What's in this section on transport networks?
Roading
- Safer roads - how Land Transport New Zealand helps ensure New Zealand's roads are designed, constructed
and managed safely and at reasonable cost.
- Crash Reduction Study Monitoring - description of how 'black spots' have been monitored
and addressed. Contains the monitoring reports and supporting crash reduction documents in PDF format.
- Cycle network and route planning guide - aims to promote a consistent
approach to planning the provision for cycling in New Zealand. (In our 'Walking and cycling' section.)
- Guidelines for marking multi-lane roundabouts - the purpose of these guidelines is to assist
designers in providing the most appropriate pavement markings for existing and proposed multi-lane roundabouts in New Zealand.
- New Zealand guide to the treatment of crash locations - a companion document to the Austroads
Guide to traffic engineering practice. Part 4, 'Treatment of crash locations', December 2004.
- Safety management systems project - Land Transport New Zealand helps road providers improve their expertise
and holds them accountable for providing safe roads. Includes the SMS purpose, objectives, approach, guidelines, reports, etc.
- Speed limits - information for road controlling authorities on setting speed limits.
- Traffic notes - information for road controlling authorities.
- Road safety survey series - links to all the road safety survey (RSS) reports.
- Road and traffic standards series - links to all the road and traffic standards (RTS) documents.
- Traffic control devices manual - provides guidance on industry good practice, including, where necessary, practice mandated by law.
- RTS 16 - Guide to heavy vehicle management: (PDF, 583 KB) information relating to the design and management of roads and
off-road facilities to safely cater for heavy vehicles.
Rail
Last updated: 7 January 2009