Peter is a multidisciplinary consultant bringing an engineering mind, policy toolkit and international perspective to bear on pressing issues for transport and urban systems. He works at the interface of strategic context and practical implementation, with experience in local government, Waka Kotahi and consulting in New Zealand and Australia. Prior to returning to NZ, he spent three years exploring 50 countries of Eurasia overland - encountering a diversity of transport systems matched only by the ubiquity of human generosity and curiosity - from Dutch cycleways to Afghan donkey tracks, post-Soviet freight ferries, Persian bus rapid transit, the Chinese bullet train network, and crossing the Gobi Desert in a Prius.

Dean was born in Papakura in 1964 and is a third-generation Pakehā New Zealander with ancestors from Ireland, England, Germany and a trace of Welsh. He is a chartered professional engineer specialising in the traffic engineering associated with resource management consents and traffic safety management. Dean has assisted with resource management applications for subdivision and land-use projects, including land-use consents, plan changes and designations, with values up to $100 million covering both urban and rural settings and numbering well into the hundreds. He often carries out primary research to evaluate the traffic effects of projects. With projects that have required council and/or court hearings, Dean’s clients have been successful in more than 98% of cases he has been involved with. Dean also embraces and effectively harnesses relevant and appropriate technology to assist with his work. This includes monitoring using digital video, computer-based intersection capacity analysis and design using specialist terrain modelling and alignment design and vehicle tracking software.

Justine Wilton is a Principal Traffic and Safety engineer with extensive experience in road network management, specializing in road safety and land use planning.