Ben is a Chartered Professional Transportation Engineer, working for Stantec in Christchurch. He has been heavily involved in the route selection, scheme and detailed design of separated cycleways in Christchurch and further afield, working almost purely in this field since 2014. Over that time, Ben has designed many kilometres of separated cycleway schemes in urban, suburban and industrial environments, along with dozens of intersections. This has given him a vast range of experience and lessons to draw from in his design practice. Prior to his work in cycleway design, Ben has been involved in a broad range of transportation work, ranging from minor safety works to road design in the Christchurch Rebuild, and various roles in the contracting industry, including working on the implementation of cycle facilities.

Axel has been active as a traffic engineer and transport planner in New Zealand since 1998, with some prior experience in Germany. He specialises in sustainable transport, urban traffic engineering, traffic signals, road safety and intersection modelling. Axel shares his expertise through the delivery of professional training courses and University lectures including the Planning and Design for Cycling courses. He authored the Land Transport NZ traffic signal audit handbook “Stops and Goes of Traffic Signals”, was a peer reviewer of the “NZ Supplement to Austroads Guide to Traffic Engineering Practice Part 14 Bicycles”, revised the cycling related content of MOTSAM, and led the development of the Cycle Trail Design Guide. He was a member of the Cycling Safety Panel, convened by the New Zealand Transport Agency to advise the New Zealand government on cycling safety, and was technical advisor to the Ministry of Economic Development for the NZ Cycle Trail project. He made significant contributions to the Cycle Network Guidance (CNG) project that overhauled New Zealand's guidance on planning and design for cycling and was recently ratified. He is a Director of ViaStrada Ltd., based in Christchurch

Celia Wade-Brown is currently National Secretary for Living Streets Aotearoa which she co-founded in 2002. She is a passionate and knowledgable advocate for an inclusive and imaginative approach to serving people on foot. Town planning, education, environment, health and enjoyment all matter to a walking person. Celia was first elected as a Wellington City Councillor in 1994 and was elected Mayor from 2010 to 2016. She is a trustee of Walk21 Foundation. In 2017 she walked Te Araroa, traversing the length of New Zealand in a total of five months' walking.

Hamish is a Transportation Consultant in our Auckland Harrison Grierson office. Hamish joined HG in January 2016 following the completion of his BSc (Hons) degree. Since joining Harrison Grierson, he has undertaken a range of traffic impact assessments, road safety audits, intersection modelling assignments and the design and planning of cycleway facilities.

Meredith is a Principal Transportation Engineer at Harrison Grierson. Her current role is Team Leader in the Transportation Team. She is experienced in project management, transportation investigations and safety improvement projects.

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