Public Meeting - Slowing traffic on North Road

TV473's transport group are pleased to host a public meeting to discuss slowing traffic speeds on North Road.  Dr Koorey will discuss research from New Zealand and overseas highlighting advantages of slowing traffic, and explain how to get speed limits changed.

TV473's transport group have submitted to the Dunedin City Council asking they look at the whole issue of urban speed limits in Dunedin.  Dangerous roads are a key factor preventing more people switching to active transport (walking and cycling).  Slowing vehicle traffic is a key way to make roads safer and accomodate different methods of transport, giving people more choices.

Dr Koorey is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Civil & Natural Resources Engineering at the University of Canterbury, where he teaches and does research in a variety of transportation engineering subjects, with a particular focus on sustainable transport and road safety. Prior to joining the University in 2004, he worked for 10 years with Opus International Consultants as a transportation engineer and road safety researcher.

Join Dr Koorey and other Valley residents for this important and thought provoking evening.  This is the first in a planned series of events run by TV473 designed to give residents a chance to have input into how improving our transport system could make the Valley a better place to live.