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Auckland City Centre Gateways – Crash Reduction
Posted speeds were lowered to 30-40km/h in the Auckland City Centre in 2020. Accordingly, gateway speed thresholds designed by TES were installed around the city centre. In 2025, reported Death and Serious Injury (DSI) crashes were analysed in the city centre, approximately 4.5 years ‘before’ and ‘after’ the…
New Roundabouts - Huge Crash Savings
Two new roundabouts designed by TES and commissioned by Auckland Transport have achieved substantial crash savings, post-construction. Roundabouts that are well designed can achieve substantial long-term crash savings! Also, the Church / Victoria roundabout was the subject of a peer...
Zero Road Deaths Can Be Achieved
A road death toll is not inevitable. More than 500 cities worldwide with populations greater than 50,000 have achieved zero road deaths multiple times. Common actions to achieve this have included: Redirecting Road Funding - Walking and cycling infrastructure generally gets low priority for funding...
Parking Kills Business Not Bikes or Buses
Many business owners believe that a significant portion of their patronage arrives by car, and that removing on-street parking will force customers to shop elsewhere. However, studies around the globe show that shop owners consistently overestimate the number of shoppers that arrive by car...
NZ Crash Trend
The NZ DSI (death/serious injury) crash trend over the last five years (2017-2021) indicates an average crash reduction of 3% per year. This trend involves fluctuation, possibly caused by covid lockdowns (2020 – 2021). The crash trend for Auckland is similar, though the Auckland decline is more significant...
Public Transport Use Drops and Crashes Increase
In the US, trips taken on public transport are around half of what they were before the pandemic. This is partly due to working from home, reduced transport services, and alternative modes of transport (walking/cycling). Meanwhile, there has been a surge of car-related deaths, up 18% on the...
SUV Advertising & Road Safety
A high proportion of top-selling passenger vehicles in NZ are utes or SUVs, with the double-cab light truck becoming an urban vehicle. Also, marketing videos for SUV’s in NZ promote aggressive driving, such as skidding and jumping. However, light trucks on city streets are bad for several reasons...
Reseal = Protected Bike Lane
A massive transportation authority in Idaho is promising to build protected bike lanes whenever they resurface the most dangerous multi-lane roads in its region. Idaho’s ‘Ada County Highway District’ announced that it would no longer build paint-on-the-ground cycling “infrastructure” on arterial roads, prioritizing...
E-Rider Safety
A concerning number of e-scooter and e-bike users (E-riders) are involved in crashes and present themselves to Brisbane emergency departments. Almost 800 E-riders with device-related injuries attended hospitals in Brisbane over an 18 month period. Also, its expected that injury frequency will grow as E-riding...