Getting there - On Foot, By Cycle - Priority 2 Part 2
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A strategy to advance walking and cycling in New Zealand transport
February 2005
New planning and design guidelines for walking and cycling
A set of new national guides aims to promote effective planning and design for cycling and walking in New Zealand transport.
Cycle Network and Route Planning Guide
This guide, completed in 2004, aims to promote a consistent, best-practice approach to cycle network and route planning throughout New Zealand.
After establishing the principles of planning for cyclists, it sets out a process for deciding what cycle provision, if any, is desirable and where it is needed. Tools to assist the process are included.
The guide is the result of an 18-month collaboration between Land Transport New Zealand (formerly the Land Transport Safety Authority) and a wide range of cycling and local government stakeholders. It provides essential guidance for cycle network designers, transport network planners and people preparing local and regional cycling strategies.
The Cycle Network and Route Planning Guide complements the facility design guidance provided in another cycling document completed in 2004: Transit New Zealand's New Zealand Supplement to the Austroads Guide to Traffic Engineering Practice - Part 14: Bicycles.
Pedestrian Network Planning and Facilities Design Guide
This guide aims to improve the walking environment in New Zealand by promoting a best practice approach to pedestrian network planning and facility design. It outlines a process for deciding what sort of provision should be made for pedestrians and where it is needed. It also sets out best practice standards for the design of paths and road crossing facilities.
Land Transport New Zealand (formerly the Land Transport Safety Authority) began developing the Pedestrian Network Planning and Facilities Design Guide in 2004, assisted by a stakeholder committee drawn from local government, user groups and central government health and transport officials. Publication is expected mid-2005.
Guidelines for Facilities for Blind and Vision Impaired Pedestrians (RTS 14) These guidelines provide best practice design and installation principles for pedestrian facilities that assist blind and vision-impaired people. Detailed application guidance is included for the consistent design of kerb crossings and the use of tactile paving and audible-tactile traffic signals. The advice is consistent with pedestrian provisions for mobility-impaired pedestrians.
Hard copies of the above guides and guidelines are available from Land Transport New Zealand - Safety offices for $20. They can be viewed at: http://www.landtransport.govt.nz
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