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.
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Beale & Cullen Dental transport assessment
ViaStrada was commissioned to provide a traffic assessment for Beale and Cullen Dental practice at 393 Papanui Road for the fulfilment of a
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Reducing car dependency in the Pacific Islands
John Lieswyn was recruited by the World Bank to join an international cast of subject matter experts producing a comprehensive report on ways to
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Te Tirohanga Housing Project
ViaStrada provided expert advice on the Request for Information content, draft and final consent conditions for a large land development featuring
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Giant's House, Akaroa
Christchurch City Council received an application to construct and operate an entrance building, café and expansion of this popular sculptural garden
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Costs of road transport "accidents"
ViaStrada delivered a working paper summarising the methodology and calculations to derive estimates of the Total (Social) Costs, Average Costs,
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Torpedo-7 store traffic assessment review
Christchurch City Council received an application for a new retail premises on Clarence Street. ViaStrada was commissioned to review the applicant’s
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Shared Path behaviour – effects of marking research
ViaStrada partnered with Mackie Research to investigate how shared path markings influence the behaviour of people walking, cycling, and using other
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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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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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Study of signalised intersections and protected bike lanes
In 2016, the IPENZ Transportation Group committee granted their annual study award to two members, Megan Fowler (ViaStrada) and Claire Graham
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Rangiora High School redevelopment traffic report
Our team delivered a comprehensive transport assessment for Rangiora High School’s redevelopment.
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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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Review of transport provisions in Christchurch District Plans
ViaStrada has provided technical assistance to the Christchurch City Council with respect to its review of transport-related provisions in the
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Cycle counting in NZ
This project consisted of two components:1) an internet-based survey of road controlling authorities (RCAs) and regional councils about their
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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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