This is just a selection of some of the many projects that ViaStrada has been involved in over the years - click on the filter icon to refine the search by topic areas.

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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Canterbury Regional Cycling Network Development

ViaStrada conducted a desktop analysis using GIS to propose a regional cycle network for Canterbury. This network, and the accompanying discussion …
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Auckland Learning Quarter Traffic Masterplan

Auckland City Council (ACC) engaged ViaStrada to undertake a comprehensive cycling review for the "Learning Quarter", the campus area of the …
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Shared use path width investigations

ViaStrada has undertaken significant research and tool development on behalf of VicRoads (Victoria, Australia) to determine appropriate shared use …
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Kaikoura walking and cycling strategy

ViaStrada has assisted in the development of Kaikoura's first walking and cycling strategy.The vision is:- Kaikoura - he hikoi me eke pahikara …
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Various Kaikoura projects

Former staff member Tony Quickfall successfully obtained resource consents for several projects in Kaikoura, including a 22-lot residential …
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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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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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Woodend western bypass assessment

The Waimakariri District Council (WDC) commissioned ViaStrada to undertake a high level assessment of the possible western bypass options for Woodend …
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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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Queenspark bus priority, Christchurch

Christchurch City Council has ambitious plans for bus priority. In 2006 ViaStrada was engaged to design bus priority measures for the #70 Queenspark …
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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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Riding across crossings

Should cyclists be allowed to ride across zebra crossings? When you've got a tricky question like this, who do you ask for sound and reasoned advice? …
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Regional walking and cycling strategy, Bay of Plenty

Environment Bay of Plenty asked a number of consultants to bid on the development of a regional walking and cycling strategy in September 2007. We won …
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Signposting on the cycle path network, Melbourne

Bike path users in Melbourne can often find it difficult to find their way around on the many off-road paths around the city. Hence, a review of the …
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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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National Road Hierarchy review

Based on an earlier discussion paper on a proposed national road classification system (NRCS) or road hierarchy, Andrew Macbeth invited RCAs and other …
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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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