Training & capability

Application of the Pedestrian Network Guidance course

These one-day courses focus on planning and design for pedestrians. Course material is based on the Pedestrian Network Guidance and includes the practical application of real-world examples.

Email multimodal@nzta.govt.nz to register your interest and preferred location.

2024, to be advised

Urban Street Design Workshops

This workshop focuses on the design of good streets and is run over two days. It is an interactive session with groups assigned a street design project that they progress over the two days.

2024, to be advised

This webinar will take a deep dive into the relevant national design guidance for public transport, cycling and walking particularly near bus stops. We’ll look at applied examples to workshop, and set you up to successfully apply best practice design guidance on the ground.

Topics include:

• Bus lane widths and bicycles
• Bus stop bypass fundamentals
• On-road cycle lane design by the bus stop
• Shared path integration
• In-lane/in-line bus stop DOs and DON’Ts
• Relevant research and applied examples

This webinar is designed to inform the industry on best practice for managing and maintaining urban street and path facilities. It will introduce different processes to assess the state of transport networks and determine low-cost measures for improving them.

Topics include:

• Planning for maintenance and renewals in:
  • Speed management
  • Cycle networks
• Investment: what budgets can be used for
• Temporary Traffic Management implications
• Audit tools to prioritise investment

One Network Framework and the Urban Street Guide webinar(external link) (video)

This webinar is designed to help the industry put the ONF and the Urban Street Guide into action!
Some of the topics covered include:

• Movement and place
• Understanding the ONF network function and the urban street guide street form
• ONF and urban street categories
• Putting the ONF and the Urban Street Guide into action

Multi-modal intersections webinar(external link) (video)

This webinar is designed to inform the industry on the latest New Zealand guidance on intersection planning and design particularly for people walking, cycling and using public transport. Some of the topics covered include:

• General intersection principles and for the different modes
• Intersection selection and the One Network Framework
• Intersection type details
  • Uncontrolled and priority controlled
  • Signalised
  • Roundabouts

Bus stop planning and design webinar(external link) (video)

This webinar is designed to inform the industry on the latest New Zealand guidance on the planning and design of bus stops. Some of the topics covered include:

• Bus stop location planning
• Bus stop capacity fundamentals
• Bus stop design including; design principles and parameters, bus stop components (accessibility features, shelters, etc.), layout options, integration with cycling
• Bus stop implementation, operations, and maintenance

December 2022

Pedestrian planning and design webinar
(external link)(video)

This webinar is designed to introduce the transport industry on the latest guidance now available in New Zealand on planning for pedestrians. Some of the topics covered include:

• SOS principles
• Walkability
• Pedestrian network characteristics
• Measuring and monitoring.

Pedestrian and cycle crossing at midblock locations(external link) (video)

This webinar is designed to introduce the transport industry to the latest crossings guidance now available in New Zealand including recent updates. After introducing the broad planning principles involved in assessing a crossing location, we will discuss design aspects of different mid-block crossing types.

Introduction to multi-modal guidance training(external link) (video)

This webinar introduces the suite of multi-modal guidance now available in New Zealand including any recent updates, and how they fit with other guides and frameworks such as the One Network Framework. The multi-modal guidance include:

• Aotearoa Urban Street Planning and Design Guide
• Pedestrian Network Guidance (PNG)
• Public Transport Design Guidance (PTDG)
• Cycling Network Guidance (CNG).

This is the first in series that will provide training on various multi-modal topics over the coming year.

Pedestrian planning and design update(external link)

This webinar provided an update on the development of the PNG, but also provided training on the following:

• Disability sector collaboration for inclusive design
• Safe obvious step free: principles for inclusive places
• Pedestrian level of service tool.

October 2020 

Tactile indicator installation webinar(external link) (video)

This webinar provides recommended practice to designers and contractors carrying out the installation of tactile pavers. It features insights from a blind person in terms of how important the tactile pavers are.

October 2020 

Urban mobility and liveable cities -webinar series

Waka Kotahi partnered with LGNZ to deliver Urban Mobility and Liveable Cities – a webinar course for elected officials in urban areas. The course is designed to introduce some of the fundamental principles of urban mobility for safer, cleaner and healthier towns and cities. It was developed following feedback from the sector that capability building at the local governance level is a priority – to help build strategic leadership for the challenging urban transformations we’re looking to deliver over the coming decade. Sessions include guest speakers sharing their perspectives on leading change in this area.

August 2020 

How to talk about urban mobility and transport shift

This webinar provides a theoretically driven, evidence-led framework so we can understand how to: improve people’s understanding, based on best evidence, of why a shift in transport modalities away from cars and towards active and public transport is needed, help people designing and leading the shift to have better conversations with the public and motivate people to act in support of these shifts.

April 2020 

Safe walking and cycling treatments for intersections and crossings

This webinar introduces some of the current state-of-the-art thinking around these safety measures for our active modes. Learning objectives include: Understanding the safety effects of different intersection/crossing measures for walking and cycling, Learning what safety measures are now more easily available for implementation via the Transport Agency’s Standard safety interventions toolkit and Innovating Streets programme and demonstrating lessons learned through recent case studies of intersection/crossing treatments around New Zealand.

December 2019 

Monitoring walking and cycling

This webinar introduces the tools and techniques for monitoring walking and cycling that are rapidly evolving. Many councils still rely on basic counting technologies or manual methods, but these methods can have high error rates or collection durations that are insufficient for year-on-year trend analysis.

August 2019 

Road Space Allocation for Pedestrians(external link)

This webinar presents how to ensure pedestrians are catered for appropriately in road cross sections, and where to find that information in the Austroads guides. The webinar covers the following key topics: cross section development considerations for walking, methods of allocating space to walking, design of footpaths and shared paths, best practice examples.

February 2021

Midblock Crossings for Pedestrians(external link)

This webinar focuses on how to ensure pedestrian crossings are planned and designed appropriately, and where to find that guidance in Austroads’ guides. The webinar covers the following key topics: what data to collect, types, description and appropriate context, selection process, design details for each type, best practice examples.

February 2021

Pedestrian Planning and Design at Intersections(external link)

This webinar presents how to ensure intersections are planned and designed appropriately for pedestrians, and where to find that guidance in Austroads’ guides. The webinar covers the following key topics: what data to collect, types and how they impact pedestrians, selection process, design of each type to improve walking outcomes, best practice examples.

February 2021

Pedestrian Planning and Design for Activity Centres(external link)

This webinar will present the planning and design considerations that will contribute to walkable activity centres (a place that is a vibrant hub where people shop, work, meet, relax and often live), and where this information can be found in Austroads’ guides. The webinar covers the following key topics: what data to collect, planning/network considerations, examples of applying walkable characteristics, design considerations, types of shared space streets, best practice examples.

February 2021

Pedestrian Planning and Design for Residential Areas(external link)

This webinar presents the planning and design considerations that will contribute to walkable residential neighbourhoods, both new and existing, and where to find that guidance in Austroads’ guides. The webinar covers the following key topics: what data to collect, planning/network considerations, design considerations, examples of applying walkable characteristics, best practice examples.

February 2021

Measuring Pedestrians – Survey and Audit Methods(external link)

This webinar presents why and how to measure walking activities. The webinar covers the following key topics: Why measure walking, activities that can be measured, measuring methods and technologies, pedestrian audits and reviews.

June 2020

Pedestrian Planning Concepts(external link)

This webinar presents how to better plan for high quality walking environments in our towns and cities. It highlights the Austroads Guide to Traffic Management series updates to incorporate international good practice pedestrian planning and design guidance.

The webinar covers the following key topics, the role of walking in urban environments, types of pedestrians, typical characteristics and implications for planning and design, process for pedestrian planning, pedestrian planning methods and tools.

May 2020