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Traffic Design Group (TDG) was a consultancy in New Zealand. The largest [1] specialist traffic engineering and transport planning consultancy in the country, they had offices in Auckland, Tauranga, Hamilton, Hawke's Bay, Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch and Queenstown [2] and are nationally recognised in their field. [3]

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The company has been active in the New Zealand transport sector since 1976. [4]

TDG was acquired by Stantec in 2018. [5]

Scope and projects

TDG has provided consulting services on various large projects, including examples such as wind farms, [4] event locations like SkyCity Auckland casino [1] or Stadium New Zealand (where they assessed the traffic and parking effects of providing a major new 60,000 seat stadium on the Auckland waterfront, and which they supported as a viable location in terms of traffic). [6] [7] TDG has also planned the pedestrian elements of the Westpac Stadium in Wellington. [1]

Other projects the company has worked on include traffic modelling such as for NZ Transport Agency , [8] and research reports for government entities, such as 'The Ins and Outs of Roundabouts', a safety audit of roundabout research. [9] Another field the company is very active in is traffic survey work, having, for example, long produced the traffic volume reports of the New Zealand state highway network for Transit New Zealand (now NZ Transport Agency), [10] and having been contracted by Christchurch City Council and also Waikato Local Authority Shared Services to gather interview traffic data from more than 25,000 drivers in the Christchurch and Waikato areas, to inform future traffic planning [models]. [11]

The company also advises on construction and event traffic management, such as for the APEC and V8 Supercars events. [12]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Enews April 2004 Archived 2006-09-24 at the Wayback Machine (Futureintech, Government-funded initiative of IPENZ)
  2. ↑ Where transportation and people meet (Traffic Design Group website)
  3. ↑ Council Agenda, Thursday 5 March 1998 (Christchurch City Council)
  4. 1 2 "Third Joint Statement Of Traffic Experts, In The Matter Of: Applications by Mighty River Power Limited to Palmerston North City Council, Horizons Regional Council and Tararua District Council for Resource Consents for the Turitea Wind Farm Proposal" (PDF). 2009. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
  5. ↑ "Stantec acquires TDG".
  6. ↑ "Stadium decision: Noise 'not a problem' at waterfront". The New Zealand Herald . 22 November 2006. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
  7. ↑ Oliver, Paula (22 November 2006). "Stadium decision: Government defends law changes". The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  8. ↑ SH20 Hillsborough to Richardson Road - Assessment of Effects on the Environment Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine (Auckland City Council)
  9. ↑ Ins and Outs of Roundabouts (Land Transport New Zealand)
  10. ↑ State Highway Traffic Volumes 2001-2005 Archived 2007-02-21 at the Wayback Machine (New Zealand Transport Agency)
  11. ↑ "Drive-through surveys help future planning". Press Release: Transit New Zealand, Via Scoop.co.nz. 7 March 2007. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
  12. ↑ Daniels, Chris (8 September 1999). "Warning! Major blockage ahead". The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 27 January 2011.
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