Pedestrian planning & design

Worldwide, streets are being opened to people on foot, with spectacular benefits to communities in terms of traffic and personal safety, economic well-being, community cohesiveness, and physical health.

ViaStrada has assisted with the development of walking guidance and tools from NZTA (e.g. the Pedestrian Network Guidance) to enable better practice in meeting the needs of people walking. We have also contributed to industry training in this area.

Projects

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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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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Planning and design for walking - industry training

Engineers and planners with an interest or mandate for walking, plus interested members of walking advocacy groups, are invited to register for one …
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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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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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Walking and cycling strategy stocktake

Walking and cycling strategies are useful tools that aid councils in providing for pedestrians and cyclists. In 2005, earlier research found that 36 …
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Publication "Pedestrian Planning and Design Guide"

Megan's first project at ViaStrada was to assist Tim Hughes of Land Transport New Zealand (now NZTA) in completing the Pedestrian Planning and Design …
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RTS 14 guideline development

The project was to provide real intersection and midblock layouts that practitioners could use to design and implement vision impaired ‘user friendly' …
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