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. At Canterbury, Glen taught and undertook research and consulting in a range of topics in transportation planning, traffic engineering and management, highway geometric design, road safety, engineering design, and professional engineering skills. At ViaStrada, he now 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 specialises in road safety and sustainable transport, with particular interest and expertise in walking & cycling and speed/traffic management. He 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.

Shane is a very experienced road safety engineer and researcher who works at the leading edge of his field. He has an excellent understanding of the safe system approach and what engineering, education and enforcement measures combined need to be applied to achieve it. He is an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the University of Canterbury, where he lectures in road safety. He is also active on two TRB research committees in the USA (Safety Data Analysis and Evaluation and Pedestrians). Shane’s experience includes crash reduction studies, safety auditing and risk rating, using strategic tools like KiwiRAP and more detailed analysis tools like those in the Highway Safety Manual (HSM). He has a strong interested in pedestrians and bicycle safety.

With a masters degree in Transportation and a formidable 25 year career as a Senior Road Safety Engineer, Mike offers specialist technical advice to Local Governments, Councils, and the NZ Transport Agency, and overseas Authorities and Governments. His role requires him to provide national technical support in road safety systems including road safety auditing, active transport design, safe systems, and vulnerable road user advice. Mikes extensive experience in road safety (utilising the Safe System approach), traffic engineering, maintenance contract operations and network operations has enabled him to bring a holistic approach to vulnerable road user studies in New Zealand and Australia. This experience has proved invaluable in the development of a new and exciting process for Auckland Transport's "Understanding Vulnerable Road Users Crash Risk"

Irene is a Road Safety Engineering Team Leader 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, of which 16 years were within the local government sector, including Auckland City Council. Her role at Auckland Transport includes the strategic direction in the regional crash reduction study, prioritisation process and ensuring the adoption of the high risk intersection guide, high risk rural guide and best practice to ensure resources and funding investments are focussed / targeted on high risks roads and corridors for Auckland Transport. She is responsible for developing and overseeing the delivery of crash reduction studies, safer communities programmes, corridor and cycling and walking improvements to meet the strategic outcome of reducing casualties and support transport choices. Auckland Transport has recently adopted Version Zero & Safe System approach; Irene is responsible to embed safe system design principles into the business. Recent programmes of work include: participating in national demonstration projects such as Self Explaining Road (Point England), Self Explaining Rural Road (speed management) project, motorcycle demonstration project and other research projects with AUSTROAD and ARRB as well as the recent development of the CRAF and MUAF process.

Bridget is a transportation engineer who has developed her skills working in consultancy. Bridget has a wide range of transport experience and is particularly interested in road safety. Bridget’s expertise includes network analysis, crash reduction studies, the design of safety interventions and road safety auditing.

I joined Kaipara District Council in 2016 when they become part of the Northland Transportation Alliance (NTA). During my time with the NTA I have been jointly responsible for the capital works programme, with a strong emphasis on Road Safety in particular. I do not believe road safety should be treated as an individual topic on its own, but should always be integrated into every road related improvement that is undertaken – as such it has been my goal to change the way we look at projects (from planning to project completion).

Andrew has a background in the Health field. He moved into the transport sector 12 years ago and immersed himself in Strategic Road Safety Planning and Stakeholder Management. Highlights include the establishment of a regional Repeat Drink Driver Rehabilitation Programme, Road Safety Behaviour Change campaigns and development of successive Regional Road Safety Plans.

Phil is a Technical Director Transport with WSP Opus and is leading the production of the Programme Business Case for Road Safety for Auckland Transport. Phil’s road safety experience goes back 35 years to when he was coding Traffic Accident Reports as a cadet at the Ministry of Transport, later leading the (then innovative) area wide Accident Investigation studies. Phil has retained the passion for road safety that got him hooked into a transport engineering career, and is committed to follow the Vision Zero approach in Auckland to reduce the terrible community trauma associated with road crashes.

James is a principal policy adviser at the Ministry of Transport. He is a key member of the team working on the road safety strategy, and has been heavily involved in all aspects of the strategy development to date, including in engagement with road safety groups across the country. James has worked in a range of policy areas in New Zealand and Australia, including roles relating to transport policy, land use planning, and health and safety at work.

Time to pose questions to all presenters in this session.