New Zealand Trips and Parking Database Bureau

ViaStrada is a member of the New Zealand Trips and Parking Database Bureau (NZTPDB) with our staff supporting a programme for the collection of survey data from councils in the Canterbury / Otago Region.  NZTPDB was formed in 2002 as a Focus Group of the Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ) Transportation Group and became an Incorporated Society in 2004. It was formed following the commission of two research reports by Transfund New Zealand in 2001 (now Land Transport New Zealand). These reports formed the basis of the NZTPDB database and since 2002 the database has been added to and updated with new survey information and is an important Australasian resource. The original reports included:

• Transfund New Zealand Research Report No. 209. Trips and Parking Related to Land Use. Volume 1: Report, a review of surveyed information in New Zealand relating to trip generation and parking demand by individual land uses. A collection of 463 site surveys undertaken between 1990 and 2000 provided the database at that time.

The NZTPDB continues to expand on that work and bring such information into wider use and as a matter of good practice. This specifically includes data relating to trip generation, parking and travel demand as they relate to different land uses. It is of particular benefit to councils, consultants, engineering and planning professionals who have responsibility for transportation planning, land use planning, district plan policy advice, resource management consents and transportation assessments.

For more information, please see the New Zealand Trips and Parking Database Bureau website.