A vast and rapidly expanding resource of research and guidance on many aspects of active modes is readily available. Below is a far-from-exhaustive selection of material that has come to the attention of the Active Modes Infrastructure Group as being potentially useful for practitioners, although generally as reference material rather than guidance documents.
- Shared paths - the issues, Victoria Walks, June 2015
- Multiple Criteria Bicycle Route Assessment: Integrating demand, supply and stakeholder perceptions for a spatial decision support system in Christchurch, NZ, A. Butler, University of Twente, The Netherlands, March 2015
- A safer road environment for cyclists, J. P. Schepers, PhD dissertation, Delft University of Technology, Dec. 2013
- Requirements for effective cycling infrastructure, M. A. Coulthard and B. E. Southey-Jensen, University of Canterbury, 2014
- Feasibility of implementing European/North American "Pedestrian Crosswalk" laws in New Zealand, C. L. McCrostie, University of Canterbury, 2014
- Advanced cycle facilities design. Presentation for Sustainable Transport Planning, University of Canterbury, 2014
- Assessment of effectiveness of narrow separators on cycle lanes, Glen Koorey, Axel Wilke, Judith Aussendorf, 2013
- Effects on motor vehicle behaviour of colour and width of bicycle facilities at signalised intersections, Glen Koorey, 2009
- Low Stress Bicycling and Network Connectivity, Mineta Transportation Institute, San Jose State University, 2012
- Review of existing cycle infrastructure and issues, Flow Transportation study for Auckland Transport, 2012
- Selecting cycling facility types in the City of Ottawa, 2011
- Review of shared lane markings international best practice, Flow Transportation study for Auckland Transport, 2013
- Review of innovative bicycle infrastructure not currently in Cycling Aspects of Austroads, Rebecca Lehman, GTA, 2013
- Report on coloured cycle lane research for Palmerston North City Council, Laura Skilton and Sandi Morris, GHD
- Conflict path analysis of cyclist-driver interface, Bob Cummings, report to AITPM National Conference, 2012
- Report on research on cycle lane markings, Frans Krause, Hastings District Council, 2012
- Evaluation of shared lane markings, FHA, US Dept of Transport, 2010
- An advisory symbol for cyclists, SKM study for Auckland City Council, 2007
- Review of cycle signs and markings, Via Strada study for NZTA, 2011
- Evaluation of shared lane markings for cyclists for Victoria, CDM Research study for VicRoads, 2013
- Signal design for pedestrians as if they were thinking adults, M. Daff & B. Cramphorne, Walk21 2006
- Transport and health. Public Health Association of New Zealand position statement, 2004
- Physical activity and Health: a report of the Surgeon General. (Executive Summary) Atlanta, GA. US Department of Health & Human Services, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health.
- The effect of light rail transit on body mass index and physical activity. MacDonald J, Stokes R, Cohen D, Kofner A, Ridgeway G, Am. J. Prev. Med. 2010;39:105-12.
- Healthy transport = Healthy lives. London: British Medical Association, 2012.
- Updated Health and Air Pollution in New Zealand Study. Kuschel G, Metcalfe J, Wilton E, Guria J, Hales S, Rolfe K, Woodward A, Emission Impossible Ltd, Environet Ltd, Jagadish Guria, University of Otago, Kevin Rolfe, University of Auckland, prepared for Health Research Council of New Zealand, Ministry of Transport, Ministry for the Environment and New Zealand Transport Agency, 2012.
- Moving urban trips from cars to bicycles: impact on health and emissions. Lindsay G, Macmillan A, Woodward A. Aust N Z J Public Health. 2011;35(1):54-60.
- Christchurch City Health Profile: Active Transport. Community and Public Health, 2013.
- Promoting public health through Smart Growth: building healthier communities through transportation and land use policies and practices. Frank L, Kavage S, Litman T. Vancouver, BC: Smart Growth British Columbia, 2006.
- Transport Policy Statement, New Zealand College of Public Health Medicine, 2013
- Valuing the health benefits of active transport modes, Genter J, Donovan S, Petrenas B, Badland H, McCormick Rankin Cagney, Auckland University of Technology, 2008