Roadway Art Guidance (Tactical Urbanism Guide)

Roadway art is a subset of street art that is marked within the roadway, i.e. where vehicles travel. In a nutshell roadway art is any marking on the roadway that is not considered a ‘traffic control device’. ViaStrada was part of a team that prepared guidance for the NZ Transport Agency as part of their Tactical Urbanism suite. 

This project required ViaStrada's expertise in transport legislation and traffic control devices (particularly the choice of different materials) to compile best practice examples from around the world and relate them to the NZ context. The use of roadway art needed to be enabled through a TCD Rule change and ViaStrada worked with NZTA staff to ensure the guidance would clearly define when and where roadway art can be safely applied. The guidance is now published here: https://www.nzta.govt.nz/assets/Roads-and-Rail/innovating-streets/docs/DRAFT-roadway-art-guidance.pdf