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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Dunedin parking surveys
Dunedin City Council staff asked ViaStrada to set up and complete a survey of parking demand in the city centre. The aim was to provide a
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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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Whakatāne roundabout projects (x2)
ViaStrada specialises in safe, user-friendly roundabout designs. These roundabouts had unique design challenges to tackle; one constrained by
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Twin Tunnels Trail (Mosgiel to Dunedin)
The Dunedin Tunnels Trail Trust (DTTT) project is to provide a 15 km safe and user-friendly cycle and walking trail between Dunedin and Mosgiel. It
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RiverLink project hearing advice
ViaStrada was engaged by Hutt Cycle Action / CAN to provide technical advice and to appear as an expert witness to seek better and safer cycling
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Cycling Demand Model
ViaStrada and WSP developed a GIS and spreadsheet based cycling demand model with an accuracy that is an order of magnitude better than the existing
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Infrastructure for quick-build cycleways
Waka Kotahi commissioned ViaStrada to undertake research on quick-build (interim) cycleway infrastructure. This research note provides information
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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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College Road upgrade
The community and students of Whakatāne's largest high school want to cross the road safely.
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Whakatāne's waterfront - The Strand upgrade
A major new iwi owned and funded building is set to grace the Whakatāne waterfront. ViaStrada prepared pedestrian crossing design options to connect
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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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National State Highway Speed Management Panel
Where should speed limits change — and why? ViaStrada helped answer that question as part of NZTA’s national panel reviewing speed limits across key
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Pedestrian Network Guidance (PNG)
When the Pedestrian Planning and Design Guide was due for an update, the NZ Transport Agency called on ViaStrada as technical experts in walking
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Junior road safety cycle track design
Dunedin City Council engaged ViaStrada to develop concept plans for the layout of a learn to ride space that can be used to introduce new riders to a
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Whakatāne Neighbourhood Greenways
To support the Active Whakatane Strategy's network objectives, ViaStrada prepared concept designs and visualisations for eight streets.
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Rex Morpeth Park Design
Following on from the prioritisation of Active Whakatāne projects, ViaStrada collaborated with our partners DCM Urban to produce landscape and traffic
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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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Lincoln Road bus priority
Axel Downard-Wilke was seconded to Christchurch City Council to lead the scheme design for a complex transport project on Lincoln Road. Balancing
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Dunedin SH1 Barnes Dance Trials
The NZ Transport Agency commissioned ViaStrada to formally trial two "Barnes Dance" shared pedestrian/cycle crossings along SH1 in Dunedin, including
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Te Tai Poutini Westland Transport Information
The Department of Conservation commissioned a report and webmap to summarise the transportation context for the Waiau Weheka Westland long term
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