Mackenzie District Visitor Transport Mapping

Objective

Creating a web application and write a short report about Park & Ride

Client

Department of Conservation

Location

Mackenzie District

Deliverable

Report and Webmap

Timeframe

June 2019 - February 2020

Project Status

Completed

Background

The Department of Conservation (DOC) commissioned ViaStrada to create a web map application that summarises data relating to different topics:

  • Population and land use
  • Environment and ecological management
  • Visitor accommodation, walking tracks and other tourist points of interest
  • Parking, buses and shuttle services,
  • Road characteristics, condition and road safety

The scope of work included research, data gathering, data preparation and data aggregation for the web map. Further, ViaStrada investigated a potential park & ride system in Aoraki Mount Cook National Park. Based on range of criteria, four potential park & ride locations were shortlisted along with an assessment of various commercial and financial operating models. Visitation data was used to estimate the number of shuttles needed.