Abley have an experienced team of experts who have been involved in a wide range of transport and road safety research and industry guidance.
Road Safety
By Dale Harris, Shane Turner, Dave Smith | 2022
Research to examine how ‘fit for purpose’ alcohol-related crash data and related data are in New Zealand, and to study trends in these crashes and their connection with other factors.
By Dale Harris, Dave Smith | 2021
Framework and methodology for identifying, planning, designing and assessing emergency evacuation routes to support planning and preparedness in the event of a disaster caused by a natural hazard.
By Paul Durdin 2020
Best practice guidance for local government bodies regarding the development and implementation of road safety management systems in New Zealand and Australia
By Dale Harris, Dave Smith 2019
This project tested the application of Infrastructure Risk Rating for Australian roads. The output includes case studies of speed management interventions, and good practice for speed management engagement.
By Shane Turner, Paul Durdin, Shendi Mani | 2019
Best practice guidance for the development or road safety infrastructure programs that align with the Safe System approach.
By Shane Turner | 2019
Austroads commissioned research to help identify solutions that might be applied on mixed use arterial roads to improve safety through the provision of Safe System infrastructure.
By Shane Turner | 2019
Alternative intersection layouts may reduce traffic delays and/or improve road safety. Two alternatives are reviewed in this research: ‘priority-controlled Seagull intersections’ and ‘priority-controlled intersections with a Left Turn Slip Lane’.
By Shane Turner, Paul Durdin, Shendi Mani | 2019
Achieving safe system or vision zero outcomes at high-risk urban intersections, especially priority cross-roads and high-volume traffic signals, is a major challenge for most cities.
By Shane Turner | 2018
St Kilda Road is Melbourne’s premier boulevard and is one of the busiest tram routes in the world. It also has a high incident of pedestrian and bicycle crashes due to the relatively poor standard of the facilites provided for these users.
By Shane Turner | 2019
While the number of deaths and injuries at level crossings in New Zealand is relatively low compared with the national road toll and injury burden, the high severity of crashes involving trains makes it a key ‘safe system’ focus.
By Shane Turner | 2012
In most cities and towns, the majority of crash black-spots occur at major intersections. Crash reduction studies often focus on the major signalised intersections, however, there is limited information that links the phasing configuration, degree of saturation and overall cycle time to crashes.
By Shane Turner | 2019
Like many large cities, Sydney and Auckland’s busy and high-risk arterials carry the bulk of traffic flows and include a mix of active/vulnerable road users (cyclists/motorcyclists/ pedestrians). Auckland Transport is adopting Vision Zero and understanding vulnerable road user crash risks on such routes can be difficult.
By Shane Turner | 2018
This report contain all the SPFs/CPMs, AMFs/CMFs and some of the severity factors used in New Zealand. Many of which come from research by Shane Turner and others. The CEC is part of the NZ Economic Evaluation Manual.
By Shane Turner
For a full list of Shane Turner’s road safety-related research, presentations and papers, visit this Research Gate page.
Transport planning + engineering
By Ann-Marie Head, Dave Smith | 2020
This study for Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency identified barriers and motivators to why people choose to walk or not. The research led to development of a Pedestrian Level of Service framework for New Zealand.
By Ann-Marie Head, Dave Smith | 2017
This research for Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency investigated if and how the potential effects of small-scale developments should be identified and has provided an opportunity to fully understand if the absence of national guidelines is limiting the opportunity for effective network management and land use planning.
By Ann-Marie Head, Jeanette Ward | 2021
This research for Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency provides best practice for planning, designing and creating walkable communities throughout New Zealand. It outlines a process for deciding on the type of provision that should be made for pedestrians – including those with a wide range of disabilities – and provides design advice and standards.