Pedestrian and Cyclist Safety Framework - Background
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20/05/2009 5:48 p.m.
Strategic context
The
New Zealand Transport Strategy (NZTS) outlines the government's vision and objectives for transport in New Zealand. It identifies the contribution that transport will make towards the government's economic, health, environmental, safety and personal security and access and mobility objectives. It is the first strategy to recognise and seek to integrate all modes and users of transport in order to achieve a more sustainable transport system.
Getting There is the government's strategy for advancing walking and cycling in New Zealand transport. It is designed to maximise the contribution of walking and cycling toward achieving the vision and objectives of the
NZTS. The Ministry of Transport (MoT) is the lead agency responsible for the
NZTS and
Getting There strategies.
RS 2010 is the government's strategy for improving road safety to 2010 within the context set by the
NZTS. This includes improving safety for pedestrians and cyclists with the expectation that the approach used will also support increased use of these modes for transport. The National Road Safety Committee (Land Transport NZ, Police, MoT, Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC), Transit New Zealand and Local Government NZ) is responsible for the implementation of the
RS 2010 strategy.
The Framework sits under both the
RS 2010 and
Getting There strategies and provides detail on the approach that will be taken to improve pedestrian and cyclist road safety for each. Land Transport NZ was the lead agency responsible for the development of the framework and its initial work programme.
The following diagram shows the linkages between the documents that set the strategic direction for walking and cycling.
Framework development
The development of the framework has involved extensive consultation. It has been developed in collaboration with agencies represented in the National Road Safety Committee, interested local authorities, regional councils, pedestrian and cyclist advocacy groups and other government departments.
Two rounds of meetings have been held with stakeholders. These meetings were held in Auckland, Hamilton, Palmerston North, Gisborne, Napier, Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch and Dunedin. Meetings were held in locations that reflected the variety of walking and cycling environments in New Zealand and were areas where:
- a walking or cycling strategy was operating or being developed, and/or
- walking and cycling advocacy groups were active.
The first meetings in April 2003 discussed the proposed structure of the Framework and the road safety issues for pedestrians and cyclists and the second round in July 2003 discussed the content of the framework in more detail.
The first draft of the Framework was subsequently sent to stakeholders for comment. Thirty one submissions were received from a mix of central, regional and local government organisations, cycling advocacy groups and individuals. The document has been extensively revised to take into account the views of submittants, changes in the transport sector and to ensure strong integration with the Getting There strategy.
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