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Earthquake recovery streetscape planning for Waimakariri District
Following the 4 September 2010 earthquake, ViaStrada was engaged by Waimakariri District Council to provide traffic engineering advice to create
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Long Bay network planning
Auckland Transport commissioned ViaStrada to provide cycle network advice supporting the scheme assessment stage of road development in the Long Bay
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Dakota Park roundabout
ViaStrada was commissioned by Christchurch International Airport Ltd to conduct a review of a proposed roundabout at the airport.The objective of the
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Transport planning advice for City Plan/Master Plan alignment
ViaStrada has provided transport planning advice to the Christchurch City Council with respect to the transport-related provisions in the Christchurch
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Cycle counting programme: Hamilton
John, Axel and Jeanette have developed an automatic cycle counting programme for Hamilton City Council (HCC). The project identifies approximate site
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Christchurch City goes green
The objective of this project was to suggest whether Christchurch City Council (CCC) should continue its use of red coloured surfacing or change to
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Further MOTSAM update
NZTA commissioned ViaStrada to update more MOTSAM (Manual of Traffic Signs and Markings) material. Gone are all the old double limit lines, for
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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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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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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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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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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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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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SIDRA intersection training courses
ViaStrada staff are the only authorised agents for delivering SIDRA INTERSECTION training courses in NZ. The courses run by the software developer
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Training course “Fundamentals of Planning and Design for Cycling"
ViaStrada presents cycling planning and design courses at both fundamental and advanced levels. As of 2009, over 700 people have attended these
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Construction Standards Specification amendment, Christchurch
Christchurch City Council has an extensive Construction Standards Specification document. ViaStrada staff were engaged to lead a team of Council
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Audit methodology for Canterbury regional cycle network
Environment Canterbury (ECan) is developing a regional cycle network plan. ViaStrada staff developed an audit methodology, enabling alternative
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Auckland regional cycle network assessment
MWH New Zealand Ltd (Christchurch) and ViaStrada evaluated five different potential cycle network models. ARTA’s British expert peer reviewer thought
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NZ Supplement to Austroads GTEP Part 14 Bicycles
This project filled a big hole in New Zealand at the time. Austroads guidance was not always appropriate for New Zealand, and we have different road
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