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Whakatāne Crossings
People want to cross the road safely and conveniently - is a splash of red paint the solution?
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Streets for People - Aranui Connections
Christchurch City Council and ViaStrada worked together, providing technical advice and input from initial concept, scheme through to detailed design
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Cycling Network Guidance (CNG): planning and design
ViaStrada and Abley Transportation Consultants were commissioned by the NZ Transport Agency to develop a national framework of guidance for planning
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Whangārei School Travel Plans
Whangārei has an opportunity to encourage active transport to school through a travel planning programme. Some schools have Bike Ready cycle skills
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Planning & design for cycling - industry training
Did you know that to date (June 2024), since 2003 over 1500 people have attended fundamental and advanced courses in Planning and Design for Cycling?
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Urban Street Design Workshops
New two-day Urban Street Design workshops, developed in collaboration with NZ Transport Agency, share best practice and guidance on multi-modal urban
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Giants House
Christchurch City Council received an application to construct and operate an entrance building, café and expansion of the sculptural garden’s tourist
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Dunedin Tertiary Area Shared Space Investigation
ViaStrada provided professional advice to council staff so they in turn could have a discussion with elected members regarding the Albany Street
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E-scooter court evidence
ViaStrada was commissioned by legal representatives of three e-scooter sharing companies to prepare an affidavit for the court on the safety and
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Western Bay Sub-region Travel Demand Management (TDM) Scoping Study
ViaStrada supported Vitruvius by preparing an online StoryMap of Travel Demand Management case studies, assessing travel demand by each mode, existing
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Cycle parking planning and design guide
ViaStrada staff augmented their extensive experience using and designing cycle parking with a literature review of European guidance, the Australian
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Far North District Plan and Engineering Standards Peer Review
Far North District Council was updating their District Plan and related Engineering Standards. ViaStrada undertook a peer review with a multi-modal
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University of Canterbury guest lectures
Since 2006, Axel Downard-Wilke has been a guest lecturer at the University of Canterbury for the Masters of Transportation course and occasional
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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
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NZ Cycle Trail Design Guide
ViaStrada has developed (and subsequently updated) a comprehensive design guide for trail designers and project developers. The updated design guide
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Dunedin Central City schools cluster road safety
For five schools in the central city, ViaStrada developed an area-wide plan for road safety improvements including options for optimising on
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Guidelines for Pedestrian/Cycle Rail Crossings
KiwiRail and the New Zealand Transport Agency have led the development of a New Zealand design guide for pedestrian and cycle facilities at rail
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Palmerston North Bikes in Schools review
The Palmerston North City Council has implemented Bikes in Schools at six local schools. As part of ongoing efforts to ensure continuous improvement,
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Regulations and safety for electric bicycles and other low-powered vehicles
E-bikes and e-scooters (collectively, “micromobility”) are transforming our world. They are outselling electric cars – but our street design and
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Hastings District school travel plans
ViaStrada's John Lieswyn led the development of travel plans for nine primary and high schools within the Hastings District and assisted the Hastings
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Investigating road user rules for people walking and cycling
The NZ Transport Agency engaged ViaStrada to investigate options for amendments to several road user rules affecting walking and cycling, particularly
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