Transport Research Group- TRG

26/06/2020

How do you feel about travel? TRG Master's student Francene is looking for participants to complete an online questionnaire on New Zealanders' travel and how it changed during COVID-19 restrictions.

The questionnaire will take approximately 20 minutes to complete and you'll have the chance to win one of 14 $50 e-gift cards. To take part you need to hold a full or restricted drivers licence and live in NZ.

Click the link below for more information and access to the questionnaire:

https://waikato.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6fITbHwssKfGGup

22/06/2020

How do you feel about travel? TRG Master's student Francene is looking for participants to complete an online questionnaire on New Zealanders' travel and how it changed during COVID-19 restrictions.

The questionnaire will take approximately 20 minutes to complete and you will have the chance to win one of 14 $50 e-gift cards.

Click the link below for more information and to access the questionnaire.

https://waikato.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6fITbHwssKfGGup

16/07/2019

Continuing with our Russian theme, what a bike!

(no this account hasn't been hacked by Russian bots or Destination Moscow)

New record: Largest human image of a bicycle 🚲 Congratulations to all 2,620 cycling enthusiasts in Moscow, Russian Federation who came together to form an enormous bicycle as the sun set yesterday at Saint Basil's Cathedral.

The record attempt was organised by the Organizing Committee of Moscow Cycling Festival and Department of Transport and Road Infrastructure Development of Moscow.

14/07/2019

Palaces for the people! Check out these luxurious photos of the Moscow metro from Dr Anna Sutton who is visiting Russia for a conference.

10/07/2019

"We need to add something to our roads to clearly explain the reason for the change in speed limit." Prof. Sam Charlton in the latest AA New Zealand Directions talking about the psychology of speed.

09/07/2019

When we have inspiring guests we take them for a spin! Visiting Professor Yucan Wang from the Beijing Jiaolong University testing out the driving simulator, despite the fact it's on the "wrong" side of the road.

05/07/2019

Hand gestures are the key to any good presentation! Here are two of our awesome postgraduate students Rathee Dewi Siva and Francene Thomas in action! Both were presenting their research at the recent School of Psychology Seminar

28/06/2019

The Transportation Group of Engineering NZ is embarking on a diversity strategy and action planning exercise. Check out TRG member Bridget Burdett explaining why

June 28, 2019: Bridget Burdett posted on LinkedIn

07/05/2019

Distracted driving is one of the most critical issues in road safety. Young drivers are over represented in road crashes, and driving while using a smartphone is a major contributing factor.

Help the New Zealand Automobile Association and the Australian Automobile Association find ways to better understand the problem and improve road safety by completing two online surveys.

All survey respondents will go in the draw to win one of 8 x $50 Coles/Myer gift cards! Click the link below for more information and to take the first anonymous survey.

https://bit.ly/2P3AqcM

30/05/2017

drug driving - what do New Zealanders think?

22/05/2017

Self driving cars 'saving lives' or not -viewed from a slightly different angle..

Self-driving cars could greatly reduce the number of car accidents. Learn about one possible consequence of a future populated by autonomous cars.

14/05/2017

Driving on autopilot close to home?.... think again ! New research from our Phd student Bridget Burdett

Statistics show half of road crashes happen close to home, when the brain switches to 'auto-pilot'.