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Tennyson Street off-road cycle paths
ViaStrada has reviewed a controversial cycle facility for Christchurch City Council and found people either love it or hate it!
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Lake Road cycle lane options
Cycle lanes had been approved by North Shore City Council (NSCC) for installation on Lake Road between Esmonde Road and Hauraki Road. ViaStrada
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University transport project mentoring
The University of Canterbury introduced a new 4th-year course in 2008 - Transport Design Project. Industry mentors assisted groups of four students
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Walking and cycling strategy stocktake
Walking and cycling strategies are useful tools that aid councils in providing for pedestrians and cyclists. In 2005, earlier research found that 36
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Wainoni Road crossing facility
Following a fatality at the pedestrian crossing facility at the intersection of Wainoni Road and Bickerton Street, ViaStrada was requested to
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Transport network optimisation think-piece
ViaStrada undertook research both domestically and overseas to produce a major discussion document for the New Zealand Transport Agency.The "think
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Stanmore Road parking location plan
The client wanted to see how the existing parking supply was on the street. This gave maximum information on the impact of different cycle lane
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FiveMile parking provision plan, Queenstown
The client wanted to show that they had made provision for various on street parking demands in FiveMile. This included short and long term parking
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Te Okuroa Drive, Tauranga
ViaStrada was engaged by Tauranga City Council (TCC) to undertake the scheme development of the arterial road (Te Okuroa Drive) servicing the Wairakei
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Publication "Pedestrian Planning and Design Guide"
Megan's first project at ViaStrada was to assist Tim Hughes of Land Transport New Zealand (now NZTA) in completing the Pedestrian Planning and Design
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MOTSAM update
Transit NZ commissioned ViaStrada to update the cycling-related road marking content of the Manual of Traffic Signs and Markings (MOTSAM). In a
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Dunedin cycle lanes
ViaStrada has been commissioned to design provisions for cyclists in some of the more challenging locations of Dunedin's arterial network. Dunedin
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Avonside Fitzgerald Kilmore signalised intersection
The Avonside / Fitzgerald project has two 'drivers':The Fitzgerald bridge over the Avon River needs to be earthquake strengthened, and the adjacent
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Kawarau Falls single lane bridge traffic signals
Traffic signal improvements to the Kawarau Falls single lane bridge, to meet Transit NZ safety and efficiency requirements, to allow the side road to
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Bunnings in Marshland, Christchurch
When the new Bunnings site on Marshland Road was developed, traffic signals were needed to ensure safe site access. ViaStrada was engaged to undertake
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SH7 and Fairhall Road intersection design, West Coast
SH7 and Fairhall Road intersection design for the Kaiata industrial park. This required a specialist intersection design catering for heavy commercial
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Walking and cycling strategy workshops
ARRB Group (Melbourne) ran two-day workshops on "planning and developing walking and cycling strategies" in Australia and NZ. Andrew Macbeth teamed up
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Waitakere cycleway design review, Auckland region
The purpose of this review was to identify whether the integrity of the original proposal for three off-road cycle paths from Waitakere City Council
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Cycle network planning, Melbourne
This study built on previous work by ViaStrada with assistance at different stages by Beca and MWH. The premise is that a cycle route provides a
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Northlands Mall, Langdons Road vehicle access
For Northlands Mall, we were commissioned to explore access options and designs through to obtaining Resource Consent from the City Council.
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Cycling AADT tool for Auckland Region
ViaStrada was engaged by ARTA to develop a tool to convert short-term manual cycle counts to "annual average daily traffic" estimates of cycle traffic
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