Te Ara Mua – Future Streets: Knowledge exchange and the highs and lows of researcher-practitioner collaboration to design active travel infrastructure

by | Jun 13, 2019 | Academic publications by the Te Ara Mua – Future Streets Research Team, Publications

Summary Citation This article goes into detail about the difficulties of researchers and transport delivery teams working together on Te Ara Mua – Future Streets. People in both the research team and the Auckland Transport delivery team were interviewed. The study...

Te Ara Mua – Future Streets suburban street retrofit: A researcher-community-government co-design process and intervention outcomes

by | Jun 13, 2019 | Academic publications by the Te Ara Mua – Future Streets Research Team, Publications

Summary Citation This article describes why and how Te Ara Mua – Future Streets came about. It outlines the planning, funding, engagement and design processes, as well as what the final infrastructure changes were. Access Mackie, H., Macmillan, A., Witten, K., Baas,...

Controlled before-after intervention study of suburb-wide street changes to increase walking and cycling: Te Ara Mua-Future Streets study design

by | Jun 13, 2019 | Academic publications by the Te Ara Mua – Future Streets Research Team, Publications

Summary Citation In this article, the researchers on Te Ara Mua – Future Streets describe how the research side of the project was designed. The study purpose was to see if making suburban streets safer and better for walking and cycling could improve health, social...

Unlocking Transport Innovation: A Sociotechnical Perspective of the Logics of Transport Planning Decision-Making within the Trial of a New Type of Pedestrian Crossing

by | Jun 13, 2019 | Academic publications by the Te Ara Mua – Future Streets Research Team, Publications

Summary Citation In this article, researchers use a ‘sociotechnical’ framework to understand how decisions are made on transport projects. To do this, they use the example of the planning process for a new kind of pedestrian crossing on Massey Road, as part of the Te...

Children’s everyday encounters and affective relations with place: Experiences of hyperdiversity in Auckland neighbourhoods

by | Jun 13, 2019 | Academic publications by the Te Ara Mua – Future Streets Research Team, Publications

Summary Citation Children living in different places perceive and experience their neighbourhoods differently. Levels of independent mobility also differ from place to place. Children from Māngere schools who participated in Future Streets focus groups had a greater...

Systematic literature review of built environment effects on physical activity and active transport–an update and new findings on health equity

by | Jun 13, 2019 | Academic publications by the Te Ara Mua – Future Streets Research Team, Publications

Summary Citation The aim of this research was to identify which types of changes to people’s environments (e.g., increased access to destinations, better walking infrastructure, etc.) through intervention or moving increase physical activity. We undertook a...