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.

Queenstown area school campus and road safety audits

We were proud to support the Lightfoot Initiative in their mission to reimagine transport for healthier people, communities and the planet. ViaStrada …
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Path Speed Management Research

New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi commissioned ViaStrada to study how well horizontal and vertical design features manage path user speed, …
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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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Northcote Road signals for Marian College

TSA on behalf of the Catholic Diocese of Christchurch contracted ViaStrada to produce a concept and detailed design for pedestrian improvements across …
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Hamilton School Link and other cycleway technical advice

ViaStrada played an advisory role in shaping the School Link component of Hamilton's Eastern Pathways project, as well as two other cycling corridors …
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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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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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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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Public Transport Design Guidance (PTDG) peer review

ViaStrada staff have direct experience with managing bus stop infrastructure for Christchurch and Palmerston North city councils. This informed our …
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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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Palmerston North bus stop guidelines

In his previous role at Palmerston North City in 2009, John Lieswyn developed guidelines for the design and location of bus stops around the city's …
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Redwoodtown School - proposed crossing on Alabama Road

ViaStrada was engaged by Marlborough Roads to investigate a new pedestrian crossing on Alabama Road outside Redwoodtown School to improve safety for …
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Hillview School mid-block crossing audit

How do we ensure students can cross the road safely to get to school? ViaStrada was commissioned to conduct a detail design stage road safety audit of …
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Papanui Road at St Andrew’s College mid-block crossing audit

ViaStrada was commissioned to conduct a detail design stage road safety audit of the proposed mid-block signalised pedestrian crossing on Papanui Road …
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Biketober Christchurch 2017

Sometimes, we work for the love of it to give back to the community. Biketober in 2017 was an example of this, being a month-long festival of various …
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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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