Glen has worked in the NZ transport sector for 25 years, as a transportation engineer and researcher. He specialises in road safety and sustainable transport, with particular interest and expertise in walking & cycling and speed/traffic management. Glen has been investigating the effects of traffic speeds for about a decade, including research on street treatments and speed limits, and has travelled extensively to study overseas practices in this area. At ViaStrada, he works for a wide variety of national and local clients providing expert advice on traffic and transportation matters, and helping to develop best-practice transport facilities and guidelines. Glen joined ViaStrada in 2016, having spent the previous 12 years with the University of Canterbury, and prior to that with Opus International Consultants. He has a PhD in Transportation Engineering, as well as Masters and Bachelors degrees in civil engineering and computer science.

Charlotte is a recent graduate to the transport engineering industry with a keen interest in changing and optimising the way transport is viewed in New Zealand. Through her experience on the Christchurch Major Cycleways projects and in the national safety and speed management spaces, Charlotte is interested in how this industry is rapidly changing and how New Zealanders are and want to move in different ways. As a result of her experience so far in active travel and safer transport systems, she is an advocate for implementing sound technical practices and innovative transport solutions, while still considering people and community based approaches and perspectives.

Haris is a specialist Road Safety Engineer at Abley. He has a wide range of road safety experience, with particular expertise in developing and applying strategic road safety methodologies to identify high benefit opportunities using the Safe System approach. Haris has been involved in the delivery of several Safer Journeys initiatives for the NZ Transport Agency including the nationwide roll-out of the Speed Management Framework. Recently, Haris has been assisting road controlling authorities around New Zealand with the implementation of targeted speed management interventions. Through this work, Haris has developed an in-depth understanding of different factors which influence road safety outcomes and methods to proactively identify and treat high risk locations.

Irene is a Technical Lead Road Safety Engineering for Auckland Transport. She is a Chartered Professional Engineer with 22 years of experience in road safety and traffic engineering for both urban and rural road networks. She is responsible for developing and overseeing the delivery of crash reduction studies, safer communities programs, corridor and cycling and walking improvements to meet the strategic outcome of reducing casualties and support transport choices for the past 13 years. Irene participated in national demonstration projects such as Self Explaining Road (Point England), Self Explaining Rural Road (speed management) project, motorcycle & safe system mix used arterial demonstration project and other research projects with AUSTROAD and ARRB as well as the recent development of the CRAF and MUAF process an operational protocols for AT.

Jasmine is a Principal Transportation Engineer in the Road Safety Engineering team for Auckland Transport. She has about 15 years of experience in Road Safety and Traffic Engineering in both private and public sectors. She is currently responsible for developing the Intersection programmes for the Road Safety team including the Filtered Right Turn Assessment Programme, Red light Camera Implementation Programme and High-Risk Intersections Programme.

Andrew Liese has a background in Computer Systems engineering and has been focusing his attention on software and data engineering, within the transport industry.

Andy is a Director of Carriageway Consulting Limited, a company which he founded in early 2014 (as a sole practitioner he is also head tea-boy and in charge of stationery). He is a Chartered Professional Engineer with more than 30 years of experience in traffic engineering, where his expertise primarily lies in assessing the transportation effects of changes in land use. In this role, he provides specialist advice for resource consent applications and District Plan changes, and regularly presents expert evidence on transportation matters to Council Hearings and the Environment Court. He was asked to provide support for a resource consent for a digital billboard in 2015 and initially declined due to road safety concerns, but revised his views following extensive reading on the topic. He has subsequently assisted in the consenting of around a dozen such signs throughout the country, and has also acted as a peer reviewer for local authorities for incoming consent applications.

Kitty Jan, graduate from the University of Auckland’s Faculty of Business and Medical & Health Sciences. Majored in Economics, Management, and Population Health, she is currently in Auckland Transport’s Safe System team as a Safe System Advisor. Passionate about liveable cities and placemaking, she is working to develop a safe transport system for Auckland, free from deaths and serious injuries.