Traffic Engineering and Management Stream

1. NEW FACILITIES – OLD ROADS
ROAD SAFETY, URBAN DESIGN AND LANDSCAPE CHARACTER IN FACILITY DESIGN
USING A SAFETY AUDIT AND NETWORK FUNCTIONALITY APPROACH
SAFETY VS.
EXPERIENCE
Christchurch, NZ

2.  2014 NZ Govt released NZ$400 M as the Urban
Cycleways Program (UCP)
 Authorities had 3 years to spend the money
 Christchurch City Council had NZ$185M program to
deliver
 13 Major Cycleways to be delivered
 9 Designed and consulted,
7 delivered for consultation,
5 complete
Perspectives:

3. The Journey…….
 Born from a need
 Why SANF?
 Learnings
 Successful Outcomes
User Ecology

4. Why SANF?
 ‘old approach’
 The formal process
 Separate tasks
giving varying
results
 Teams of disciplines
doing individual
tasks
Standard Assessment
Safety
Directness
Coherence and connectivity
Attractiveness and social safety
Comfort
Unassessed

5. The NEW approach
 Multi-discipline teams
 Budgets
 Timeframes
 Scenarios / route
options
 All multi-modal users
 Key driver – ‘interested
but concerned’
Modified Assessment
Safety and Comfort
Directness and Coherence
Connectivity to Amenity within the corridor
Social Safety and Attractiveness
Local Business Impact
Local Resident Impact
Operational and Network Impacts
Ease of Construction and Costs
Land Requirements /Easements /Other Agreements

6. Key considerations
 Access
 Bus / PT
 Parking
 Services / Utilities
 CPTED
 Urban Design /
Streetscape
 Business Opportunities
vs Future GrowthConsider the Ecological system

7. SANF process review
• Every step of the
project lifecycle
• Strong emphasis on
Network Elements and
User Impacts at earlier
stages, User Safety at
later stages
• Fresh Set of Eyes on
Project
• Elements considered
from all disciplines at
once

8. Rating system
GREEN
ORANGE
RED
ROAD SAFETY
FUNCTIONALITY
STREETSCAPE

9.  SAFETY
 Retrofitting facilities into
an existing road
environment
 Mixed use
 Understanding
everyone’s needs
 Balanced / Holistic
approach
 Disability Groups needs
 CPTED

10.  URBAN DESIGN
 Holistic View
 Consistency
 CPTED
 Context
 Accessibility
 Lively streets
UNICYCLE?

11.  Rapanui Shared Use Pathway

12.  NETWORK
FUNCTIONALITY
 Urban design matched
with functional needs of
all users
 The experience
 Enhanced Communities
 Connectivity
 Legibility

13.  LEARNINGS
 Broader
understanding
 Fresh eyes
 Daytime vs night
time
 Holistic approach
 Project costs and
risks
 Functionality
 Changes in design

14. Lets go on a journey….

15. CONTACT DETAILS
Mike Smith
Principal - Road Safety
Emily Cambridge
Senior Landscape Architect
Beca
Wayne Rimmer
Principal Landscape Architect
wps - Opus
mike.a.smith@stantec.com emily.cambridge@beca.com wayne.rimmer@opus.co.nz