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communities on the move

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME2014 CONFERENCENelson, 29-31 October 2014

Detailed Programme as at 24 October 2014

Tuesday 28 October

Pre Conference Workshop offered by Independents

Fundamentals of Planning and Design for Cycling 8:45am Arrival. For information and registration for this course click here

9:00am Course begins

Morning Tea

Lunch

Afternoon Tea 4:45pm Course finishes

2WALKandCYCLE Conference

4:00pm Conference Registration opens

5:30pm

Walking Group to Fairfield House via interest spots, led by Peter Kortegast Meet: Church Steps top of Trafalgar Street (1 minute from venue) The walking group will go via the Nelson Cathedral and park, Nelson College for Girls pedestrian link closed road, Melrose House and arrive at Fairfield house 6pm in great spirit and sunshine. The walk is disabled friendly but there are some crossing points where those in mobility chairs may need assistance.

5:30pm Cycle Group to Fairfield House via interest spots, led by Rhys Palmer and Marg Parfitt Meet: Rutherford Hotel main entrance Any participants with a bicycle can meet at the Rutherford Hotel entrance and join a group ride to Fairfield catching some local sights on the way.

5:45pm Conference Registration desk closes

5:45pm First Walking bus departs from Rutherford Hotel for Fairfield House (NB no bus transport will be provided unless the weather is inclement)

6:00pm 7:30pm

2WALKandCYCLE Conference Welcome Function Fairfield House – get ready for an evening of ‘active’ participation where you have the opportunity to meet your fellow colleagues in a relaxing but fun environment. Beverage, Finger Food and Bowl Food service commences

9:00pm Walking buses commence back to Rutherford Hotel Shuttle van service commences back to Rutherford Hotel and Quality Hotel

Wednesday 29 October

7:30am Cafe breakfasts (walking, cycling, shared space) (Additional to your registration fee) Click here to visit the website to discover more information about restaurants options.

8:30am Registration, arrival tea/coffee Exhibition Area

8:30am Conference Committee Meeting Maitai Foyer

9:00am SESSION 1A Room for all Plenary Sessions: Maitai 1

9:00am 9:05am 9:07am

Housekeeping – Greg Cooper, MC Welcome from Conference Committee – Uli Neumann, Conference Co-Convenor Formal Conference opening and welcome – Mr Richard Kempthorne, Mayor Tasman District Council

9:30am Keynote presentation: Walkable Wellington; Urban planning and action to become Australasia's most walkable city - Mayor Celia Wade-Brown, Wellington City Council

10:05am Plenary: Has Hastings "Model Community" told us anything new? – Gavin O’Connor, MWH New Zealand

10:30am Brandon Allen, Micro Mobility Micro Mobility – Safe sustainable transport options

10:30am Morning tea Session Chairs Meeting

Exhibition Area

11:00am SESSION 1B Plenary: Te Awa: A cycleway linking community, culture and ecology through active experiences – Sarah Ulmer and Jennifer Palmer, Te Awa Charitable Trust

11:25am

Learnshop 1B1 Room: Matai 1 Encouraging Travel Behaviour Change

Learnshop 1B2 Room: Maitai 2 Effective Advocacy

Learnshop 1B3 Room: Waimea Measuring Walking & Cycling

Learnshop 1B4 Room: Wairau Implementation Stories

11:30am Melanie Thornton,

Greater Wellington Regional Council

Super agents of change

Patrick Morgan,

Cycling Advocates Network

Cycling into the mainstream: why bike baskets are an effective advocacy tool

Bridget Burdett, TDG

How and why to measure walking

Scott Wickman, NZ Transport Agency

Working together to connect the Auckland cycle network

11:36am Sam Winslow,

Greater Wellington Regional Council

Inspire, involve, evolve: The art of walking to Masterton Primary School

Gay Richards

The bridge too narrow

Patricia Vasconcelos, Auckland Transport

Taking stock!

A first bicycle account for Auckland

Charlotte Flaherty, Dunedin City Council

Build it…now will they come?

11:42am Christian Williams, Greater Wellington Regional Council

Active a2b - active habits for the future

Gerri Pomeroy,

CCS Disability Action Waikato

Out and about, moving around communities

Judith Makinson, TDG

Measuring sustainable travel

Carl Whittleston,

Let’s Go – New Plymouth District Council

Te Henui Walkway –

The complex project conundrum

11:48am Brett McPhedran,

Wellington City Council

Bikes in schools… in Wellington?

Ron Beernink,

Cycle Aware Wellington

Charm offensive or trench warfare?

Ellen Blake, Living Streets Aotearoa

Community on the move - measuring performance

Simon Underwood, NZ Transport Agency

Dunedin one-way system separated cycle lanes

11:54am Anne-Marie Coury, 50 Plus Cycling

Innovative strategies to attract risk-adverse 50 plus cyclists and walkers

Glen Koorey, University of Canterbury

Like bike, blog jog: Lessons learned about using social media to promote active modes

Liz Halstead, Opus Consultants

Measuring pedestrian comfort

12:00pm Group table discussions on the above presentations

Wednesday 29 October

12:30pm Lunch Exhibition Area

1:30pm SESSION 1C Plenary: Evolution of the Safety Bicycle – Simon Kennett, Greater Wellington Regional Council

1:55pm SESSION 1C: Field Trips (select one) (Please note some of them have a cost attached to attend) Click here to visit the website to view details on all the options

Tour Cost Maximum Number

1C1 Walking – Nelson City CBD Free. Cash required for a coffee en-route 30

1C2Walking – Brook Sanctuary $30 + GST, includes bus and afternoon tea 30

1C3 Cycling – Nelson City cycle facility tour - TOUR NOW FULL TOUR NOW FULL FULL

1C4 Cycling – Great Taste Trail* $60 + GST, includes bus, bike hire, return ferry ride and afternoon tea 30

1C5 Walking/Cycling – Railway Reserve & Ride-on Schools Programme $25 + GST, includes bus and afternoon tea 40

1C6 Walking/Cycling – Shared spaces Free. Cash required for a coffee en-route 30 1C7 CAN Road User Workshop Free. Afternoon tea provided N/A

4:30pm Field Trips return. * Great Taste Trail returns at 5:15pm

4.30pm Living Streets Aotearoa (LSA) Annual General Meeting Room: Waimea

5:00pm End of Day

6:00pm Conference and Awards Dinner, Rutherford Hotel, Nelson featuring:

LSA Golden Foot Awards presented by Celia Wade-Brown and Andy Smith CAN Cycle-Friendly Awards presented by Sarah Ulmer and Graeme Lindup

Thursday 30 October

7:30am Cafe breakfasts (walking, cycling, shared space) Click here to visit the website to discover more information about restaurants options. Please note that these are additional to your registration fee

8:30am Registration, arrival tea/coffee Exhibition Area

8:30am Conference Committee Meeting Room: Maitai Foyer

9:00am SESSION 2A Plenary: Update and summary of work done by the Cycling Safety Panel – Richard Leggat, Chair, National Cycle Safety Panel 9:30am Oral Presentations 2A1 Room: Maitai 1

Network Planning Oral Presentations 2A2 Room: Maitai 2 Youth and Travel

9:35am Paul Roberts, QTP Ltd

Cycle Demand - planning for tomorrow

Jillian Frater, University of Canterbury

Is it all about fitting in? Teenagers, social norms and cycling for transport

9:55am Simon Kingham, University of Canterbury

Identifying the gaps – where are the gaps and what should be prioritised in Christchurch’s planned $70m cycle network

George Williams, University of Canterbury

The next generation: how does bicycle infrastructure affect cycling to high school?

10:15am Axel Wilke, ViaStrada

Bicycle network planning: The target audience approach

Aimee Ward, University of Otago

Teenage transport behaviour and well-being: A photovoice project in Southland, NZ

10:30am Morning tea

Exhibition Area

11:00am SESSION 2B Keynote Presentation: Promoting the bicycle culture you want – Chris & Melissa Bruntlett

11:45am Political Panel: Local Government expectations and challenges

Mayor Celia Wade-Brown, Wellington City Council Councillor Brian McGurk, Nelson City Council Councillor Kate Wilson, Dunedin City Council

12:30pm Lunch Exhibition Area

1:30pm SESSION 2C Plenary: Future Streets: safer walking and cycling through integrated neighbourhood street redesign – Jamie Hosking, University of Auckland

1:55pm Rapid-fire poster presentations - 2C1 – 2 minutes per poster presenter Room: Maitai 1

Bridget Burdett, TDG Evidence to promote more and safer cycling

Amy Butler, University of Twente Multiple criteria bicycle route assessment (with an example in Christchurch)

Andria Dsouza, Auckland Transport Development of bike parking in Auckland

Simon Kingham, University of Canterbury The potential of an active transport corridor along Christchurch’s Avon-Otakaro river

Katrina Marwick, Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology Riding into the future - survey results for Tasman’s Great Taste Trail

Brenda O’Donoghue, TDG Little river major cycleway - urban infrastructure design prioritising the needs of cyclists

Rhys Palmer, Nelson City Council and Peter Hookham, NZ Transport Agency Walk and cycle package funding with NZ transport agency

Tom Pettit, Wellington City Council and Nadine Dodge, University of Wellington Latent class modelling to assess cycling demand

Nancy Rehrer, University of Otago Cardiovascular benefits of commuter cycling

Sandar Tin Tin, University of Auckland The role of conspicuity in bicycle crashes involving a motor vehicle

Russell Tregonning, Wellington School of Medicine; Otago University Transport, climate and health: Wellington at the cross-roads

Patricia Vasconcelos, Auckland Transport Development of safe neighbourhood cycle routes in Auckland 2:20pm Interactive Poster Session

Thursday 30 October

3:00pm Afternoon tea Exhibition Area

3:30pm SESSION 2D Plenary: Urban Design and Avon River Project – Nick Aiken, Opus International

4:00pm Interactive Workshops

2D1 - Room: Maitai 1

2D2 - Room: Maitai 2

2D3 - Room: Waimea

2D4 - Room: Heaphy

2D5 - Room: Wairau

2D6 - Room: Miyazu Rest

Glen Koorey,

University of Canterbury

Lower speeds for walking and cycling: How do we make this happen?

Jeanette Ward,

Abley Transportation Consultants

Balancing walking and cycling in town centre environments

Nathaniel Benefield,

New Plymouth District Council

The answer is pancakes

Anne-Marie Coury,

50 Plus Cycling

Effective print media communications

Chris Allison,

John-Paul Pochin

Bicycle Nelson Bays

A game of two halves: A council, cycling and advocacy in Nelson

Chris Teo-Sherrell,

Living Streets Aotearoa

Sorry I'm late, I had too much fun walking here today

5:00pm End of Day

6:30pm

Dine Around … Uniquely Nelson dinner table discussions … Please note that these are additional to your registration fee

Click here to visit the website to discover more information about restaurants options.

Restaurant Address Discussion Topic Key Note Presenter/s Boat Shed 350 Wakefield Quay Local government Celia Wade-Brown

The Sprig & Fern 280 Hardy Street Planning Hopgood’s Restaurant 284 Trafalgar Street Facility & Urban Design

Chokdee Thai Cuisine 89 Hardy Street Advocacy

Styx Kitchen Deli Bar 272 Wakefield Quay Walking & accessibility Daniel Sauter

La Gourmandise 276 Hardy Street Cycle tourism Chris & Melissa Bruntlett

Friday 31 October

7:30am Cafe breakfasts (walking, cycling, shared space) Click here to visit the website to discover more information about restaurants options. Please note that these are additional to your registration fee

8:30am Registration, arrival tea/coffee Exhibition Area

8:45am SESSION 3A Plenary: Providing evidence to support investment in cycling infrastructure in our communities – Jean Beetham, Opus Research Maitai 1

9:15am Oral Presentations 3A1 Room: Maitai 1 Placemaking

9:15am Oral Presentations 3A2 Room: Maitai 2 Economic Modelling and Evaluation

9:15am Lily Linton

Sense of journey

9:15am Courtney Groundwater, Abley Transportation Consultants

Valuing citywide walking and cycling

9:35am Paula Warren, Living Streets Aotearoa

Ecology and walking: making the connections at places

9:35am Brian Wolfman and Geoffrey Cornelis, Greater Wellington Regional Council

Building a model to build the case for investment: A Wellington case study

9:55am Judith Makinson, TDG

Measuring the place function of arterial roads and State Highways in urban contexts

9:55am Ann-Marie Head, Abley Transportation Consultants

Build it but how many will come? Forecasting demand for new and upgraded cycle infrastructure

10:15am Morning tea Session Chairs Meeting

Exhibition Area Room: Maitai Foyer

10:45am SESSION 3B Keynote Presentation: A world of walking: perceptions, ideas and facts – Daniel Sauter, Urban Mobility Research

11:35am Learnshop 3B1 Room: Matai 1 Learnshop 3B2 Room: Maitai 2 Learnshop 3B3 Room: Waimea

Effective Infrastructure Design Travel Behaviour & Attitudes Cycle Skills Training

11:40am Karl Hancock, Flow Transportation Specialists

Sharrows - more than just a marking

Ngaire Pattison, Hamilton City Council

Putting the ‘courtesy’ back in courtesy crossings

Chris Foggin, BikeNZ

Cycle skills instructor training & assessment

11:46am Peter Kortegast, Opus International Consultants

Courtesy pedestrian crossing and shared spaces, how to get it right

Anna Blomquist, Wellington City Council

The friendly cyclist takes on Wellington

Karen Smith, Travel Safe Tauranga City Council

Travel Safe - an integrated approach to cycling & walking

11:52am Sue McAuley, Nelson City Council

St Vincent Street separated bicycle lane

Richard Barter, Cycling Advocates Network

Road User Workshops: Working with the transport industry to make the journey safer for cyclists

Jon Ashford, ViaStrada

Palmerston North Junior Road Safety Track

11:58am Andy Lightowler, Beca Ltd

Delivering Auckland City Centre's first on road segregated cycleway

Anna Blomquist, Wellington City Council

Putting the horse before the cart – lessons learnt from pedestrian safety campaigning

Chris Allison, Get Moving

Mike Tasman-Jones, Tasman District Council

Pathways to cycling - learnings from a Nelson-Tasman project

12:04pm Stacy Rendall, Abley Transportation Consultants

Getting across: The pedestrian crossing web tool

Peter King, NZ Automobile Association

What do motorists think about cyclists

Charlotte Flaherty, Dunedin City Council

Attitudes towards cycle skills rraining in Dunedin adolescents

12:10pm Group table discussions on the above presentations

Friday 31 October

12:10pm Conference Committee Meeting Room: Maitai Foyer

12:30pm Lunch Exhibition Area

1:15pm SESSION 3C Plenary: Copenhagenising Aotearoa – Julie Anne Genter, Green Party MP

1:40pm CLOSING PLENARY: From good to great – How we’re going on the journey? – Dougal List, NZ Transport Agency

2:00pm Conference Closing, Uli Neumann, Conference Co-Convenor

Post conference tour options available Click here to visit the website for options