Session 1: Street Wars. A New Hope.
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				                    Stream 1
			                    
	                    | Wednesday, March 11, 2020 | 
| 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | 
| Limes Room | 
Speaker
                        Dr Shane Turner
                    
                
                            Technical Director - Road Safety
                        
                    
                            Abley
                        
                    Managing downstream effects of the CNC
1:30 PM - 1:45 PMBiography
                    Shane is Technical Director at Abley.  In late 2016 Shane was commissioned as an independent traffic expert to prepare a downstream effects management plan for the Christchurch Northern Corridor.  Shane has lived in Northern Christchurch for the last twenty years and has been following or directly involved in transport planning issues in the city since the early 1990’s when he was a PhD student.     He is an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the University of Canterbury, where he is a regular guest lecturer.  He is also been a member of two TRB research committees in the USA (pedestrians and one of the road safety committees).  Shane's experience includes transport planning and road safety engineering and research.
                
        
                        Mr Greg Edwards
                    
                
                            Transport Planner
                        
                    
                            Beca
                        
                    Equity in engagement: a case study of the Brougham-Moorhouse area of Christchurch
1:45 PM - 2:00 PMBiography
                    Greg is a transportation planner and urbanist. He has over five years' experience within local government and consultancy in New Zealand and the UK. Greg has led the delivery of a range of successful transport businesses cases including the Wakatipu Active Travel Network Single Stage Business Case and Clarence Valley Access Indicative Business Case, giving him a broad range of experience in developing transport solutions in complex land use environments. He is currently the business case writer for development of a Single Stage Business Case for the Brougham-Moorhouse area of Christchurch, identifying a range of interventions to enable land use and transport integration, create a more vibrant area for communities, improve travel time reliability and safety outcomes, and support improvements to the public realm. Greg is a passionate advocate for cycling and walking to make our cities more liveable places.
                
        
                        Mr Bryce Carter
                    
                
                            Principal - Transportation
                        
                    
                            Beca
                        
                    Co-presenting Equity in engagement: a case study of the Brougham-Moorhouse area of Christchurch
1:45 PM - 2:00 PMBiography
                    Bryce is a Principal in Beca’s Transport Advisory Practice and Team Leader for the Brougham Moorhouse Project.  He is a Chartered Engineer with more than 25 years’ experience in consultancy and central government.  He has expertise through the lifecycle of transport projects through investigation, option selection, community engagement, design and construction.  He has worked across many regions in New Zealand on a wide variety of projects.  His recent experience includes the Safe Roads Alliance and Access to Clarence Business case.  Beca commenced work on the Brougham Moorhouse Single Stage Business Case in late 2018 and Bryce has led the project through problem definition, community engagement up to the point of recommending a preferred option to the project partners.  Through this process he has developed a strong understanding of the challenges, opportunities and constraints this area presents and how these can be applied more generally elsewhere. 
                
        
                        Liz Nicholls
                    
                
                            Manager Investment Programmes
                        
                    
                            Auckland Council
                        
                    Making streets spaces for people
2:00 PM - 2:15 PMBiography
                    Stephanie is the Project Lead for Jacobs on Victoria Street Linear Park. She is an experienced lead in the development of the multi criteria analysis assessment and options development.  Her wide range of skills enables her to work collaboratively with other disciplines to develop solutions which address the problems.
 
As Manager of Investment Programmes for Auckland Council, Liz excels at strategic thinking and taking a pragmatic approach to projects.  She is the driver in taking a “best practice” and evidence-based approach, encouraging participation from a wide range of people, through new (to them) process and innovative engagement approaches when dealing with constraints, conflict and engagement. 
Together with our teams, Liz and Stephanie are looking at transforming Victoria Street by enabling people to connect from Albert Park to Victoria Park within a healthy environment, in a way that reflects the unique identity of central Auckland and our aspirations as a community, so that our future wellbeing, our city and our ecosystem can collectively thrive in a safe and prosperous place.
                
        
                        Stephanie Spedding
                    
                
                            Senior Transport Engineer
                        
                    
                            Jacobs
                        
                    Co-presenting Making streets spaces for people
2:00 PM - 2:15 PMBiography
                    Stephanie is the Project Lead for Jacobs on Victoria Street Linear Park. She is an experienced lead in the development of the multi criteria analysis assessment and options development.  Her wide range of skills enables her to work collaboratively with other disciplines to develop solutions which address the problems.
 
Together with our teams, Liz and Stephanie are looking at transforming Victoria Street by enabling people to connect from Albert Park to Victoria Park within a healthy environment, in a way that reflects the unique identity of central Auckland and our aspirations as a community, so that our future wellbeing, our city and our ecosystem can collectively thrive in a safe and prosperous place.
                
        
                        Mr Phil Harrison
                    
                
                            Technical Director
                        
                    
                            WSP
                        
                    
                        Mr David Jones
                    
                
                            Principal - Cities & Places
                        
                    
                            Jacobs
                        
                    Regenerating our streets
2:30 PM - 2:45 PMBiography
                    David is an urban regeneration and housing specialist, developed over his  23-year career. He is a qualified Planning and Development Property Surveyor, with Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors certification and has a Masters in Urban Regeneration.  His experience spans work across Europe and New Zealand.
He has worked on regeneration schemes with major people movement components, not least the MetroLink tram network in Greater Manchester and Manchester Airport City.  He was part of the Core Team for Greater Manchester working on the delivery of the UK's first City Deal between the Combined Authority for Manchester and UK Government.  
He has worked extensively in the renewal of Auckland, not least its key CBD streets.  
David manages the tension between delivery and design of commercial development advice and masterplanning work from his time in regeneration and affordable housing schemes in the north of England, Wellington and Auckland.
                
        
                        Questions
                    
                Q&A for Session 1: Street Wars. A New Hope
2:45 PM - 3:00 PMBiography
Microphone assistant
                        Stephen Carruthers
                    
                
                            Associate, Business Delivery Manager
                        
                    
                            Abley
                        
                    
                        Grace Ryan
                    
                
                            Transport Engineer
                        
                    
                            GHD
                        
                    Session chair
                        David Jones
                    
                
                            Principal - Cities & Places
                        
                    
                            Jacobs
                        
                    