This page relates to the 2018-21 National Land Transport Programme.
This section describes the activity class for walking and cycling and provides information and links to the walking and cycling assessment requirements and work categories, processes and procedures to assist approved organisations and Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency (state highways) in developing walking and cycling activities.
The walking and cycling activity class is defined in the Government Policy Statement on Land Transport (GPS) as investment to improve the level of service for walking and cycling, including promotional activities.
The government has set out its expectations of the land transport system in the 2018 Government Policy Statement on land transport (external link)(GPS).
These include results from investments in walking and cycling improvements from the National Land Transport Fund.
The government expects walking and cycling improvements to deliver:
The government expects walking and cycling improvements to deliver:
To qualify for consideration for inclusion in the National Land Transport Programme (NLTP) and subsequent approval of funding:
Walking and cycling improvement projects described in the following work categories are eligible for inclusion.
The activity class contains the following work categories:
The following guidance is in addition to the General requirements for improvement activities, packages and programmes
See Development of low cost, low risk programmes for guidance on improvement activities under $1,000,000.
Waka Kotahi expects approved organisations and Waka Kotahi (state highways), where it makes sense to do so, to combine projects in a programme to deliver a complete end-to-end journey on footpaths, cycle lanes and/or cycle paths.
For projects to be accepted as a single programme, Waka Kotahi must be confident that approved organisations and Waka Kotahi (state highways) are ready and able to deliver the entire programme within a reasonable timeframe.
By delivering projects as part of a programme, the entire programme is assessed based on the primary corridor within that programme. The collective value of the programme is likely to be reflected in the assessment profile. If components were brought forward for funding separately, they would be assessed individually.
Delivering projects as part of a programme is effective and cost efficient and this is likely to be reflected in the business case and cost-benefit appraisal.
Walking and cycling activities proposed for funding from the National Land Transport Fund are assessed under the Waka Kotahi Investment Assessment Framework. See Assessment of walking and cycling improvement activties.
The following guidelines provide assistance:
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency, Cycle network and route planning guide (currently being updated).
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency, Pedestrian planning and design guide.