A practical guide to assist the decision-making process in planning for community programmes.
Note: The Demand Management Community Programmes Activity class is currently under review, new guidance will be available in early in 2010.
Part 3 provides references to resources (kits, websites, booklets, etc) that relate to the various activities. Additional references and ideas for projects and activities that encourage local community programmes (in relation to walking, cycling, driving, public transport, neighbourhood accessibility plans) can be found in Promoting community focused sustainable transport projects, which will be continually updated.
Your regional council and local authority(external link) may be employing activities at the regional or local level and may be able to advise you on what initiatives are in place.
The NZTA library has a collection of road safety research reports produced as part of the community road safety programme that report on local community projects implemented by local councils and community groups. The reports include an evaluation of the project. Contact the library to find out if a specific local activity (eg Bike Wise) has been implemented. Include in your email specific details of the information you are wanting – such as the type of the activity, the mode (walking, cycling, etc), age (children) and geographic area.
Key contacts in travel behaviour change(external link) at the NZTA can provide further advice.
Feet First — Walk to School Week(external link)
Feet First promotes the benefi ts of regularly walking to and from school. Primary school students and adults are encouraged to continue to walk to school (at least 10 minutes of the way) with a caregiver, a friend or on a walking school bus. The website includes teacher resources and information from school coordinators.
School travel plan coordinator's guide
Discusses a range of initiatives aimed at encouraging children and their caregivers to walk to school, including school travel plans, Feet First, walking school buses and Walking Wednesdays. Includes road safety tips and FAQs.
Walking school bus information and resources for implementing a walking school bus programme in a school – for parents/caregivers, teachers, road safety coordinators, travel planners and others who work in schools. A walking school bus resource kit can be downloaded or a hard copy ordered that includes the walking school bus coordinator's guide, the walking school bus brochure, posters, stickers, certifi cates and tickets. (Please note there is a maximum order limit of five kits.) There is a general information page on walking school buses for starters (what they are, how to set them up and examples from local councils) at the Energy Wise website(external link).
Resources include the benefits of walking to school, school bus information, Being roadsmart for school and a School traffic safety team manual.
TravelWise — Walking school buses(external link)
Useful for setting up a walking school bus at your school. Provides advice and steps to be taken in setting up a walking school bus programme. Also includes promotional material.
Sustainable transport plan: 2006-16(external link)
Outlines the Auckland Regional Transport Authority's (ARTA) approach to its walking action plan on pp 28–30. Looks at objectives and outcomes, planning, roles and responsibilities, funding priorities and monitoring.
New Zealand pedestrian profile - November 2000
An overview of pedestrian activity and injury in New Zealand.
Walking resources(external link)
Promoting walking as a healthy and more preferable option to a car for short journeys.
Bike Wise month(external link)
Bike Wise is an annual event aimed at increasing the visibility and participation of cycling for work and recreation. The events themselves are run by a network of local and regional organisers. The Bike Wise team within the NZTA provides general support and resources to organisers on running Bike Wise activities.
Balancing the needs of cyclists and motorists
This Land Transport NZ research report aims to recognise and understand the conflicting needs of cyclists and motorists who share the road.
Strategies to encourage cycling(external link)
Strategies for promoting cycling as an alternative form of transport for local journeys.
Getting around Auckland cycle guide(external link)
This leaflet has been produced by the ARTA and contains useful tips and advice to make cycling more enjoyable, including cycling in traffic and personal security. A general overview of cycling and local council cycle maps and strategies is at the Energy Wise website(external link).
Cycles and cycle helmets(external link)
A guide to some of the resources available – for students studying cycling and cycle helmet issues.
Safety information for cyclists
Includes helmets, lights and a safe cycling checklist.
Christchurch cycling strategy(external link)
This 2004 Cycling Strategy builds on the success of previous strategies and sets policies and targets for making Christchurch a safer and more enjoyable city for cycling. The strategy is the guiding document for the city council's cycling policies and programmes and provides a common direction to improve coordination between the city council and other organisations or groups involved with cycling. This strategy provides mechanisms to improve the cycle network throughout the city and increase cyclists' safety and enjoyment.
Sustainable transport plan: 2006-16(external link)
Outlines the ARTA's approach to its cycling action plan on pp 31–35. Looks at objectives and outcomes, planning, roles and responsibilities, funding priorities and monitoring.
A publication for use by councils wishing to run campaigns and educational initiatives related to walking and cycling. This publication contains a list of existing ‘share the road’ resources and projects and outlines new ideas to promote good practice ‘share the road’ projects. It is envisaged that this resource will be a reference document – helping practitioners motivate and encourage community groups and project teams to plan good practice promotional projects that address issues identified for action in their communities. Information on successful national and international projects is also available.
New Zealand walking and cycling strategies – Best practice
(Land Transport NZ research report 274)
The research involved reviewing existing walking and/or cycling strategies, surveying transportation professionals in local and regional councils and describing best practice from the perspectives of the research team. Examples of best practice content from existing strategies are used liberally in the research report to help illustrate the research findings. A recommended structure (including a foreword, introduction, vision, objectives, policies, targets and monitoring) is proposed.
Land Transport NZ research report 294
Analyses sparc survey results for current cycling and walking, together with stage of change for cycling and walking. Focuses on demographic differences: age, gender, ethnicity, level of urbanisation, region, effect of children, work status, household income.
Walking and cycling resources(external link)
Workplace travel plan coordinator's guide
A resource for setting up and running a workplace travel plan.
Workplace travel plan resources
Includes a number of templates and tip sheets to help with organising a workplace travel plan under the headings ‘set-up’, ‘research’, ‘action planning’, ‘implementation’ and ‘monitoring’.
EECA workplace travel planning(external link)
Includes:
TravelWise — workplace(external link)
TravelWise for workplaces is a regional programme that works in partnership with organisations to help address transport problems at the workplace by increasing travel options and reducing car trips to the workplace.
Employer travel plans in New Zealand (Transfund NZ research report 262 – available by emailing research@nzta.govt.nz) investigates the application of employer travel plans in New Zealand and focuses on identifying the most appropriate travel plan method that can be used by New Zealand/organisations and its likely impact on travel modes for the journey to work.
Travel plans — UK Department of Transport.(external link)
The essential guide to travel planning on developing and implementing travel plans for businesses.
Workplace travel plans in: Smarter choices – changing the way we travel(external link)
Looks in detail at the effectiveness, take-up rate and costs of workplace travel plans implemented by UK organisations and the benefits and synergies with other policies.
Sustainable transport plan: 2006–16(external link)
Outlines the ARTA's approach to workplace travel plans on pp 41–44, looking at objectives and outcomes, planning, roles and responsibilities, funding priorities and monitoring.
University travel plan (external link)
The ARTA, together with the University of Auckland, AUT University, Auckland City Council and Transit New Zealand, produced the University's travel plan. This 10-year programme aims to increase travel choices and make travel to and around the learning quarter easier.
School travel plan coordinator's guide
A resource for setting up and running a school travel plan.
EECA school travel planning(external link)
Includes:
TravelWise schools(external link)
The TravelWise for Schools programme encourages schools, parents and pupils to work together to make it safer and easier for children to: walk; cycle; catch a bus, train or ferry; car pool; or use a walking school bus.
School travel plans in Waitakere(external link)
Example of school travel plans at Fruitvale Primary and Henderson South Primary.
Sustainable transport plan: 2006–16(external link)
Outlines the ARTA's approach to school travel plans and walking school buses on pp 36–40, looking at objectives and outcomes, planning, roles and responsibilities, funding priorities and monitoring.
School travel. UK Department of Transport(external link)
Provides a range of practice guides from the UK on promoting safe journeys to school, including a school travel advisor's toolkit to promote the use of walking, cycling and public transport to reduce car dependency for journeys to school. Also available is Travelling to school: a good practice guide, and a range of guidance documents for schools and local authorities.
www.schooltravelplan.org(external link)
SchoolTravelPlan.org was set up in 2003 to help schools draft their travel plans. It is an initiative from Liftshare.com, the UK's largest carsharing scheme. Includes tips for drafting a school travel plan and content of a typical plan.
The Land Transport NZ website includes the following resources designed to help councils improve walking and cycling access and safety in communities where pedestrians and cyclists are shown to be at high risk of injury:
Sustainable transport plan: 2006–16(external link)
Outlines the ARTA's approach to neighbourhood accessibility plans on pp 48–55 looks at planning, stages, roles and responsibilities and monitoring.
Home Zones are residential streets in which the road space is shared between drivers and other road users with the wider needs of residents (including people who walk and cycle, and children) in mind. The aim is to change the way that streets are used and to improve the quality of life in residential streets by making them places for people, not just for traffic.
Travel awareness campaigns in:(external link)
This chapter reviews the available evidence about travel awareness work, including literature evidence from the UK and overseas. Later sections of the chapter draw on detailed interviews in York the chosen case study for this topic. Looks at UK campaigns to affect car use, their impact and effectiveness.
In town without my car!(external link)
In town without my car! and European Mobility Week are two linked European Commission backed campaigns that aim to open up town and city centre streets to all users.
Information on ridesharing, including the benefits of carpooling, and tips for organising carpooling, can be found at the Energy Wise website(external link) including websites that facilitate car sharing. Further websites to arrange carpooling include:
Further tips can be found on www.GoSmarter.org.nz(external link).
Your local road safety coordinator can provide further advice.
RoadSafe Auckland(external link)
RoadSafe Auckland focuses on key priority road safety areas as a means of achieving best road safety outcomes given limited resources.
This contains a list of existing 15 ‘share the road’ (sharing of the road space) resources and projects. Outlines new ideas to promote good practice for sharing the roads in communities. Targets drivers, pedestrians and cyclists. It includes two booklets:
Safety information for schools
Includes RoadSense, School traffic safety manual, and school bus safety.
The RoadSense teacher's handbook(external link) (external link) can be viewed online or a hardcopy ordered. It provides ways classroom teachers can plan for and teach effective road safety programmes and includes examples and lessons.
School traffic safety team manual
A training manual to help school traffic safety teams (school patrols, traffic wardens and bus wardens) maintain their outstanding safety record.
Highlights key road safety issues for each territorial local authority. The reports identify possible ways to reduce the number of road deaths and injuries.
Supporting older drivers (October 2006)
Aimed at family and friends of older drivers. It looks at ways to assist and support older friends and family members to remain independently mobile by whatever means they choose.
Effective speed management programme resource
Aims to assist the planning of speed management road safety activities in local communities. Contains:
Community Road Safety Programme advertising ‘How to’ Guide: (2004)
Although dated, this resource has been written to help road safety coordinators and community providers develop and implement effective advertising initiatives. Discusses how to develop banners and billboards, create merchandise, etc.
The official New Zealand road code, and licence and study guide for car drivers
Links updated: 4 December 2009
