterns at Athletic Park

N.Schofield; J.Siddons: History, development and science of signing

D.Lovatt: Some implications of road accident cost studies

M.Gadd, P.Lay: The design and evaluation of co-ordinated signal control plan for Fitzgerald
Avenue

R.Bodell: Experiment in public transport : Palmerston North

B.Hasell: Some simple techniques for public transport evaluation

M.Gadd: Future transportation options

D.Stevenson: Planning for the control of traffic noise

A.Nicholson: Transportation systems management : its application in New Zealand

J.Foster: Urban transport proposals

J.Toomath: Towards priorities in road safety (NZAA Award, Best paper)

NZIE 1981 Transportation and Traffic Engineering Group Programme

February 9-13, 1981
Auckland

R.Dunn, Vithal, Harasukh ; S.Hui: Unopposed saturation flows at traffic signals

W.Frith: Delays before and after the installation of a set of traffic signals

D.Houghton, P.Kippenburger: Before and after evaluation of a roundabout

P.Lay: Changes in central Wellington accident rates with completion of the motorway

G.Thomson: Sign inventory and recycling systems

M.Smith, A Francis, J. McCombs: Manageable transportation studies

D.Valpy; R.Rutherford: Auckland's southeastern corridor study (NZAA Award, Best paper)

T.Hughes: Transport and the environment

J Herbert: The fabrication and installation of laminated timber panels for road/rail
level crossings

D.Elder: Carpooling : effects on vehicle usage

J.Edgar: Tracking diagrams for New Zealand vehicles

A.Nicholson: Road safety : an application of statistical decision theory

W.Frith: Child traffic accident and injury patterns in New Zealand

A.Tsoi: Detection of incidents on motorways based on dynamic model techniques

S.Reddish: District scheme administration : the traffic engineer's role

W.Pringle: Cycle surveys in Auckland

IPENZ 1982 Transportation Group Programme

February 8-12, 1982
Auckland

D.Marsh: Exclusive pedestrian control for Dunedin's Central Business District (NZAA Award, Best paper)

B.Hasell: The management of traffic control equipment

W.Frith: A study of a signalised intersection with and without a "rest in red" facility

P.Atkinson: Experience with small roundabouts (Chairman’s Prize, Best note)

A.Harcourt: Recent development and experience with roadside traffic barriers

G.Body: Public transport needs of a Lower Hutt hillside suburb

G.Belliss: Calibration of a transport model

I.Appleton: A comparison of international data on motor vehicle accident victims

C.Clissold: Intersection accident victims

R.Hill: Towards an improved level of service at signal change

R.Burrell, D.Carr: A turntable in Woodward Street, Wellington City

W.King, P.Farrington: One way salvation

D.Willmott: Indonesia's highway betterment programme

C.Kingsford, I.Jurisich: Truck routing studies and outcomes for the Eastern Suburbs of Auckland....

M.Douglass: Outmanoeuvred or rejected? [transport planning & traffic management
techniques]

R.Harman: Progress with electric vehicle concepts

IPENZ 1983 Transportation Group Programme

1983
Hamilton

W.Frith: A study of the safety of State Highway one-way and two-way bridges

W.Frith, W.Osmers: Survey of the operation of zebra pedestrian crossings in New Zealand

P.Evans: An application of micro-processor technology at a signalised diamond
intersection

M.Smith: Urban bus travel in Christchurch : an analytical approach

W.Frith: The safety implications of installing traffic signals at tee-intersections (Chairman’s Prize, Best note)

R.Dunn, L. Lee: A study of the movement and storage of containers at Auckland's
International Airport

V.Vencatachellum: Auckland's first time dependent turn restriction

B.Hasell: Practical application of car following survey techniques in Christchurch

K.Howard, P.Lea: Vandals versus value [an update on traffic sign maintenance and materials]

M.Douglass, M.Smith, J.Burgess, J.Herbert: Hamilton transportation study review : report an recommendations : synopsis: July 1981

IPENZ 1984 Transportation Group Programme

February 13-17, 1984
Hastings

J.Barnes, J.Edgar: Vehicle speeds on rural roads (NZAA Award, Best paper)

C.Gamble, W.Greenwood: Traffic management : Kaikorai Valley Road, Dunedin

S.Frost, L.Leland: The reduction of speeding behaviour using group feedback : Kaikorai Valley
Road, Dunedin

P.Atkinson: The squeeze for pedestrians at intersections (Chairman’s Prize, Best note)

D.Bullen: The role of parking within an operational plan

D.Thomas: Traffic control measures in a provincial city

W.Pringle: Urban Transport Act 1980 : the Auckland experience

P.Clouston: The effects of road roughness and seal extension works on vehicle operating
costs

C.Keleher: An evaluation of left-turn-on-red

R.Rutherford, D.Houghton The Onewa Road priority scheme

J.Barnes: Queuing on a two lane rural New Zealand road

J.Frith: Truck accidents in New Zealand

W.Osmers: Siting of speed restriction signs

M.Gadd: Local body and national involvement in road safety

IPENZ 1985 Transportation Group Programme

1985
Wellington

D.Petrie: Innovative signing techniques for high accident risk locations

W.Frith, D. Harte: The safety implications of some control changes at urban intersections (NZAA Award, Best paper)

D.Petrie: A new highway capacity manual for the 80's and 90's

C.Bishop: 1984 truck dimensions

J.Barnes: Vehicle speeds on urban roads

G.Thomson, J.Barnes: Problems at rural curves: what are they and what are we doing about them?

M.Smith, J.Winter: Urban state highways: a tilt at the windmill

R.Clark: Application of traffic management to a new highway : Onehunga Bay

M.Jackett: Accident experience at roundabouts in Blenheim (Chairman’s Prize, Best note)

R.Allan: Give way to the right : why the regulations should not have been changed

D.Stevenson: Traffic noise : control by roadside measurement

B.Sabey: Accident reduction by low cost engineering

M.Smith, J.Winter, A.Herbert: Central city studies : the Hamilton experience

M.Foster, B.Petrenas: Traffic management in the 1980's : Palmerston North style

IPENZ 1986 Transportation Group Programme

February 1986
Auckland

D.Wood: Social and environmental aspects of road planning

K.Jadaan: Urban transportation in the Middle East

J.Van Barneveld: Designing unbound pavement bases Transportation policies [panel discussion] (Management Committee Prize, Best presentation)

M.Gadd: Physical traffic restraint measures (NZAA Award, Best paper)

R.Hill: The Ponsonby local area traffic management scheme : PLATMS (NZAA Award, Best paper)

D.Silvester: The comparison and use of SIMSET 2 and SIDRA 2 (Chairman’s Prize, Best note)

C.Bennett: Optimisation in TRANSYT

D.Silvester: Traffic capacity of roundabouts for New Zealand conditions

J.King: Speed control humps : policy in the making ?

D.Bullen: Very low cost accident remedial measures

W.Frith: Road safety effects of deregulation on heavy freight transport in New Zealand

R.Dunn: New standards for zebra crossings : intervisibility, the key factor

IPENZ 1987 Transportation Group Programme

May 10-14, 1987
Christchurch

J.Barnes: The effect on speeds of the 1986 media campaign

A. Sergejew: Accident investigation experience in Blenheim (NZAA Award, Best paper)

I.Appleton, R.Coddington: Road accident investigation in New Zealand

W.Frith: Modest sample before and after studies of safety related changes to the road
environment

W.Jones, W.Frith: The effectiveness of restraint use by children in New Zealand

W.Williams, M.Gadd: The Christchurch city centre plan : before and after (Management Committee Prize, Best presentation)

T.Hughes: Getting the most from Ministry of Transport accident data

D.Bullen: Training for professionally qualified engineers wishing to pursue a career
in transportation and traffic engineering (Chairman’s Prize, Best note)

M.Douglass: Planning in a changing community

IPENZ 1988 Transportation Group Programme

February 15-19, 1988
New Plymouth

J.Barnes: A speed management strategy for New Zealand roads (Management Committee Prize, Best presentation)

W.Jones, W.Frith: Road accident trends in New Zealand 1980-1987

J.Barnes: Road accidents and the allocation of resources to roading in New Zealand :
an international comparison

J.McGuire: Control of pavement surface shape and road roughness statistics for New
Zealand state highways

C.Goh, J.Barnes: No overtaking lines on New Zealand roads

IPENZ 1989 Transportation Group Programme

February 13-17, 1989
Dunedin

W.Johnstone: Airfield pavement upgrading (Chairman’s Prize, Best note)

D.Searls: The use of surface adhesion agents

B.Pidwerbesky: Commissioning the Canterbury accelerated pavement testing facility

N.Read: Forecasting of road condition and funding requirements

W.Jones, W.Frith: Motorcycle accidents in NZ, 1980-1987

W.Pringle, D.Houghton: Bridges, tunnels, buses, trams? : a brief overview of the Auckland
Comprehensive Transportation Study update

M.Smith, W.Wade: North Shore transport planning (NZAA Award, Best paper)

IPENZ 1990 Transportation Group Programme

February 12-17,1990
Wellington

G.Tuohey, W.Busch: Tauranga Harbour Bridge: traffic predictions and toll funding (NZAA Award, Best paper)

D.Petrie, L.Saunders, W.Sheppard: Towards more efficient rolling of chipseals

M.Gadd: A tramway for Christchurch

D.Marsh, Y.Yong: Tunnel Link : Wellington Motorway extension

T.Tai, A.Nicholson: Uncertainty in economic appraisal of roading projects in New Zealand

W.Greenwood: Neighbourhood traffic management : should we hump it or should the locals
lump it?

D.Niven: Parking policy determination: CLAMP and its application in Wellington

D.Wong-Toi: Model-fitting to speed survey data

H.Tan R.Dunn: NETSIM : a validation and calibration study to meet New Zealand conditions

C.Bennett: A vehicle classification system for New Zealand

J.King: Accident analysis : the case for including non-injury data

T.Hughes: Road accident studies : lessons from the deep south (Management Committee Prize, Best presentation)

C.Kraus: The development of a monitoring system for accident investigation in New
Zealand (Chairman’s Prize, Best note)

B.Pidwerbesky: Pavements, vehicles and the fourth power law: what is the relationship....

IPENZ 1991 Transportation Group Programme

February 10-13, 1991
Auckland

W.Frith, W.Jones: The safety and mobility of the elderly road-user in New Zealand

R.Hill: A signalled two stage pedestrian crossing at the Glendene roundabout,
Waitakere City

B.Kirkwood: Can clever ears reduce driver error?

D.Wanty: A simple New Zealand vehicle classification scheme (Chairman’s Prize, Best note)

D.Wong-Toi, .D.Wanty: Are vehicle speeds still increasing?

P.Chalk, M.Carpenter, G.Willberg: Future State Highway 1 northern access into Wellington City, coastal vs inland route : civil engineering considerations

D.Bullen: Urban road planning for the 1990s : a case study for Lower Hutt

G.Belliss, G.Main, N.Read: Dunedin transportation study : a progress report

E.Allard: Project evaluation in the 1990s : the incorporation of intangible items into
decision making (NZAA Award, Best paper)

F.Green: Key issues technique for evaluation of road projects

I.Appleton: Safety audit management

D.Silvester: Geometric delay for priority & signalised intersections and roundabouts (Chairman’s Prize, Best note)

C.Kraus: Monitoring accident blackspot sites

T.Chelliah: Use of geotextiles in pavement maintenance (Management Committee Prize, Best presentation)

J.de Pont: Assessment of heavy vehicle suspensions for road damage

A.Ferry, N.Major: What should we do with our unsealed roads?

T.Tai, G.Smith, G.Main: System wide accident analysis : a study of five major cities in New Zealand

J. Garvitch: Risk-targeted road safety enforcement in New Zealand

IPENZ 1992 Transportation Group Programme

1992
Christchurch

J.Ihaka; D.Wanty: Axle loads on New Zealand roads

M.Jackett: On which curves do accidents occur? : a policy for locating advisory speed
signs (Chairman’s Prize, Best note)

A.Nicholson, Y.Wong: Risk compensation and driver behaviour on curves

J.Colyer: Pedestrian safety in the urban environment

S.Cambridge: Road safety education in schools

M.Gadd, S.Cambridge: Cycle use and collisions in Christchurch

M.Jackett: Accident rates for urban routes

E.Smith, J.Barnes: A trial of traffic calming on a sub-arterial road in Sydney

W.Frith: Greenhouse gas emissions by petrol driven vehicles : a discussion (NZAA Award, Best paper)

D.Hunter: New generation service station attraction

W.Barclay: Traffic modelling techniques and the territorial local authority

J.Robb: The sustainability of mobility (Management Committee Prize, Best presentation)

D.Wood: Disaggregation : transport models, theory and common sense

D.Dallas: What now for Wellington transport? : the haunting spectre of the might-have-
been

M.Barnett: Transport policy in Wellington : a report on planning issues

A.Brennand: The development of a comprehensive land transport policy for Wellington City

M.Douglass: Incremental versus strategic transport planning

E.Smith, K.Tara, J.Barnes: The funding of transport improvements associated with the new development

D.Cook: Implementation of State Highway maintenance by a competitive pricing procedure

IPENZ 1993 Transportation Group Programme

February 5-9, 1993
Hamilton

D.Anderson: Roads, the resource and their sustainable management

C.Bennett, R.Dunn: The effect of visible speed detectors on driver behaviour

C.Kraus, S.Badger: Reporting rate consequences for estimating accident reduction

P.McCombs, F.Galloway, T.Penny: People, parking and traffic : successful integration of the Nelson city centre (Management Committee Prize, Best presentation)

N.Shaikh, A.Nicholson: Accident clustering in New Zealand

F.Tate: Severance : the perception of danger from road traffic

F.Tate, N.Major: Traffic delays at resealing works (NZAA Award, Best paper)

J.Vessey, S.Moynihan, D.Hutchison: The State Highway network : sustaining the worth of the asset

P.Winder, I.Williams: A new era in land use : transport dynamics in New Zealand : the Auckland
strategic planning model

T.May: Towards sustainable land use and transport strategies

M.Miles: Energy sources for electric vehicles - a review of current technology

J.Marcondes, W.Feather: Assessment of vibration levels on truck shipments

IPENZ 1994 Transportation Group Programme

February 18-21, 1994
Nelson

N.Major: The chip loss outbreaks of 1990 to 1993 : causes and remedies

T.Chelliah: Adding value to pavement maintenance and construction by using geosynthetics

B.Pidwerbesky, J.de Pont: Flexible pavement - vehicle interaction research at CAPTIF: 1988-1993

P.Dowsett, J.McNeill: Sealing the link : Haast Pass (Chairman’s Prize, Best note)

B.Steven, B.Pidwerbesky: The measurement and modelling of a pavement subjected to loading by heavy vehicles

P.Clouston, D.Wanty: Traffic loading data for rigid and flexible pavement design in New Zealand (NZAA Award, Best paper)

K.Mara, D.Wanty: Traffic count accuracy and monitoring programmes

C.Bennett; D.Hutchison, I.Greenwood: Road networks : maximising net present value

P.Rouse: Performance measurement systems for roading : a New Zealand perspective

D.Wong-Toi: Macroscopic models relating traffic volumes and traffic safety

S.Cambridge, T.Francis: Road safety education in Christchurch schools (Management Committee Prize, Best presentation)

J.Griffith: Vicroads' hazardous poles program

M.Boland: Safety and mobility of older drivers

R.Clark: Employment geography and the journey to work : changes in two New Zealand
urban areas between the 1986 and 1991 census

R.Rutherford: The preparation and content of a transportation strategy for the Auckland
City Council

V.Vencatachellum: Consultation in implementing traffic engineering works

A.Sergejew: Calculation of oversaturation delay on traffic systems

D.Wong-Toi, M.Rosser: The effect of prior delay on driver gap-acceptance at a priority T-
intersection

C.Nicholson: Selection of the most appropriate control type for intersections at grade

W.King: Pelicans, puffins and kiwis

W.Frith; M.Keall: Walking patterns in New Zealand and their pedestrian safety implications

J.Roberts, B. Foy: Calculating level of service for pedestrians in commercial centres

IPENZ 1995 Transportation Group Programme

February 10-14, 1995
Palmerston North

D.Andreassen: The electronic accident report form

T.Brown: Proposed advanced traffic management system for Auckland motorways (Chairman’s Prize, Best note)

G.Browne, D.Sheffield: Local government road safety project

A.Nicholson, J.Laird: Modelling modal split using the stated preference method

G.Chambers: Creation of a national Road Safety Council in Fiji

W.Gray, J.Price: Road lighting management for safety and efficiency

G.Hart; T.Porter: Maintenance management project level controls

G.Fawcett: GIS-T : extending the tools of pavement management

W.King: Traffic operation, performance and maintenance as a professional service

G.Lee, N.Horrocks: The development of a speed management strategy for Queensland

D.Wong-Toi; D.Bean: Roadmarked arrows for advanced warning of no overtaking lines

B.Pidwerbesky, D.Bean: Variability in the polished stone value test

P.Russell: Taking stock of the problem : novel solutions for reducing effluent
spillages from trucks (Management Committee Prize, Best presentation)

D.Viner, F.Schnerring: Risk engineering models for road safety

A.Sergejew: Traffic delay assessment of service stations

A.Sims, S.Proctor: Pedestrian delay in the Sydney CBD

C.Southorn, W.Osmers: An evaluation of roadside billboards with road safety messages

R.Tyler: Shrinkage, moisture movements and temperature strains in roading glass....

IPENZ 1996 Transportation Group Programme

February 9-13, 1996
Dunedin

A.Nicholson: Transportation, lifelines and reliability

N.Major: The way roads were, are, and may be

U.Isacsson: Portland cement as an anti-stripping additive in bituminous road bases....

G.Arnold: Recent developments in forestry road design and construction

B.Steven, B.Pidwerbesky, J.dePont: Dynamic interaction between vehicles and pavements

R.Lee: Long-distance and interregional commuting in the United States : dimensions,
causes, planning issues, and a case study

A.Nicholson: Transportation system reliability and lifeline engineering

D.Wood: Christchurch transportation study : model development

S.Cambridge: Road safety awareness programmes

W.Frith; S.Badger: Road safety data and analysis

R.Huntington: Data survey of motor vehicle collisions involving poles or posts in the city
of Christchurch

K.Jadaan: Perceived effectiveness towards road accident countermeasures

A.Tomecki: Non-complying traffic signs : solution or confusion

J.Boys, A.Green: Intelligent road-studs : lighting the paths of the future (NZAA Award, Best paper)

M.Bolanel: Accident avoidance versus post accident trauma

IPENZ 1997 Transportation Group Programme

February 7-10, 1997
Wellington

H.Swanson: A new measure of parking activity

M.Gadd: Road network planning : towards a comprehensive approach

F.Tate, K.Mara: An evaluation frame work for social severance

T.Hughes: Assessing the road safety effects of land use development proposals

H.Swanson, D.Kline, R.Dewar: Guidelines for traffic sign symbols

A.Nicholson, N.Chandrakumaran: Roundabout performance and flow variations

M.Keall, W.Frith: Roadside speed surveys design and estimation

P.Waring, R.Gong: The environmental impact of particulate emissions of diesel vehicles and the techniques of particulate measurement

J.Toomath: Road safety performance in New Zealand (NZAA Award, Best paper)

K.Jolaan, W.El-Shajrawi: A study of contributory factors in road accidents in Jordan

B.Pidiwerbesky: Evaluation of Loadman, FWD, Benkleman Beam, Nuclear Density Meter and Clegg Hammer for testing unbound granular pavements (Management Committee Prize, Best presentation) (Management Committee Prize, Best presentation)

A.Ferry: Unsealed roads are sustainable

B.Pidwerbesky; J.Chambers: Traffic induced vibrations in residencies

K.Hudson, J.Taylor: Unsealed roads : wearing course trials