Walking & cycling facilities

ViaStrada was engaged to develop the first package of concepts and scheme designs for the South Dunedin Cycle Network, providing cycle facilities with community connections that will link to a wider network suitable for cyclists of all ages and abilities.

ViaStrada Ltd was engaged by the Otago Regional Council to identify the safety and access issues for walking and cycling along the Harbourside arterial route between the Frederick Street and Anzac Avenue intersection and the Ravensbourne Road roundabout. From this initial review ViaStrada identified what can be retrofitted to address the issues for both everyday walking and cycling traffic and for one-off events at the stadium.

The Kaiapoi Town Centre Plan was published in 2011 by the Waimakariri District Council (WDC). This plan was developed by WDC staff and a consultant team including ViaStrada. The plan built on the Kaiapoi Town Centre Revitalisation Plan that had been under development since 2008 and responded to the restoration and development requirements of the town centre following the Canterbury earthquake in September 2010. The Plan considered Kaiapoi town centre as it stood then, identified issues that needed to be addressed and set out a vision for the future.

Christchurch City Council commissioned ViaStrada to prepare a scoping study in accordance with the adopted City for People Action Plan.

A lower traffic speed environment in the central city (the "slow core") has been approved in principle by the Christchurch City Council (CCC) in recent years.

In 2009, Gehl Architects prepared a study entitled Public Space Public Life (2010) that considered how people use public spaces and streets in central Christchurch. This precedent study resulted in Christchurch City Council's adoption of A City for People Action Plan (2010), which includes 66 related actions based on the recommendations in the study.

Some of those actions were addressed by this project, which was delivered in two stages.

Like many smaller urban areas of New Zealand, preserving and enhancing walkability in the historic town centre of Greymouth is a challenging prospect when car accessibility is a parallel and often conflicting key objective.

IMPORTANT NOTE

The project summary which follows describes a recommended cycle network which will likely require amendment post the Christchurch earthquakes, and will also need to be approved as part of the larger Christchurch Transport Plan.  It does not represent adopted council policy.

Overview and Background

Stage 1 (completed in 2009) involved mapping the existing cycle lane and shared path networks.  The deliverable from stage 1 was a GIS map of the data collected.

Auckland City Council (ACC) engaged ViaStrada to undertake a comprehensive cycling review for the "Learning Quarter", the campus area of the University of Auckland and the Auckland University of Technology (AUT), in the Auckland CBD.

ViaStrada has undertaken significant research and tool development on behalf of VicRoads (Victoria, Australia) to determine appropriate shared use path widths based on user volume characteristics.