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3:50pm presentations 

“Using road markings in innovative ways”
Time: 3:50pm                                                 Room: Chancellor 1              
Topic: Healthy and safe people                     Format: Paper

Presented by:
Samuel Charlton, Professor of Psychology, Transport Research Group, University of Waikato
Samuel has over 30 years’ experience of research work in applied cognitive psychology. Among other things, Samuel is interested in driving as skilled behaviour, and how it can inform theory development in attention, decision-making, and automaticity of performance. Samuel is internationally recognised as a leader in the areas of driving simulation and driver behaviour research and is Editor in Chief of the Elsevier journal Traffic Psychology and Behaviour.
 
Abstract:
In several recent experiments we have examined how road markings can be used in innovative ways to improve the safety and efficiency of rural roads. In order to achieve the safe and appropriate speeds identified by the NZ Speed Management Guide, road controlling authorities need to find an effective way of communicating those speeds to drivers. We have shown how road markings can be used to improve compliance with speed limits by affecting drivers’ perceptions of risk, their sense of speed, or directly as a continuously present reminder of the limit. Previously we have shown that road markings are effective as warnings in advance of horizontal or vertical curves, but our recent findings also demonstrate that systematically applying road markings to indicate specific speed limits may be a useful way to improve speed limit compliance. This work is a part of our on-going work developing self-explaining roads for everyday driving.
 
Non-Presenting Authors:
Nicola Starkey, Professor of Psychology, University of Waikato
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Remember! You can vote for this Paper via Sli.do using this Paper’s individual code: C1-350.
Voting closes at 4:30pm on Thursday 5th December and the winner announced during the post conference networking function. 

“So what do you think? Attitudes from people in the New Zealand Household Travel Survey”
Time: 3:50pm                                     Room: Chancellor 2              
Topic: Inclusive access                       Format: Paper

Presented by:
Jennifer McSaveney, Senior data analyst, Ministry of Transport
I have been a scientist at the Ministry of Transport since 2008. My areas of interest include the New Zealand Household Travel Survey, road safety, surveying, and transport and society.
 
Abstract:
People’s attitudes affect their travel patterns choices and vice versa. As follow up from the Household Travel Survey, we have surveyed a willing subset of participants on a range of topics, from transport technologies such as self driving cars, e-scooters and passenger drones, to their active transport use and road safety attitudes. Let’s take a tour of some of the results and see what we have discovered, after a brief update of where the Household Travel Survey is at.
 
Remember! You can vote for this Paper via Sli.do using this Paper’s individual code: C2-350.
Voting closes at 4:30pm on Thursday 5th December and the winner announced during the post conference networking function.

“The Life of a Road through a Data Lens”
Time: 3:50pm                                     Room: Chancellor 4              
Topic: Economic prosperity               Format: Paper

Presented by:

Gareth Robins, Director of Analytics, EROAD
Gareth Robins is the Director of Analytics at EROAD, his work focuses on the use of GPS data to fuel a new wave of transportation research from dynamic risk modelling and crash prediction to fair cost allocation of maintenance funds and performance measures.
Gareth has lived the analytics life for 15 years and has worked in New Zealand, Australia, and the United States. Gareth is a member of the US Transportation Research Board and an active participant in the Freight Transportation Data and Trucking Research committees, and the PACTRANS Technology Transfer committee.

Abstract:
We create our roads following years-long processes of planning and engineering design, and as our society grows, we expect more and more out of our infrastructure. Our roads were created and built with the community in mind. Their job is to deliver users safely and efficiently from A to B. Therefore; we need to know more than just vehicle counts; we need context about the users and how they are using the road. We are fortunate to now have access to many data-collection technologies, but how do we ensure they are fit for purpose and cost-effective and how can they be fused and used effectively at each stage of the road lifecycle? This paper sets out the data and analytics suited to each stage of the road lifecycle. We present the pitfalls and opportunities of each method and the need for standards, particularly in the application of performance measures.
 
Remember! You can vote for this Paper via Sli.do using this Paper’s individual code: C4-350.
Voting closes at 4:30pm on Thursday 5th December and the winner announced during the post conference networking function. 

“Improving Data Quality to Support Sector-Wide Initiatives”
Time: 3:50pm                                     Room: Chancellor 6              
Topic: Economic prosperity              Format: Paper

Presented by:
ANDREW MCKILLOP, REG PROGRAMME MANAGER, REG
Andrew joined the NZ Transport Agency in 2005. In recent years his role has focused on leading the Road Efficiency Group, an industry partnership responsible for developing and implementing tools and philosophy to drive more effective and more customer focused transport system delivery.  The REG programme is underpinned by the One Network Road Classification.
Andrew previously worked in local government and has a vast range of experience in asset and network management, including leading safety and CBD revitalisation programmes.
 
Abstract:
REG is a collaborative initiative between Local Government New Zealand, Road Controlling Authorities (RCAs) of New Zealand, and the Transport Agency.
REG has set an expectation that all Road Controlling Authorities need to have robust data that is appropriate for the complexity of the decision-making required.  Quality data is critical. Data underpins the fabric of the business case approach, the future asset management data standard and Digital Engineering for Transport project, as well as evolving ONRC into the One Network Framework.
Over the past three years REG has been reporting annually on the quality of data in the transport sector.  This work has two key focus areas, improving data quality throughout the sector and changing the culture by allowing decision makers to understand the value of good quality data.
 
Remember! You can vote for this Paper via Sli.do using this Paper’s individual code: C6-350.
Voting closes at 4:30pm on Thursday 5th December and the winner announced during the post conference networking function. 
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